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[1] Kia Motors' global sales jump 39.5% in February

Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's second largest automaker, saw a year-on-year global sales increase of 39.5 percent in February this year, selling a total of 143,267 vehicles, the company said Thursday. The sales increase in February was a result of Kia's double- digit year-on-year sales growth in all regions: it gained 128.6 percent in China with 25,435 units sold, 52.7 percent in general ...

[2] LG Chem To Build $303 Million Lithium-Ion Battery Plant In Holland

HOLL - LG Chem on Thursday announced it will build a $303 million lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Holland that could create more than 400 jobs by 2013. Initially, the plant will make cells for the all electric General Motors Chevrolet Volt.

[3] GM's Lutz says hybrids, electrics are future

General Motors will keep making big trucks and SUVs because U.S. buyers demand them, but a major portion of them will be gas-electric hybrids in the near future, according to retiring Vice Chairman Bob Lutz.

[4] Behind the wheel of the Chevy Volt (photos)

Eager to court fans of cutting-edge tech at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, General Motors sends the e-car. And CNET's Caroline McCarthy gets a chance to drive it.

[5] UK gives General Motors loan guarantee for Vauxhall

LONN - Britain will give a $410 million loan guarantee to General Motors Co. to help keep its Vauxhall operations...

[6] Govt offers GM loan to safeguard jobs

The government on Friday announced it had agreed a loan of 270 million pounds for General Motors to help protect jobs in Britain.

[7] Britain to guarantee loan to GM, Vauxhall operations to keep running

LONN -- Britain will give a $410-million loan guarantee to General Motors to help keep its Vauxhall operations going in the country, a government official said Friday. That is well short of the $2.8 billion GM is seeking from European governments to help restructure Vauxhall and its other European unit, Germany-based Opel.

[8] GM Brownstown electric car workers may see lower wages

General Motors and the UAW last year reached a framework for the concept of a lower wage and leaner operating structure for advanced-technology factory jobs as part of the automaker's new electric car strategy.

[9] UK gives GM loan guarantee for Vauxhall

Britain will give a 270 million pound ($410 million) loan guarantee to General Motors Co. to help keep its Vauxhall operations going in the country, a government official said Friday.

[10] Toyota: Japan's General Motors

When I was a lad, growing up in the shadow of the Ford Rouge plant in Detroit, Japan was known for the manufacture of junky products — cheap knickknacks and toys that broke in your hand.

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