DETROIT – August sales for Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac decreased by a combined 11 percent to 184,921 units, compared to last August, a month in which the automotive industry experienced the highest level of sales in 2009 due to the Cash for Clunkers stimulus program. Compared to July 2010, sales for GM’s brands were [...]

Shanghai – General Motors celebrated the arrival of the first drivable Chevrolet Volt in China today. China is one of the initial markets outside the United States to receive the Volt. GM’s landmark electric vehicle with extended-range capability will go on sale locally next year.
“GM has made a long-term commitment to bringing our industry-leading technology [...]

DETROIT – Every time OnStar sends one of 3.6 million e-mails monthly to report what’s happening with an OnStar-equipped vehicle, it’s worth remembering: There’s a patent for that.
In fact, there are 192 patents on the books for OnStar inventions that have helped make driving safer. And more are in the pipeline.
As America commemorates National Inventors [...]

Molsheim — Bugatti Automobiles SAS announced today that Dr. Stefan Brungs (50) will take over the sales, marketing and aftersales department for the company, beginning October 1. Brungs will succeed Alasdair Moray Stewart (46) who effective immediately will join Bentley Motors Limited as sales and marketing director in the board of executives.
Stefan Brungs started his [...]

Beijing, China – Sony Ericsson President & CEO Bert Nordberg today opened the company’s annual supplier conference in Beijing. The conference comes the day after the company successfully unveiled the Sony Ericsson A8i, its first mobile phone to support China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA network.
Taking place annually, the conference brings together over 400 of the company’s top [...]

Podium finishes for Toyota’s HiLux and Corolla in August have helped the company extend its sales leadership so far this year to more than 50,000 vehicles.
Toyota entered spring this week having sold more than 141,000 new cars, SUVs and light-commercial vehicles in 2010.
This puts Toyota more than 56 per cent ahead of its [...]

NEW DELHI, India – Ford India tripled sales in August. It sold 7,925 vehicles in August, a 220 percent increase compared to August 2009.
The Ford Figo remains at the top of the sales charts with more than 34,000 bookings recorded in the 25 weeks since it was introduced.
Ford has sold 54,676 vehicles in India so [...]

SHANGHAI, China – Ford Motor Company and its joint ventures in China, including Changan Ford Mazda Automobile (CFMA) and Jiangling Motors Corporation (JMC) report 44,047 units in sales for August, a 24 percent increase from August 2009.
Total passenger and commercial vehicles sold in China as of end of August were 368,103 units, an increase of [...]

Berlin, Germany, September 2nd, 2010 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in mobile technology, and Vodafone, one of the world’s largest mobile communications companies by revenue, today announced the launch of the Samsung GALAXY Tab (Model: GT-P1000). Powered by Android Operating System 2.2, the GALAXY Tab is the first tablet, ‘smart media device’ [...]

*Companies enter into definitive merger agreement
*Combination will accelerate HP’s Converged Infrastructure strategy and drive growth in key storage markets
*Acquisition will strengthen HP’s unparalleled storage, server and networking portfolio
PALO ALTO and FREMONT, Calif. – HP and 3PAR Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase 3PAR, a leading [...]