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During the recent economicdownturn citizens and govern-ments as well as employees ofGM showed their faith by, invest-ing time, labor and money in thecompany. On April 30, GM helpedrepay that faith to the tune of$5.4 billion in new investmentsover three years in various GMsites around the country.

Alan Batey, GM North Ameri-can president, made the an-nouncement at the company’sPontiac Metal Center site, wherehe said that as part of the firstphase of the process the facilitywill receive $124 million in in-vestments.

Two other facilities in Michi-gan will receive additional invest-ments as well, Batey said. GM’sLansing Delta Township site willreceive $520 million for toolingand equipment, and the WarrenPre-Productions Operations sitewill get $139.5 million for a newbody shop and stamping facilityupgrades.

All told, the first phase of GM’sinvestment plans calls for $783.5million to be invested at thethree Michigan locations. He saidthat GM will announce what oth-er sites will be upgraded at a lat-er date.

“The announcement namingthese three sites is just whatwe’re talking about today,” Bateysaid. “We will stagger our an-nouncements on what other sitesare getting money in the future.

We want to be able to explainwhat we are doing and we’vefound that announcing every-thing in one go is not the best

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DETROIT (AP) – General Mo-tors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler allreported U.S. sales gains lastmonth as Americans continuedto choose small and midsize SU-Vs and pickup trucks over cars.

Several of the companies re-ported their best April sales inyears, led by the SUVs.

The sales were mostly in linewith industry analysts’ expecta-tions for about a 6 percent over-all increase. All automakers werescheduled to report sales on Fri-day.

General Motors, the top-sellingautomaker in the U.S., posted a5.9 percent increase led by smalland midsize SUVs. The Detroitcompany says it sold just over269,000 cars and trucks lastmonth.

The automaker was led by theChevrolet Equinox midsize SUVwith sales up 42 percent to near-ly 29,000. Sales of the Buick En-core small SUV rose 29 percent

to nearly 5,600.GM’s top-seller, the Chevrolet

Silverado pickup, posted nearlyan 8 percent sales gain to almost46,000.

Fiat Chrysler U.S. sales roseabout 6 percent, led by Jeepbrand small and midsize SUVs.Fiat Chrysler said it sold justover 189,000 cars and trucks forits best April since 2007. TheJeep brand posted its bestmonthly sales at nearly 72,000,up 20 percent from a year ago.

The Cherokee compact SUVled the way with a 27 percent in-crease to just over 19,000, whilethe brand sold more than 4,200new Renegade subcompact SUVsin their first full month at dealer-ships. Sales of the Ram pickup,Fiat Chrysler’s top-selling vehi-cle, rose only 3 percent to justunder 38,000, but that was stillthe best April ever for the trucks.

Detroit’s Automakers SeeStronger April Car Sales

2016 CT6

In a move to make the CadillacCT6 truly a world car, GM de-clared at the Shanghai AutoShow that it will add an availablePlug-In Hybrid Electric (PHEV)propulsion system to sedanwhen it comes out later this year.

The new PHEV system is ex-pected to more than double thefuel economy of the conventionalpowertrain offerings.

The CT6 PHEV takes advan-tage of the car’s advanced light-weight structure to create aunique formula for the sedan,said GM spokesman DonnyNordlicht.

“The first-ever CT6 is a techno-logical showcase throughout,making it an ideal platform forCadillac to offer its first plug-inhybrid,” said Cadillac presidentJohan de Nysschen. “In the CT6,Cadillac presents a new formulafor prestige luxury. The ad-

vanced Plug-In Hybrid system isa key addition, providing a com-bination of exceptional fuel econ-omy, crisp acceleration andstrong electric-driving range.”

The CT6 Plug-In Hybrid systemis designed to provide all-electricdriving for most daily commutes,while maximizing fuel efficiencyby providing blended powerfrom the engine and battery athigher speeds and higher loads,even when energy is stored inthe battery, de Nysschen said.

The CT6 PHEV leverages Gen-eral Motors’ proven battery tech-nology, de Nysschen said. An18.4 kWh lithium-ion batterypack is located between the rearseat and the trunk. The batterysystem is comprised of 192 pris-matic pouch cells, which use thelatest generation cell chemistryfound in other GM plug-in vehi-cles.

