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Mark Twain once said thateveryone talks about the weath-er but no one does anythingabout it. Tell that to the folks atGM’s Orion Assembly Plant.They took it on themselves to

help out folks who get cold –really cold – when the winterweather hits the area.Adam Lassen is Manufacturing

Engineering director at the siteand is also in charge of thisyear’s Orion Christmas CoatDrive.

“We had a similar coat drivelast year,” Lassen said. “It wassuch a success that we decidedto do it again this year.”The goal, Lassen said, is to

help provide “slightly used”coats to people who are usingthe services of the Baldwin Cen-ter, a homeless shelter headquar-tered in Pontiac.“The idea is for people to

donate coats,” Lassen said. “Thedrive was finished at the end ofNovember. We also held a cotton

GM Orion Plant EmployeesStep Up to Help Homeless

Salvation Army’s new Ford E-350 delivers meals to the needy as part of the group’s Bed & Bread Club.

Big 3 Open Hearts to Help the Needy at Thanksgiving

In the week before Thanksgiv-ing, Chrysler employees acrossIllinois, Indiana, Michigan andOhio took time out from buildingcars and trucks to donate food tolocal food banks to help 20,000families in need enjoy a tradition-al holiday meal.In Michigan, said Chrysler

spokesperson Kevin Frazier, em-ployee donations – everythingfrom canned fruit and vegetablesto cranberry sauce, stuffing andfrozen turkeys purchased by TheChrysler Foundation – filled 35pallets, enough food for morethan 27,000 meals for families inOakland, Macomb, Monroe,Washtenaw and Wayne Counties.

“In southeast Michigan, morethan 707,000 people are food-insecure and despite a recover-ing economy, many workingfamilies are still having troublemaking ends meet,” said GerryBrisson, president of Gleaners.“This much-needed support

from Chrysler Group’s Thanks-giving Food Drive will help Glean-ers ease the burden for manyfamilies this holiday season.”“It takes 60 volunteers to run

the pantry each day,” said KarlaGardner, community develop-ment/donor relations director ofthe Hope Center in Macomb.“The support of Chrysler

Group volunteers helps Hope

Center keep costs down (92cents of every dollar donatedgoes to actual client programs).“But our partnership also con-

tinues to raise awareness aboutthe tremendous need in MacombCounty.”Hope Center feeds nearly 500

households each week.“Even in an affluent place like

Oakland County,” said PriscillaPerkins, chief development offi-cer of the Lighthouse of OaklandCounty, “we still have more than118,000 people living below thefederal poverty level.“The Chrysler Group’s ongoing

Chrysler Employees Donate to Food Banks

As part of Ford Motor Compa-ny’s expanded hunger relief ef-forts this year, the Dearbornautomaker has donated a newtruck to The Salvation Army’sBed & Bread Club.The E-350, which joined the

club last week, will help serve5,000 meals a day to needy peo-ple in Detroit.The vehicle joins the Bed &

Bread fleet that provides a sand-wich, fruit, beverage, soup andsnack to city neighborhoods,said Ford spokesperson ToddNissen.The Salvation Army’s Detroit

Bed & Bread program is thelargest one in the country.Marathon Petroleum Corpora-tion will provide a year of free

gasoline for the new vehicle.“We’re proud to help the Salva-

tion Army’s Bed and Bread Clubtravel to those in need, becausehunger never takes a holiday,”said Jim Vella, president, FordMotor Company Fund and Com-munity Services.“By addressing the issue of

hunger through other programssuch as Ford Mobile FoodPantries, Ford Focus on ChildHunger and Meet Up and Eat Up,we are going further to createstronger communities.”The new E-350 is part of a com-

bined investment of $1.3 millionacross the U.S. in grants, vehiclesand other assistance toward

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by Jim Stickford

A vision of the future appearedat the recent Los Angeles AutoShow when Chevrolet introducedthe Colorado ZR2 concept.It was a look at how Chevrolet

could take the all-new midsizetruck’s off-road capability to thenext level, said GM spokespersonOtie McKinley. It also showcasesthe new 2.8L Duramax diesel en-gine that will arrive in the Col-orado lineup later next year.“The aggressively styled con-

cept builds on the capabilities ofthe production Colorado Z71 andadvances the legacy of Chevro-let’s previous ZR2 productionmodels,” McKinley said.Colorado Marketing Manager

