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This is a Scion, that with the press of a remote button, opens up to a travelling BBQ car.  On the left you’ll see a mini fridge, the back is the BBQ grill and if you look hard, you’ll notice a real sink with faucet on the right.  Blew my mind!

Moving swiftly, GM Chairman and CEO, Ed Whitacre, announced his new leadership team with an overall goal of “[giving] people more responsibility and authority deeper in the organization and then hold them accountable.”
Here’s the full release.

There are two aspects to the LA Auto Show that have captured my attention this year.  The first is the innovation that is emerging in sustainable energy (and I’ll have a post just on the green cars I enjoyed test driving.)  The second is the continual shakeup in the auto industy — this time at GM. 
By now, everyone knows [...]

Unemployment in California has hit 9%.  That is just plain bad.  So I can’t understand why so many politicians are trying to put the brakes on Obama’s stimulus package.  At the Democratic caucus, Obama reiterated the point of a stimulus package …to…spend money to create jobs.  And with so much money going toward infrastructure rebuilding, I can’t understand what [...]

Online networking to in-person networking…tons’o’fun.  One of the most rewarding aspects of the internet is that you can get free education and informed opinion with a simple mouse-click.  What I love about blogging is developing relationships with my readers and creating networks and relationships with other bloggers.  It is rare that there is an opportunity [...]

If anyone would have told me that a press conference at a car show could be groundbreaking, I’d take a pause. That’s exactly what happened today. GM CEO and Chairman Rick Wagoner made two important announcements. You can get the full conference at this link. The first was the commitment of GM to the Lithium [...]

Wow. What a day today. I won’t go into detail in this post about all the information and interviews, but the GM press conference and vehicle lineup was impressive. There is no question that they are responding quickly. Remember the GM of the 80’s? Forget that! This is the new GM. And I was literally [...]

Over the weekend and early next week, I’ll be embedding video links to some of the press conferences and announcements taking place in Detroit.  Keep tuned in!

This coming weekend presents a GREAT opportunity — to get some excellent info and YOUR questions answered.  For those of you who don’t know, I’m heading to Detroit this weekend for the NAIAS…THE auto show of shows.  Invited by General Motors, I’ll have access to the behind-the-scenes type of info that car buffs drool over.  [...]

I just received the best holiday present, ever!  Shortly before the auto industry bailout was approved, I was invited by GM, along with a small group of other bloggers, to attend the North American International Auto Show in Detroit…in early January. 
Even though, after leaving Montreal for LA, I swore I’d never set foot in sub-zero [...]