With industry-leading qualitylevels of fewer than two prob-lems per million battery cellsproduced, more than 20 millionbattery cells have been made formore than 73,000 GM plug-ins onthe road today, de Nysschensaid. The CT6 PHEV battery sys-tem will use the company’sproven active thermal controlsystem that maintains electricrange over the battery system’slife.

The battery system can becharged using a 120V or 240Vcharger. Range estimates will beprovided closer to U.S. launch ofthe PHEV option.

All-electric launch perform-ance is one of the key purchaseconsiderations for PHEV and EVowners, Nordlicht said. TheCadillac CT6 PHEV combines an

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More than $2.8 million wasraised for the Barbara Ann Kar-manos Cancer Institute at its33rd Annual Dinner, held April 25at General Motors Design Dome,said Karmanos spokeswoman Pa-tricia A. Ellis.

This year’s Annual Dinnerchairs were Debra and Bob Fer-guson, senior vice president ofGlobal Public Policy at GeneralMotors Company, Ellis said. Thisyear’s event set new fundraisingrecords for Karmanos.

“Thanks to the generosity ofits many sponsors and support-ers, approximately $2.3 millionwas raised leading up to Kar-manos’ Annual Dinner, with theevent itself raising $500,000more,” Ellis said.

Money raised at this year’s An-nual Dinner will benefit the ex-

pansion of Karmanos Cancer In-stitute’s Intensive Care Unit andcreate a 24-hour acute care clin-ic, enhancing the care that pa-tients receive at Karmanos, Ellissaid.

“Debra and I were honored toserve as chairs of this outstand-ing event and to continue GM’slong time support for the Kar-manos Cancer Institute,” saidBob Ferguson. “We know how im-portant it is to provide cancerpatients with the care and treat-ment they deserve and arethrilled to be able to supportsuch a vital and important organ-ization in Detroit.”

This is the fifth consecutiveyear that a member of GM’s sen-ior leadership has chaired Kar-

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Alan Batey talks about GM investments at the Pontiac Metal Center.

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manos’ Annual Dinner, Ellis said,which was held in the newly-re-modeled GM Design Dome, mak-ing it the first fundraising eventto be held in the futuristic space.Mary Barra, GM’s chief execu-

tive officer, attended theevening’s festivities and paidtribute to her friend, the late LilErdeljan, former Karmanos Can-cer Institute board member andlong-time Karmanos supporter.She announced that the Erdeljanfamily was contributing $50,000to Karmanos’ Nursing Depart-ment in Lil’s memory.“Lil made so many contribu-

tions of her time and resourcesthat ultimately benefitted cancerpatients,” Barra said. “The ongo-ing success of the Annual Dinneris a testament to Lil’s immensecontributions. It was her vision,determination and hard workthat helped bring the Annual Din-ner to its current status as one ofthe community’s finest and mostsuccessful events.”Host sponsor for the Annual

Dinner was Cadillac. Hank Win-chester, anchor/reporter forWDIV Local 4, returned onceagain this year to serve as emceeof the Karmanos Annual Dinner,Ellis said.Other highlights included sev-

eral new production Cadillac ve-hicles on display, a seated din-ner, a new Karmanos Wine Cellarservice featuring high-end winesfor purchase, a brief programand dancing.Guests also had the opportuni-

ty to participate in a raffle, pre-sented by David Yurman, for aDavid Yurman Cable Coilbracelet and matching earringset.Ellis said another portion of

the funds raised to support thisyear’s Annual Dinner were in partthanks to David Flynn, owner ofFlynn Auto Group in Ohio, whosecured the winning bid of$200,000 for the first retail pro-duction Cadillac CT6, donated byCadillac and auctioned at theBarrett-Jackson Collector CarAuction in Palm Beach, Fla., inApril.In addition to GM’s contribu-

tion of the Cadillac CT6, the GMFoundation gave a “generous do-nation of $500,000 for cancer re-search, making this the fourthconsecutive year the GM Founda-tion has supported Karmanos’cutting-edge cancer research.”Ellis said.Lear Corp. provided a $250,000