Tony Johnson added, “From thebold stance to the trail-readyspecial equipment, the ColoradoZR2 is all about the fun of drivingwhere the pavement ends – anddoing it in characteristic Chevystyle.“Chevrolet has a heritage of

the ZR2 representing the ulti-mate in production-based off-road capability, and we’ll gaugethe public’s interest in this con-cept as we continue to explorethe possibilities for the all-newColorado.”The Colorado ZR2’s stance is

four inches wider than a produc-tion Colorado Z71, Johnson said,with features including new front

and rear fascias designed to in-crease approach and departureangles when driving off-road.Ground clearance and rough ter-rain are handled with a two-inchlift and integral skid plates, whilethe wider track helps enhancestability in potentially unstablesituations, said Johnson.The Colorado ZR2’s greater ap-

proach and departure angles –30.7 and 22.7 degrees, respective-ly, versus the Z71’s 25/21 degrees– are enabled by new off-road fas-cias that drastically reduce frontand rear overhang, Johnson said,adding that the fascias also fea-ture integrated, flip-out alu-minum tow hooks and the frontfascia incorporates a built-inwinch.“The design of the ZR2 concept

is all about functionality,” saidJohnson.“It is inspired by the needs for

traversing rock-strewn trails, aswell as the aesthetics of competi-tion-style vehicles such as pre-runners – with all elements con-tributing to safe, sustainable off-road driving.”The Colorado ZR2 concept’s

new 2.8L Duramax diesel packsthe power, Johnson said, with anestimated 181 horsepower at3,400 rpm and 369 lb.-ft. of torqueat 2,000 rpm – to tackle thetoughest trails.The 2.8L Duramax diesel is

part of a new, global family of

turbo-diesel four-cylinder en-gines designed to deliver moreefficient capability, said Johnson,adding that the diesel features avariable-geometry turbochargerfor optimal power and efficiencyacross the rpm band and a bal-ance shaft for greater smooth-ness.“While the ZR2 is a concept

truck,” McKinley said, “the 2.8Lengine is very real. It is going intoevery trim level of the 2016 Col-orado pickup next year.”McKinley said that while the

ZR2 is a concept truck, great carewas taken to make it “real.”“When you talk about concept

vehicles, one of two things hap-pens,” McKinley said. “Either the

design is so ‘Star Treky,’ so car-toony that the vehicle looks cool,but it’s not taken seriously, or thedesign is made ‘real’ and peopleget a sense of where the future isgoing.”

The ZR2 designers, McKinleysaid, went for the latter.They worked hard, he said, to

make the truck as real as possi-

Colorado Concept ‘All About Functionality’

Chevrolet’s Colorado ZR2 concept truck

General Motors will invest$200 million in its Orion Assem-bly and Pontiac Metal Centerplants to prepare for a future ve-hicle program.Orion will receive $160 million

for tooling and equipment, andPontiac will receive $40 millionfor new dies, said Orion plantspokesperson Chris Bonelli.These investments are part of

the nearly $300 million in Michi-gan-based investments that GMCEO Mary Barra referenced in aspeech at the Detroit EconomicClub Oct. 28.

“This announcement is a shotin the arm for these two terrificplants known for their teamworkand employee engagement,” saidCathy Clegg, GM North AmericaManufacturing vice president.“We’re committed to growing ourbrands and producing the high-est-quality and safest vehicles forour customers.”While no new jobs will be cre-

ated by these actions, Clegg said,this announcement brings thetotal investment in Orion Assem-bly and the Pontiac Metal Centerto $775 million since 2010.

Across the U.S., GM has an-nounced facility investment ofnearly $11.4 billion since June2009.“We’re not commenting at this

time about when the work will bedone to the plant,” Bonelli said.“Nor are we commenting on whatnew vehicle will be manufactur-ered here or how or if it will af-fect the production of vehiclescurrently being made at Orion.”UAW Vice President Cindy

Estrada, who directs the union’s

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ble to show the public just whatGM could do in the future.“The media really loved that

truck,” McKinley said. “If youlook at the big truck sites andblogs like Jalopnik that coveredthe truck, their writers reallyliked it.“But if you drilled down to the

comments sections, and I be-lieve the people who make com-ments can be counted as the‘public,’ the responses were alsovery positive.”While McKinley wouldn’t spec-

ulate whether the ZR2 might gointo production in the future, hesaid that every concept car thatwas approved for productionhad to receive strong supportfrom the public.“This new Duramax diesel en-

gine will take efficient capabilityto an entirely new plateau for themidsize truck segment,” saidJohnson.“Its broad torque band makes

it very powerful at low rpm,while the turbocharged perform-ance provides a confident feelingof immediate and smooth poweron demand – attributes cus-tomers will appreciate whentrailering.”

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partnership is critical to helpingthe 1,800 families we’ll serve thisholiday season.“This partnership also enables

Lighthouse of Oakland County torespond to the need of the morethan 800 food-insecure familieswho visit our food pantry eachmonth.“It also helps them move from

crisis to self-sufficiency.”Frazier said deliveries were

also made to Faith In Action –Chelsea/Dexter and the MonroeCounty Opportunity Program,food banks supported by em-ployees at Chrysler’s Chelsea

Proving Grounds and DundeeEngine Plant.“We strive to make ‘doing for

others’ part of everyday life atChrysler Group, said JodyTrapasso, Chrysler senior vicepresident for External Affairs andpresident of The Chrysler Foun-dation.“This effort is the culmination

of a food drive that will allowfamilies in our communities toenjoy a traditional holiday meal.We are grateful to Chrysler em-ployees and the UAW for theirgenerosity.“Caring for our neighbors is

needed more than ever. Over 46million Americans face hunger

each year, and nearly half ofthose are children and seniors.”This is the fourth consecutive

year that Chrysler has conduct-ed its company-wide Thanksgiv-ing Food Drive, Frazier said. Inthat time, the company esti-mates that the food drive hastouched more than 60,000 fami-lies across the four-state area.

