Hyundai Gains Edge With Hybrid Battery Replacement Coverage
February 6, 2012 – 1:40 pm | No Comment

Korean automaker finds yet another way to trump its competitors.
What would keep you from buying a hybrid model? Besides price, one of the most significant concerns for potential buyers are each model’s battery packs. Those …

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Fiat Assumes Controlling Interest in Chrysler
June 3, 2011 – 11:41 am | No Comment
Fiat Assumes Controlling Interest in Chrysler

Obama heads to Ohio to laud Chrysler bail out.
AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — It is now official: Chrysler is an Italian-American automaker. On Thursday, Fiat s.P.a. announced that it would pay the U.S. federal government $500 …

Instant Cash: Charging America Forward Act
March 30, 2011 – 5:15 am | No Comment
Instant Cash: Charging America Forward Act

The federal government currently offers buyers of electric cars a $7,500 tax credit, but that may not be enough to get people to buy a Chevrolet Volt, Nissan LEAF or other eligible vehicle. Legislation introduced …

Chrysler Announces $1.186 Billion Indiana Plant Investment
November 26, 2010 – 6:39 am | One Comment
Chrysler Announces $1.186 Billion Indiana Plant Investment

The Chrysler Group, LLC, has announced that it is investing an additional $843 million in its Kokoma, Indiana, facility, building on an earlier $343 million investment decision for this same plant. The automaker’s announcement preceded …

Consumers Warned In Advance Of Clunkers Program Start
June 29, 2009 – 3:26 am | 4 Comments
Consumers Warned In Advance Of Clunkers Program Start

The ink wasn’t even dry on the “cash for clunkers” bill that President Obama signed into law when word came out that scams were already taking place. It seems that some enterprising people were creating …

Cash For Clunkers Doesn’t Go Far Enough
June 10, 2009 – 9:42 am | 8 Comments
Cash For Clunkers Doesn’t Go Far Enough

I am not one for seeing the federal government create endless taxpayer assistance programs, believing that the consumer is the best party to determine what he or she should buy. However, I’ve resigned myself to …

Will New Fed Fuel Rules Harm Ford?
May 19, 2009 – 1:42 pm | 3 Comments
Will New Fed Fuel Rules Harm Ford?

I’m just now going over the information being issued by the feds regarding the new nationwide federal fuel and emissions rules and am beginning to wonder if this is just one more stumbling block for …