match for funds generated by thelive auction and dedicated givingportion at Annual Dinner, Ellissaid. Guests quickly helped Kar-

manos meet that match by theirgenerous response.GM, Ellis said, also presented

unique VIP experience auctionpackages which included: ticketsto the NCAA 2016 Men’s FinalFour Game; Trump National Golf& Country Club Experience; aCannes Film Festival Experience;dinner for 10 guests with SteveKiefer, vice president, Global Pur-chasing and Supply Chain, Gener-al Motors; tickets to the WGCCadillac Championship; a stay atthe Broadmoor Resort in Col-orado Springs; a Rolling Stonespackage; a Cadillac Racing Pack-age; a J Mendel Fashion Package;and an INDY 500 Experience.Since various high-level Gener-

al Motors executives beganchairing the Karmanos’ AnnualDinner over the past five years,the event has raised more than$10.7 million, Ellis said.Ferguson took the opportunity

to say that Steve Kiefer, vicepresident of Global Purchasing

and Supply Chain, and his wife,Paula, will chair Karmanos’ 34thAnnual Dinner in 2016, continu-ing GM’s “commitment to Kar-manos’ cancer care and re-search,” Ellis said.This year also represents a

record for Annual Dinner interms of support, with moreevent businesses and founda-tions than ever before signing, El-lis said.“Once again, General Motors,

the GM Foundation and all of ourgenerous sponsors and contribu-tors have stepped up to the platefor the benefit of our patients,”said Gerold Bepler, M.D., Ph.D.,president and CEO, KarmanosCancer Institute. “Through every-one’s support, Karmanos cancontinue its mission of providingexceptional cancer care and in-novative cancer research thattranslates to better, more effec-tive treatments in the future.“On behalf of the entire Kar-

manos team and all our patients,

I give my deepest gratitude foryour heartwarming dedication tohelp us bring cancer under com-plete control.”In addition to Cadillac serving

as Host Sponsor for Karmanos’33rd Annual Dinner, other keysponsors included: PresentingSponsor, Gallagher-Kaiser Corpo-ration; Gala Sponsor, Edw. C.Levy Co.; Executive Sponsors,Becker Ventures, Common-wealth//McCann and McCannWorldgroup, and Kenwal SteelCorp.; Entertainment Sponsors,AVL Americas, Credit Union ONEand Johnson Controls, as well asDinner Sponsors, AT&T, CrainCommunications Inc, The DelphiFoundation, Honigman MillerSchwartz and Cohn LLP, The JeffEller Group, LLC, Elizabeth andMichael Kojaian, Lear Corpora-tion, Lowe Campbell Ewald,Quicken Loans, Roberti+White,UAW-GM Center for Human Re-sources and Worthington Indus-tries.

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Macomb Community College’s10 summer career academies,which offer high-school studentsthe opportunity for hands-on ex-ploration of specific careersguided by professionals in thosefields, are set to begin June 15.For the second consecutive

year, AT&T has awarded a$10,000 grant to support the col-lege’s career academies so thatMacomb can offer reduced pro-gram fees, which are nearly halfof what the academies cost in2013, said MCC spokesman

James Melton.Each of the academies pro-

vides hands-on, interactive andengaging experiences for stu-dents who are at least 14 yearsold (16 for the law enforcementand fire service academies). Newthis year will be an academy incomputer programming and an-other academy that is an interac-tive workshop covering what anapprentice does

The fee for most academies is$85.“Macomb’s career academies

give participants a chance to ex-perience a career option and di-rectly interact with those actual-ly working in the field,” said EdStanton, director of admissionsand outreach at Macomb. “Theycan help a young person get agood sense of whether a particu-lar career path is something thatsuits his or her strengths and in-terests.”To learn more about courses

and how to sign up, go towww.macomb.edu, or call 586-498-4008.