Chrysler Employees Help Feed the Needy

GM Department, said, “I’m confi-dent that our members repre-sented by UAW Locals 5960 and653 will bring the same hardwork and quality as they alwaysdo to the new vehicle program.“UAW members are proud to

be an integral part of an industryturnaround that makes invest-ments such as this possible andan opportunity to show thesuccess we can achieve when wework together.”In 2010, Bonelli said, GM an-

nounced a $545 million invest-ment in Orion Assembly, the 4.3-million-square-foot plant in OrionTownship, to launch the Chevro-let Sonic and Buick Verano.This paid off, Bonelli said,

when Kelley Blue Book recentlynamed the Sonic one of the “10Best Back-to-School Cars of2014” and the Verano “2014 5-Year Cost to Own Awards: BestEntry-Level Luxury Car.”Orion Assembly, Bonelli said,

was the first GM facility to re-ceive the Clean Corporate Citi-zen designation by the State ofMichigan.The Pontiac Metal Center, lo-

cated in Pontiac, is a 1.2-million-square-foot facility that stampsmetal parts for 20 different vehi-cle models.Pontiac recently earned the

U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency’s ENERGY STAR Chal-lenge for Industry, one of onlytwo GM plants in the world tomeet the challenge three times.

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Production of a Chrysler brandvehicle in China seems to be justaround the corner.Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

(FCA) and Guangzhou Automo-bile Industry Group Co., Ltd.(GAC) on Nov. 19 entered into apreliminary agreement thatwould expand cooperation be-tween the two firms.FCA and GAC have agreed to

bring a localized Chrysler prod-uct to China, adding it to the ex-isting Fiat brand offering, saidChrysler spokesperson ShawnMorgan.GAC Fiat will have access to

the Fiat and Chrysler brandproducts announced during theFCA May 2014 Investor Day.GAC Fiat also reaffirms its

commitment to a full sport-utilityvehicle offering through the Jeepbrand with the localized pro-duction of three new Jeep mod-els by the end of 2016, Morgansaid.“By 2018, the Jeep brand will

have one of the most completeSUV portfolios in China rangingfrom subcompact SUVs to full-size luxury SUVs,” Morgan said.In addition, the preliminary

agreement includes the separa-tion of commercial and industrialactivities, said Morgan. The dis-tinct entities will provide sup-port and management in workingtoward the successful launch ofthe approved product plan,which will include the introduc-tion of a second vehicle plant inGuangzhou.A joint commercial operation

will be established that will beresponsible for all Sales, Market-ing, Product Planning and After-sales development of Jeep, Fiatand Chrysler brands, Morgan

said. This operation will have re-sponsibility for both locally pro-duced and imported products.The industrial operations

based in Changsha will continueto support both the Changshaand Guangzhou vehicle and pow-ertrain manufacturing plants,Morgan said.This industrial group will re-

tain responsibility for all GACFiat manufacturing activities,including assembly, quality,product engineering and supplychain management.As part of the preliminary

agreement, GAC and FCA willwork to start laying the founda-tion for the aggressive networkexpansion required to supportthe development of SUVsthrough Jeep and passenger carsthrough the Fiat and Chryslerbrands.The best-performing dealers

from the two existing networksin China will form the basis ofboth the Jeep SUV network andthe Fiat/Chrysler passenger carnetwork, Morgan said. Further in-vestors will be required to sup-port the doubling of both net-works by 2018.“CAG will take advantage of

this opportunity to collaboratewith leading auto brands fromEurope and the United States toadvance our globalizationprocess, to achieve a more bal-anced growth, and to providemore options and better servicesfor consumers,” said ZhangFangyou, chairman of GAC.“China is a market of strategic

importance to FCA in the nextfive years,” said John Kett, gener-al manager of Fiat Chrysler Asia-Pacific and head of the FCA’sJeep Brand APAC.

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Being able to take a bullet andnot quit is a sign of toughness.That’s just what the 2015

Bi-Fuel Chevrolet Impala’s CNGtank does.And, it withstands blazing fires

from multiple directions.Bullet and fire tests are con-

ducted on the Bi-Fuel Impala’scompressed natural gas (CNG)tank, which is what sets it apartfrom less strenuous testing ofother natural gas-powered vehi-cles.A large piece of cast aluminum

in the Impala helps protect thetank valve and connection fromcertain side impacts, said GMspokesperson Chad Lyons. Sheetmetal plates on either side of thetank help protect it from looseobjects in the trunk or rear seat.“We designed this system for

those ‘what if’ situations,” saidNichole Kraatz, Impala chief engi-neer. ”The customer shouldn’teven know it’s there. Theyshouldn’t even think about it.CNG should just be another fuelthey use to power their vehicle.”Lyons added, “We wanted to

tell people the story of how wego above and beyond the call ofduty to show that this vehicle issafe.“There are certain safety test-

