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Denise Gray, GMs Director of Battery Engineering, Leaving For California Start-Up

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Denise Gray, Director of Global Battery Engineering for General Motors. since 2006, will leave GM on Friday, 5 March to take a senior. Although Gray has worked for General Motors for more than 30 years, she is best known for her work shepherding the 2011 Chevrolet Volt. battery start-up company based in California.

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Fisker Automotive names Tony Posawatz, former head of Volt program, as new CEO

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Posawatz has consistently been recognized as an industry leader in product innovation and electrified vehicles and served as Chairman of the Board for the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA). He is a real product guy for a product driven company. Tony is the perfect CEO for Fisker. —outgoing CEO Tom LaSorda.

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Report: Isuzu, GM to partner globally on pickup trucks, engines

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The Nikkei reports that Isuzu Motors Ltd. and General Motors Co. The partnership reportedly will include joint development of next-generation models, and use common diesel engines. The alliance also opens the door to utilization of each other’s production bases. Isuzu and GM dissolved their capital ties in 2006.

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GM enters commercial agreement with and invests in Powermat, a personal device inductive charging company

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General Motors and Powermat, a provider of wireless charging technology for mobile personal devices, announced a commercial agreement that will eliminate the need for charging cords for personal electronic devices in many future Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac products beginning mid-2012. Chevy Volt Powermat.

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GM Brazil to Invest R$2B in Expansion and New Line of Chevrolet Small Cars

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General Motors Brazil will invest R$2 billion (US$1.033 billion) to launch a new Chevrolet line of vehicles and to expand its plant in Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul. Funds for the investment will partly come from the company’s cash flow and retained earnings in recent fiscal years—GM Brasil has been profitable since 2006.

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DOE Turns Down V-Vehicle Loan Applications

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In June 2009, the State of Louisiana announced a performance-based incentive package of more than $133 million of infrastructure, tax credits, tax abatements and customized training as part of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement (CEA) with VVC in which the company agreed to renovate and expand a former General Motors plant in Monroe.

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Volkswagen and Suzuki to Establish Strategic Partnership; VW to Take 19.9% Stake in Suzuki, Suzuki to Invest in VW

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The two companies said that they complement each other in terms of product portfolio, global distribution and manufacturing capacities. Suzuki had established a strategic alliance with General Motors in 1981, which ultimately resulted in GM holding 20% of the company. In fiscal year 2008 Volkswagen sold 6.3 million vehicles.

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