MCC’s Summer Courses for High Schoolers

Cadillac said that U.S. dealerswill begin accepting orders forthe next-generation 2016 CTS-V,the new high-performance sedanthat launches in late summer.The 640-hp CTS-V is the sec-

ond of two all-new V-Series mod-els to come to market in 2015,following the smaller ATS-Vcoupe and sedan, which launch-es in late spring.Cadillac’s new 2016 V-Series

models represent a significantexpansion of the brand’s elite,high-performance line, said GMspokesman David Caldwell. Notonly are the new V-Series cars el-evated in terms of performance,they now reach a broader spec-trum of drivers by presentingtwo distinct personalities, sizecategories and price points.With a top speed of 200 mph

and 0-60 performance in 3.7 sec-onds, the CTS-V is the most pow-erful car in Cadillac’s 112-yearhistory, Caldwell said. The 2016CTS-V is priced from $83,995.Customers can place orders nowwith dealers and view additionalproduct information at Cadil-lac.com.“V-Series represents the pinna-

cle of Cadillac, a brand that nowmakes drivers’ cars at the high-est level,” said Johan de Nyss-chen, Cadillac president. “Thenew CTS-V is essentially twocars in one: a luxury sedan withsophisticated road manners anda track-capable sports car withawe-inspiring performance. Thistype of car is exclusive, the do-main of the few who can accessthis level of incredible capability.V-Series matches or overtakesthe finest cars in this elite class,while being more accessible.”Features include segment-ex-

clusive, third-generation Magnet-ic Ride Control, the world’sfastest reacting suspension tech-nology, Caldwell said.That is just one of many stan-

dard features and engineeringenhancements offered in the2016 CTS-V. The ATS-V launchwill precede the CTS-V, Caldwellsaid. The 2016 ATS-V is pricedfrom $60,465 and presents high-performance capability in bothcoupe and sedan forms.

CTS-V Coming toCadillac DealersThis Summer

Ford Motor Co. posted a 5 per-cent gain for its best April in nineyears. Ford sold more than222,000 cars and trucks lastmonth, led by small and midsizeSUVs.The revamped Ford Edge mid-

size SUV posted its best Aprilsales ever at just over 13,000, up78 percent from a year ago. FordEscape small SUV sales were upnearly 5 percent to almost26,000. Sales of F-150, Ford’s top-selling vehicle, fell 1 percent asthe company continued to rampup production of a new modelwith an aluminum body.

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Child safety in terms of auto-motive design is no joke.

But how do GM engineers de-termine what seats fit and where,especially with hundreds of mod-els on the market?

A Kinect motion sensor, origi-nally developed for the Xbox 360,is helping solve that challenge,and the new Chevrolet Traverse isa vehicle that used this technolo-gy.

With ample space and ad-justable second row seats, theChevrolet Traverse offers par-ents flexibility when it comes tofitting child safety seats, said GMspokeswoman Rebecca White.

“There are over 250 differentmakes and models of child safetyseats on the market, and new orrevised models are introducedevery year,” said Julie Kleinert,GM’s Global Child Safety techni-cal lead, “and the lack of an in-dustry standard for the size andshape of child seats makes itquite challenging for vehicle en-gineers.”

Through the Center for ChildInjury Prevention Studies(CChIPS), a National ScienceFoundation-funded industry/uni-versity research cooperativewith partner research sites atThe Children’s Hospital ofPhiladelphia (CHOP) and TheOhio State University, Kleinertand engineers from other vehicleand child seat manufacturers areworking to develop new tools to

help manufacturers evaluatechild seat compatibility, Whitesaid.

The Kinect for Windows sen-sor first launched for the Xboxgaming console before beingmade available to Windows de-vices, White said.

The same technology createdto capture player movementsand enable voice control of videogames doubles as a powerfulscanning tool in the automotiveindustry.

The project, led by CHOP’s Dr.Aditya Belwadi, developed amethodology to use the Kinectcontroller to digitize the shape ofa child seat in minutes and at afraction of what it would cost touse a standard industrial scan-ner, White said.

CHOP researchers created“surrogate” child seat shapes byoverlaying the individual childseat scans produced by theKinect on top of one another.

The surrogate represents themaximum amount of space need-ed for a particular category ofchild seat, Kleinert said. Virtualevaluations of the surrogate mayprove to be a simple way for ve-hicle manufacturers to assess alarge range of child seats with asingle tool.