ing protocols that we are obligedto follow to demonstrate vehiclesafety. But we performed othersafety tests – the bonfire test forexample – that are not mandatedby law.”The bonfire test, Lyons said, is

an industry test where a steadyflame of 800 degrees fahrenheitis placed four inches from thetank. What GM engineers do isadd trunk, backseat and under-body fires to test the pressure re-lease valves on all sides of thetank.These tests, Lyons said, are

performed to show the publicjust how safe this Bi-Fuel Impalais.Bi-fuel vehicles are currently

very popular with fleet opera-tions, Lyons said. There is onlyone passenger vehicle, made byHonda, available to the public.Durability and safety testing at

the tank’s normal operating pres-sure of 3,600 PSI and higher sub-

jected it to normal and extremesituations, exceeding federal re-quirements and CNG industryguidelines.Examples are:• The industry-standard Bon-

fire Test confirms the CNG tank’spressure relief valves are opera-tional and help prevent the tankfrom rupturing in a fire.In addition to placing the tank

about four inches above a steady800-degree Fahrenheit fire, Gen-eral Motors’ engineers addedtrunk, back seat and underbodyfires to test the pressure reliefvalves’ ability to sense heat onall sides of the tank. And thetests were done at two differentfuel levels.• In the Penetration Test, the

tank is filled to its service pres-sure and is shot with a 7.62 mmarmor-piercing bullet. In order topass the test, the bullet has topass completely through oneside of the tank without exitingout the other side. The goal is tohave the tank maintain the bullethole only as the weak structuralpoint, without rupturing.• Front barrier, side impact

and rear impact crash tests wereconducted on the Bi-Fuel Impala.

Another shoe has dropped.GM’s recent moves among top

management didn’t stop there.More changes in top manage-

ment have been announced.Effective Jan. 1, 2015, Charlie

Klein, currently executive chiefengineer of Vans, Light Commer-cial Vehicles and Alliance Pro-grams, is appointed vice presi-dent of Europe’s Vehicle Engi-neering.Klein will replace Mike Able-

son, who is moving back to theU.S. and will become vice presi-dent of GM’s Global ProductPlanning and Program Manage-ment.Klein will report to Ken Kelzer,

vice president, Global VehicleComponents and Subsystemsand to Dr. Karl-Thomas Neu-mann, GM executive vice presi-dent and head of the Opel Group.He will also replace Mike Able-

son as a member of the board forAdam Opel AG.“We welcome Charlie Klein to

the Opel Group top managementteam,” said Neumann. “He hasbeen in charge of successfulalliance projects with Renaultand PSA in recent years, and webelieve he is the right person tolead the more than 6,000 engi-neers at the International Techni-cal Development Center (ITDC)in Rüsselsheim.“At the same time, I would like

to thank Mike Ableson, who puthis stamp on the engineeringwork here in a relatively shorttime and played a significant rolein the ongoing Opel/Vauxhallproduct offensive.”To further support Opel’s

comeback, according to GM,Carsten Wreth will join the com-pany in a newly created positionas vice president, Customer Ex-perience, Europe, effective Jan. 1.Wreth comes from Telefonica

Global Services and will report toPeter Küspert, vice president ofSales & Aftersales and member ofthe Opel Group board.“Carsten brings in 15 years of

experience of putting the cus-

tomer at the heart of everythingthe company does,” Küspertsaid. “He will play a pivotal rolein making our organization evenmore customer-focused.”Wreth has a degree in Business

Administration and MechanicalEngineering from the Universityof Kaiserslautern, Germany.In news closer to home,

Stephen K. Carlisle has beennamed president and managingdirector of General Motors ofCanada, succeeding Kevin W.Williams, who has led GM Cana-da since 2010. Williams will assistin the transition through the endof the year, said a GM statement.Williams has elected to retire

from General Motors, effectiveDec. 31, the statement said.Williams joined GM in 1983,

holding progressively more sen-ior roles in Manufacturing, Sup-plier Quality and Development,Purchasing and Service andParts operations in multiple loca-tions around the globe, includingCanada, Mexico, Germany, andthe United States.“I’d like to thank Kevin for his

leadership and significant contri-butions throughout a long anddistinguished career with GM,”said CEO Mary Barra. “In hismost recent assignment, Kevin

helped rebuild GM Canada afterone of our most challenging peri-ods and has established a solidfoundation for growth into thefuture.”In his new role, Carlisle will re-

port to Alan Batey, president, GMNorth America. Carlisle most re-cently served as the vice presi-dent of Global Product Planningand Program Management basedin the United States.Previously, he held positions

as vice president, U.S. Sales Op-erations, as well as president andmanaging director of GM’s SouthEast Asia Operations.

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DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) – Fordsaid Nov. 21 that its new alu-minum-bodied F-150 pickup willget up to 26 mpg on the highway,making it the most fuel-efficientgas-powered full-size pickup.The Ram truck is the current

leader among pickups, getting upto 25 mpg on the highway with agas engine. The Ram gets up to28 mpg with a diesel engine; Forddoesn’t make a diesel version ofthe F-150.Fuel economy is a key selling

point for the new F-150, which isarriving at dealerships thismonth. Ford shaved 700 poundsoff the weight of the truck byswitching the body from steel tolightweight aluminum, a dramat-ic change for the best-selling ve-hicle in the U.S.Some analysts thought the

truck might even top 30 mpgafter Ford’s multi-billion-dollarinvestment to develop and pro-duce it. The final figure metFord’s expectations of a moremodest improvement, and repre-sents 13 percent greater fueleconomy than the current F-150.With gas now averaging $2.84

per gallon, the aluminum F-150will save the average buyer only$100 to $200 a year in fuel costs

over competing gasoline modelsfrom General Motors andChrysler, said Larry Dominique,president of the ALG auto fore-casting firm.Doug Scott, Ford’s truckmarket-

ing manager, said the majority oftruck customers aren’t solely fo-cused on fuel economy. The newF-150 beats its rivals in both tow-ing – of up to 12,200 pounds – andpayload of up to 3,300 pounds.Dominique agrees that buyers

will focus on the total package.“The payload, the towing. Thoseaspects of it plus a little bit bet-ter fuel economy is definitely anincreased value,” he said.Patrick Caraher, a relocation

specialist at ALE Solutions inPhoenix, said he expected higherfuel economy. But he still plansto buy a new F-150 sometime inthe next year.“Losing 700 pounds on the

truck is enough for me,” saidCaraher, 29. “Less brake, tire andshock and suspension wear iswhere I take my benefits.”The F-150 will get 26 mpg on

the highway with a 2.7-liter Eco-Boost engine, which Ford be-lieves will account for 28 percentof sales of the new truck. The tophighway fuel economy of the cur-rent truck is 23 mpg.The company hopes the new

truck’s advantages outweigh cus-tomer doubts about the durabili-ty of aluminum or potential re-pair costs for the pricier metal.

It’s a big risk. So far this year,one out of every three vehiclesFord sold in the U.S. was an F-Se-ries pickup. It’s been America’sbest-selling vehicle for 32 years.Ram’s diesel-powered pickup

gets even better fuel economy, at28 mpg, but starts at $30,215.Also, the price of diesel is cur-rently 76 cents per gallon higherthan gas. The F-150 starts at$25,420 with $495 premium forthe EcoBoost engine, a popularoption.To further improve fuel econo-

my, Product Development ChiefRaj Nair says Ford is developinga 10-speed transmission to re-place its current 6-speed. It’s alsoworking on smaller but morepowerful engines.He said a diesel engine doesn’t

make sense for the F-150 rightnow.Ford also provided the fuel-

economy breakdown for otherengine types:• The base F-150 with 3.5-liter

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candy fundraising sale on Nov.21.“The important thing there is

that all the proceeds go to theBaldwin Center to go toward pur-chasing winter coats as a way tosupplement the coat drive.”The sale was fun and simple,

Lassen said.Volunteers went around to

friends and colleagues at theplant and sold them cotton can-dy they made using a specialcotton candy machine.The cotton candy was sold to

workers at both shifts, Lassensaid, at a price of $2 per coneand, of course, the special valueprice of $5 for three cones.“The cotton candy was col-

ored blue, but the flavor wasraspberry,” Lassen said.“I don’t know how that works

out.“Some people ate the candy at

lunch while others bought sever-al sticks for their families athome.“Some people gave us $20 for

12 cones and handed them out totheir friends at the plant.”Lassen said that when he was

setting up the coat drive, heasked if there was a need for anyparticular type of winter coat. Hewas told that the center needscoats for men, women and chil-dren – basically, coats for any-one.“This is a joint project between

the UAW and GM,” Lassen said.“The people who volunteeredtheir time know that it’s all for aworthy cause.“About 30 people stepped up

and gave of their time to makethis happen. They really wentabove and beyond the call ofduty.”Lassen said that even though

the coat drive was officiallyfinished by the end of November,they are, naturally, still takingdonations and are still looking toraise money for the BaldwinCenter.“The cotton candy sale was

just a fun way to raise money fora really worthy charity,” Lassensaid.“We hope to give them a check

for more than $1,000 when every-thing is said and done.“It’s going to be a cold winter

and there are people who canreally use our help.”

GM Orion Plant EmployeesStep Up to Help HomelessCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Againstthe team of hackers, the poor carstood no chance.Meticulously overwhelming its

computer networks, the hackersshowed that, given time, theywould be able to pop the trunkand start the windshield wipers,cut the brakes or lock them up,and even kill the engine.Their motives were not mali-

cious. These hackers worked onbehalf of the U.S. military, whichalong with the auto industry isscrambling to fortify the cyberdefenses of commercially avail-able cars before criminals andeven terrorists penetrate them.“You’re stepping into a rolling

computer now,” said ChrisValasek, who helped catapult carhacking into the public eye whenhe and a partner revealed lastyear they had been able to con-trol a 2010 Toyota Prius and 2010Ford Escape by plugging into aport used by mechanics.These days, when Valasek isn’t

working his day job for a com-puter security firm, he’s seeinghow Bluetooth might offer anentry point.Automakers are betting heavi-

ly that consumers will want notjust the maps and music playlistsof today but also Internet-en-abled vehicles that streammovies and turn dictation intoemail. The federal governmentwants to require cars to sendeach other electronic messageswarning of dangers on the road.In these and other connec-

tions, hackers see opportunity.