“This new tool will be a greathelp to us in evaluating child re-straint compatibility early in ourvehicle design process,” saidKleinert.

The team, Kleinert said, hopesthis approach, which was pre-sented as a technical paper atthe 2015 SAE World Congress inDetroit last month, may influenceother vehicle and child seat man-ufacturers to adopt a commonstandard for the size and geome-try of different categories ofchild seats.

“We haven’t reached that point

yet,” said Kleinert, “but we be-lieve this project is an importanta step in that direction.

This project is just one exam-ple of how vehicle manufactur-ers, child seat manufacturers anduniversity researchers are work-ing together, Kleinert said,through CChIPS on research toimprove the safety of children invehicles.”

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DETROIT (AP) _ General Mo-tors CEO Mary Barra's compen-sation more than tripled in 2014to $15.8 million in her tumul-tuous first year in the automak-er's top job.

Barra and other top execu-tives got only 74 percent of thecash incentives they could havereceived, because GM fell shortof goals set by the board.

But her stock awards morethan doubled from 2013 backwhen she was senior vice presi-dent of for product developmentand purchasing at General Mo-tors.

GM reported its 2014 compen-sation April 24 in its proxy filingwith the U.S. Securities and Ex-change Commission.

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The Adcraft Club of Detroit willhost a luncheon featuring TonyDiSalle, U.S. vice president ofBuick and GMC Marketing, at11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 8 at theDetroit Marriott at the Renais-sance Center. DiSalle will discussBuick’s plans for the future, in-cluding his thoughts on thebrand’s newest campaign, “Expe-rience the New Buick.”

“GM Day is something we lookforward to every year as an op-portunity to learn about the mar-keting plans for one of our indus-try’s biggest influencers,” PhilRzepka, Adcraft president andsenior v.p., head of Digital forCarat, said. “We are proud of thespecial relationship we have withthe auto industry and of our abil-ity to provide our members ac-cess to the latest marketing andadvertising strategies.”

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DiSalle accepted his currentposition in 2011 and has held nu-merous management positions,including product and marketingdirector of the Chevrolet Volt aswell as standing as vice presi-dent of sales, service and mar-keting for OnStar.

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The new Ford F-150 SuperCrewhas earned the government’s high-est possible crash safety rating.

This adds to the F-150’sstrengths as the toughest,smartest, most capable F-150ever, said Ford spokesman MikeLevine.

Thanks to 31 new safety-relat-ed innovations developed by theFord truck team, the 2015 F-150SuperCrew has earned a five-starOverall Vehicle Score in the Na-tional Highway Traffic Safety Ad-ministration’s New Car Assess-ment Program.

“The five-star safety rating is aterrific example of One Ford col-laboration and innovation,” saidRaj Nair, Ford group vice presi-dent, Global Product Develop-ment. “Our truck team workedtogether for years to deliver thisaccomplishment, using an un-precedented combination of ad-vanced materials throughout theall-new F-150.

“The 2015 model is engineeredto be the safest F-150 ever, whichmatters to customers who de-pend on this truck to not onlyget the job done, but also getthem safely home.”

F-150’s improved performance isenabled by up to a 700-poundweight savings through the use ofhigh-strength steel in the frame;high-strength, military-grade, alu-minum alloy in the body; andsmart engineering, Nair said.

A cross-functional group com-prised of Ford truck product de-velopment veterans and re-searchers worked to preciselyoptimize vehicle weight savingsand manufacturing design to de-liver improved durability, capa-bility, fuel economy and crash-worthiness, Nair said.

The team created and patent-ed new structures, materials andjoining methods that were testedvirtually with supercomputersimulations, then retested inFord’s advanced laboratories toengineer the safest F-150 ever.

The F-150 team started engi-neering the truck with super-computers before the first unitswere ever even crash-tested in alab.

Engineers developed digitalsafety models with nearly 1.4million separate elements to ex-

amine how even the smallestparts of the truck would performin a crash situation, Nair said.