There are no publicly knowninstances of a car being comman-deered outside staged tests. Inthose tests, hackers prevail.One was the Defense Depart-

ment-funded assault on a 2012model American-made car, over-seen by computer scientist Kath-leen Fisher.Hackers demonstrated they

could create the electronicequivalent of a skeleton key tounlock the car’s networks. Thatmay take months, Fisher said,but from there it would be “pret-ty easy to package up the smartsand make it available online, per-haps in a black-market type situ-ation.”The project’s goal is more than

just to plug vulnerabilities – it isto reconceive the most criticallines of computer code that con-trol the car in a way that couldmake them invulnerable to someof the major known threats.The model code would be dis-

tributed to automakers, whocould adapt it to their needs.That should take a few moreyears.The industry is participating –

and not waiting.One major association is help-

ing establish an “informationsharing and analysis center” pat-terned after efforts by big banksto try to thwart cyberattacks.“Before, when you designed

something, you looked at howmight components fail,” saidMichael Cammisa, director ofsafety for the Association ofGlobal Automakers.“Now, you have to look at how

would somebody maliciously at-tack the vehicle.”

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hunger relief from Ford and FordMotor Company Fund, the auto-maker’s philanthropic arm, Vellasaid.The support is helping tackle

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working with the Detroit AreaAgency on Aging to help providemeals to more than 6,000 home-bound seniors.This is the seventh year Ford

has donated $40,000 to supportthe Holiday Meals on WheelsThanksgiving program, as wellas provide additional funding forthe daily meal service, Vella said.Ford is collaborating with the

Parade Company and GleanersCommunity Food Bank to fighthunger by collecting donationsfor holiday meals from peopletexting EAT to 85944.In addition, Vella said, Ford

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If there’s one thing ChevroletVolt owners love about theircars, it’s being able to rechargethe battery easily.Evidence of that is a U.S. De-

partment of Energy study thatshows more than 80 percent ofall trips by Volt owners did notuse the range extender, said GMspokesperson Michelle Malcho.“The great thing about the Volt

is that there is no range anxiety,”Malcho said. “It has that gas en-gine that can generate the elec-tricity needed to power the car.”Rather, Malcho said, Volt driv-

ers have been asking for devicesand systems to make the car eas-ier to use.For example, Malcho said,

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experiences of today’s Volt own-ers to make the charging processsimpler and more convenient inthe next-generation Volt,” saidAndrew Farah, chief engineer forthe Volt.“The new Volt will give owners

greater flexibility for charging iton their terms.”The new and enhanced fea-

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ing.Owners will now be able to set

their charging preferences exclu-sively for their “home” charginglocation and the vehicle will au-to-matically adjust to that settingwhen it is at that location. Thecar will recognize when it arrives“home,” based on GPS data.This will allow owners to pre-

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the cheapest electricity rateswhen charging.“They will have to program the

system only once and the Voltwill return to these settingsevery time it is at its home loca-tion,” Malcho said.• New, more intuitive charge

status indicators.The next-generation Volt

makes it easier for owners toconfirm their Volt is charging andgauge charge status. The newstatus system features a special-ly designed tone that indicateswhen charging has begun, withadditional tones for delayedcharging. It will even indicate ifthe charge port door was leftopen after unplugging but beforeentering the vehicle.With a glance through the

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Henry Ford Hospital has be-come a fundraising partner ofThe Gallery, an annual event toraise funds for various organiza-tions.This January, the event will be

held at the MGM Grand Detroiton Sat., Jan. 10, two days prior tothe North American InternationalAuto Show (NAIAS) Press Pre-view.Now in its eighth year, The

Gallery is an exclusive event fea-turing a collection of ultra-luxu-ry, performance and exotic vehi-cles, said NAIAS spokespersonJoe Rohatynski.NAIAS chairman Scott LaRiche

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troit’s premier medical institu-tion, and has been a critical partof our community for genera-tions,” said LaRiche.“We are pleased to welcome it

as fundraising partner of TheGallery, and look forward to asuccessful night.”As fundraising partner, Henry

Ford Hospital will benefit from aportion of the proceeds from theevening. Funds will be generatedthrough the sale of only 300 ad-mission tickets at $1,000 perticket.“We are thrilled to be a

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Popovich, Jr., M.D., Henry FordHospital president and chief ex-ecutive officer.“Henry Ford has been a desti-

nation for clinical excellence,education, and research for acentury, and our partnershipwith the auto industry has beena driving force in discovery andinnovation.”The Gallery, which in the previ-

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The idea, said GM spokesper-son Eneuri Acosta, came fromtalking to customers.

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The 22-way adjustable heatedand ventilated seats now have aluxury option with a massageseat that works in the uppershoulder area, back lumbar orcushion.

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While the seat is unable to pro-vide the same experience as atrained practitioner, it can atleast offer some comfort for adriver and passenger, Gupthasaid.

“This feature gives customersanother way to improve theirdrive,” said Elizabeth Hayes,General Motors EngineeringGroup manager.

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The massage seats’ settingscan be stored in the car’s memo-ry like the seat positions, Hayessaid. With a toggle switch or acti-vation button, both on the out-board base of the seats, the driv-er and front seat passenger candirect the illustration of adjust-ments on the infotainmentscreen. The desired massage andintensity can both be controlledfrom the screen.

Once the optimal massage isfound, the driver can save thekneading, rolling or anti-fatiguesetting by pressing the memorybutton on the door, Hayes said.Reactivation can then occur bysimply pushing the button on theseat base.

The massage seat is availableon the XTS Premium and Plat-inum Collections and on theEscalade Platinum Collection.

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AUBURN, Ind. (AP) – A 1939GM Futurliner owned by the Na-tional Auto & Truck Museum isjoining the new National HistoricVehicle Register.The giant bus-like vehicle will

take part with other vehicles onthe register in a Cars at the Capi-tal display May 3 and 4, 2015, onthe National Mall in Washington,D.C.The Futurliner already is in the

nation’s capital awaiting its ap-pearance at the Washington AutoShow Jan. 23 through Feb. 1.When its D.C. tour is through,

the vehicle will come home nextspring for its first display insidethe Auburn museum, The Star re-ported. Until a recent remodel-ing, the Futurliner was too big tofit through the museum’s doors.Museum president John Pon-

tius said the Futurliner’s returnwill mark the first time that aNational Historic Landmarkbuilding will display a vehicle onthe National Historic Vehicle Reg-ister.Museum board member Jerry

Muzzillo came up with a plan toenlarge an entrance door at themuseum, and Sid and Belva Mey-er of Auburn donated to movesprinkler heads to make spacefor the Futurliner, Pontius said.“Auburn Door took Muzzillo’sidea and did a wonderful jobmaking it work,” Pontius added.“We were excited about having

it here this winter, because we’reall ready for it,” Pontius saidabout the Futurliner. “But whenthe chance for two shows inWashington, D.C., came along, itwas a much better opportunityfor the Futurliner and the muse-um. It brings us both attention.”Going forward, Pontius said, it

will be out for the show circuitfor the summers, but when it’snot in a show, it will be in our mu-seum.Car collector Joe Bortz of

Chicago donated the Futurlinerto the museum in 1992. In 1998, agroup of volunteers from Michi-gan, led by Don Mayton ofBeaverdam, began a seven-yeareffort to restore the vehicle.In return for their work, the

museum allows the volunteers toexhibit the Futurliner at carshows across the nation in warm-weather months.Until now, the Futurliner has

taken up residence for the win-ters in museums across theregion, including a 2011-2012stay at the National Military His-tory Center and Kruse Automo-tive and Carriage Museum southof Auburn.Only a few vehicles have been

selected for the new NationalHistoric Vehicle Register since aJanuary announcement of a 1964Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe asthe first choice. Since then, pub-licly announced selections in-clude a 1947 Tucker 48 proto-type, a 1964 Meyers Manx dunebuggy, and a 1938 Maserati 8TCFBoyle Special that won the 1939and 1940 Indianapolis 500 races.The Historic Vehicle Associa-

tion created the register in a proj-ect with the U.S. Department ofthe Interior. A vehicle chosen forthe register must meet at least

one of four standards:• Ties to an important event in

automotive or American history;• Ties to significant people in

automotive or American history;• Distinctive design, engineer-

ing, craftsmanship or aestheticvalue; or,• A vehicle that was the first

or last of its type produced, hasrarity as a survivor of its type, oris among the most well-pre-served or thoughtfully restoredsurviving examples.General Motors built the muse-

um’s Futurliner and 11 more likeit for touring exhibits. They trav-eled the nation in a caravan dur-ing 1940 and again from 1953 to1956, carrying displays of futuris-tic marvels such as microwaveovens and stereophonic sound.Each Futurliner is 33 feet long,

8 feet wide, more than 11 feet talland weighs more than 12 tons.Only nine Futurliners remain,

and five are reported to be intotal disrepair, according to re-ports. An automotive publicationsaid this week that the Auburnmuseum’s No. 10 Futurliner hasbeen on public display morethan any of the others.