Safety starts with the truck’ssignature, fully boxed frame –the backbone of the all-new F-150, Nair said. Engineers addedan extra crossmember and in-creased the use of high-strengthsteel to improve stiffness, dura-bility and safety – while helpingreduce the frame’s weight by upto 60 pounds.

“The team had to invent newways to manage crash energy,because advanced materials likehigh-strength steel behave differ-ently,” said Matt Niesluchowski,Ford truck safety manager. “Wefound that changing certainshapes led to a weight reduction,while also improving crash per-formance.”

Safety engineers developed apatented 12-corner front crushhorn to dissipate more energy ina front impact, Nair said. Theuniquely shaped structure helpsmanage crash forces so theframe buckles predictably tokeep those forces away from oc-cupants in the cabin. This is justone of the 31 new safety-relatedinnovations the team developedto make the truck safer in theevent of a crash.

Ford’s advanced research andsafety teams worked together toengineer F-150’s high-strength,military-grade, aluminum-alloybody structure to manage whathappens to the body in the eventof a crash, Nair said.

The truck’s cab features hy-droformed roof rails that consti-tute a cage-like structure aroundthe doors, extruded roof bows toprovide lateral strength acrossthe top of the cab, and extrudedrocker rails near the bottom toreinforce lower body strength.

How various parts of the truckwere joined also yielded safetyimprovements. In many cases,welding was not the most effec-tive way to join parts, so theteam developed and patentedmethods to connect parts usinghigh-strength adhesives. This re-sulted in structural strengthequal to or greater than tradi-tional welds.

New to F-150 is an advancedrestraint system that includes anadaptive steering column thatadjusts energy managementdepending on occupant size andsafety belt usage, Nair said. Thesystem includes dual-stageairbags and side-curtain airbags.

The all-new F-150 offers thefollowing safety features:

• Safety belt pretensionersadded to the belt anchor sidethat further tighten the lap beltaround front seat occupants,keeping them in a more securespot early in the event of acrash. • Curve Control,a technology that will slow thevehicle when it senses the truckis going too fast for a particularcurve.

• Available inflatable rearsafety belts for SuperCrew – asegment-first feature.

Ford F-150 Loses Weight, Keeps Strength

The 2015 F-150’s frame contributes to its excellent safety rating.

The new Ford Explorer Plat-inum features an exclusive Sonyaudio system with two industry-first technologies – LiveAcoustics and Clear Phase.

As a standard feature for thenew Ford Explorer Platinum edi-tion, which goes on sale thissummer, this marks the first timehigh-end Sony home audio tech-nology has been used in a vehi-cle. Live Acoustics and ClearPhase technologies bring realis-tic concert-quality sound to thenew Explorer, said Fordspokesman Mark Schirmer.

“Explorer is about pushingboundaries,” says Matt Zuehlk,Ford Explorer brand manager,“and authentic high-end hometheater sound isn’t just for theliving room anymore. The newPlatinum series gives customerseverything – including a soundsystem that will knock yoursocks off.”

Explorer has reigned as Ameri-ca’s top-selling midsize SUV for25 consecutive years – marking aquarter century for the vehicleas a leader both in the segmentand in its technology offerings,Schirmer said.

To develop the proprietaryLive Acoustics algorithm, Sonyengineers, led by Giro Shiraishi,also a concertmaster at the SonyPhilharmonic Orchestra, visitedgreat halls in Amsterdam, Berlinand Vienna, and installed micro-phones to measure their preciseacoustic qualities, Schirmer said.Shiraishi, who began taking vio-lin lessons at age four and hasbeen passionate about soundever since, wanted to re-createthe concert hall experience forSony’s high-end home audioproducts.

“This technology was previ-ously available only in our high-end home audio systems – we’venow applied the algorithm ofLive Acoustics to Ford ExplorerPlatinum’s audio system to trans-form the listening experience tobe among the finest in theworld,” says Shiraishi.

Sony engineers spent morethan 100 hours tuning the audiosystem in the new Explorer with

one goal in mind – to providePlatinum driver and passengerswith the finest audio experienceon the road, Schirmer said.