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The industry’s first two-speedeAxle, built by GKN in August,has entered production on theBMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car.With North American head-

quarters in Auburn Hills, GKNsupplies automotive drivelinecomponents and systems.“GKN’s customers aren’t just

looking to make their next carmore efficient – they want tocreate new driving experiences,”said GKN Automotive CEOAndrew Reynolds-Smith.“Our expertise in driveline effi-

ciency, torque vectoring andelectric drive systems is enablingautomakers to connect driversto the road in new ways. We aredeveloping the systems that arehelping bring a new generationof electric-drive vehicles to life.”“Being the first Tier I to deliver

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manufacturers enhance hybridand electric drivetrains andsupport the trend to downsizeeMotors to reduce weight andcost.With the technology proven in

a high-performance vehicle withhigh levels of refinement, signifi-cant savings in CO2 are possi-ble.”Giving the electric motor an

additional gear ratio improvesacceleration and pure electricrange, Gassmann said, benefitingboth driving dynamics and CO2emissions.GKN’s two-speed eAxle also en-

ables the motor and all its asso-ciated systems to be downsized,reducing mass and further in-creasing efficiency, he said.eAxle technology enables

automakers to produce “axle-split hybrids,” Gassmann said. Aconventional or hybridized en-gine provides the primary powerto either the front or rear wheels,with the other axle driven by aneAxle module.The technology responds to

deliver an instant high-torque all-wheel-drive experience, a usefulpure electric range or a refined,efficient parallel hybrid mode.No other hybrid architecture of-fers such a strong combinationof efficiency, traction, dynamicsand packaging, said Gassman.Until now, electric and axle-

split hybrid vehicles have usedsingle-speed transmissions,Gassmann said.He further explained that using

a fixed ratio limits electric drivesin terms of either acceleration ortop speed as they must discon-nect at certain speeds to preventthe motor overspinning.GKN’s two-speed eAxle is the

first to enable the electric driveto boost the vehicle’s perform-ance across its entire speedrange, he said.Designing the two-speed eAxle

for a high-performance sportscar application placed tightpackaging requirements onGKN’s development team,Gassmann said.To achieve high torque density

in a package that weighs just27kg and measures less than325mm by 562mm by 313mm,some remarkable design deci-sions were made.

GKN’s Two-Speed eAxle AidsIn Downsizing eMotors

New-vehicle retail sales inNovember are expected to reachtheir highest level for the monthsince 2001, according to a month-ly sales forecast developed joint-ly by J.D. Power and LMC Auto-motive.

New-vehicle retail sales inNovember 2014 are projected tocome in at 1.1 million units, a 5.5percent increase on a selling-dayadjusted basis, compared withNovember 2013 (November 2014has one fewer selling day thanlast year).

The retail seasonally adjustedannualized rate (SAAR) in No-vember is expected to reach 13.5million units, 200,000 unitsstronger than in November 2013.

Retail transactions are themost accurate measure of trueunderlying consumer demandfor new vehicles, said J.D. Powerspokesperson John Tews.

“The industry continues todemonstrate strong salesgrowth, which is exceptionalconsidering that November iscurrently on pace to record thehighest average customer-facingtransaction prices ever,” saidJohn Humphrey, senior vice pres-ident of the global automotivepractice at J.D. Power.

Through Nov. 16, retail trans-action prices are averaging$30,874, which is $165 more thanthe previous record of $30,709 inOctober 2014, Humphrey said.

Combined record transactionprices with strong new-vehicleretail sales has November onpace for a record month for con-sumer spending on new vehicleat $33.3 billion, which is $1.1 bil-lion more than the previousrecord for the month of Novem-ber set in 2013.

“Automakers will take advan-tage of the Thanksgiving holiday,one of the highest-volume holi-day weekends of the year,” saidHumphrey.

J.D. Power forecasts that morethan 238,000 units will have beensold over the Thanksgiving holi-day weekend, Humphrey said,which would make it the second-highest-volume holiday weekendof 2014. Labor Day weekend typi-cally tallies the most sales of theyear – this year, it was 279,000units.

Total light-vehicle sales areprojected at 1.26 million units inNovember 2014, up 5 percentfrom November 2013. Novemberis typically a low fleet month,with November 2014 expected tocome in below 15 percent of totallight vehicle sales with volume of178,000 units.

As 2014 nears to a close, LMCAutomotive is holding the 2014U.S. light-vehicle retail sales fore-cast at 13.6 million units andtotal U.S. light-vehicle sales fore-cast at 16.4 million units, Tewssaid.

Humphrey said growth is cur-rently expected to continue in2015, but at a slower pace.

The forecast for retail sales isfor 13.9 million units, and totallight-vehicle sales are expectedto increase to 16.8 millionunits, both up 2 percent from2014.

“The 2014 close is shaping upas expected with November look-ing like another strong perform-ance,” said Jeff Schuster, seniorvice president of forecasting atLMC Automotive.

“Looking forward, downwardpressure has given way to upsidemomentum, with a stronger

economy, significant new modelactivity and low gas prices creat-ing an opportunity for the light-vehicle market to hit 17 millionunits in 2015.”

North American productionthrough October is at 14.3 mil-lion units, a 5 percent increasefrom the same period in 2013,Humphrey said. Vehicle invento-ry heading into November was ata 76-day supply, up from 64 daysin September.

LMC Automotive has increasedthe North American productionforecast for 2014 to 16.9 millionunits from 16.8 million units,which is a 5 percent increasefrom the 16.2 million units in2013, Tews said.

North American production in2015 is expected to eclipse 17million units, with capacity uti-lization continuing to run at orabove the 90 percent level.

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