At the core of the system are12 high-power speakers in 10carefully selected locations –plus an all-new Class D amplifierto deliver a lossless powersource that drives speaker out-put without straining.

Combined, the 12 speakers arecapable of a maximum 500 watts.The speakers are optimized forsensitivity – including the centerand surround speakers, a sub-woofer with an 8-inch enclosurefor tight and full base tones, anddoor woofers and chrome tweet-ers with translucent grilles topreserve sound integrity andcomplement the upscale Plat-inum interior.

Even the system’s speakercoils are unique – square coils in-stead of the more traditionalround ones – resulting in greaterefficiency and heat dispersion.

When music is recorded, is live orin a studio, the best sound engi-neers always take care to establisha full sound stage. In other words,they make sure each instrument oc-cupies specific areas in the “space”in front of the listener.

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Ford Explorer is built at ChicagoAssembly Plant, as well as inVenezuela and Russia. It is sold inmore than 100 markets across theglobe.

Ford expects to export 56,000Explorers from the United Statesthis year alone, Schirmer said.

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DETROIT (AP) – General Mo-tors CEO Mary Barra is dismiss-ing any talk of a possible mergerwith Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

Barra tells analysts on a con-ference call that the company isfocused on making its businessmore efficient and taking full ad-vantage of its global size. Shesays GM won’t consider any-thing that would distract fromthose efforts.

Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Mar-chionne recently floated the ideaof merging with GM or anotherglobal automaker. He is a propo-nent of industry consolidationand says only the biggest au-tomakers will survive.

Barra says other automakersmight want to consolidate, butGM is focused on its plan. Thatincludes leading the industry innew mobility technologies.

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way to do that.”Cathy Clegg, vice president of

GM North America Manufactur-ing, was also at Pontiac Metal.She said that she got her start asa stamper, so being able to makean announcement of such impor-tance at the Pontiac facility was ajoy for her.“The common thread among

our investments is the focus onproduct improvements that ben-efit customers,” Clegg said. “To-gether, with our UAW partners,we’re working hard to exceedconsumers’ ever-increasing qual-ity expectations.”Clegg said that all major body

panel dies are pre-tested at thePontiac facility under regularproduction conditions, enablingstamping plants to produce qual-ity parts in a shorter time span.The Warren Pre-Production fa-

cility, Clegg said, is one of fivethat GM has around the world. Itis where GM develops the mostefficient manufacturing proto-cols for building its various vehi-cles. Once these protocols havebeen tested and proven, thenpeople from the particular plantin question come, learn the tech-niques and take them back totheir home site.Basically, Clegg said, Warren

Pre-Production finds problemsbefore they become problems.Lansing Delta is where GM as-

sembles the Chevrolet Traverse,the GMC Acadia and the BuickEnclave.Clegg said the order in which

GM picks sites for investment isbased on the company’s needsas it launches new products.“The prep work on the three

Michigan facilities has alreadystarted,” Clegg said. “The work

won’t be completed on late nextyear. No sites will be closed dur-ing the process. We’ll run at fulloperation.”Batey said that in the past GM

didn’t make such investmentsduring bad economic times.“It’s no secret that the auto

business is cyclical,” Batey said.“It’s important to have a balancesheet that allows a company toinvest. Having a ‘fortress’ bal-ance sheet means that a compa-ny like GM can invest in productduring both good and bad times.We want our development to beon time. In the past we delayedinvesting in sites and in newproduct to save money duringdown cycles. Fortunately, we arein a position where we have thecash to invest during lean times.”


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Chevrolet today introducedthe 2016 Corvette Z06 C7.R Edi-tion – a road-going, track-capablehomage to the Corvette RacingC7.R racecars. It’s offered inCorvette Racing’s signature yel-low livery – or black – with coor-dinated exterior and interior ac-cents.Only 500 examples of the C7.R

Edition will be built and all will in-clude the Z07 Performance Pack-age with carbon ceramic brakes, aswell as a specially serialized vehi-cle identification number, said GMspokesman Monte Doran. They goon sale later this year.“Corvette Racing’s legacy and

technology were significant influ-ences on the development of theCorvette Z06 and the new C7.REdition honors the direct link be-tween the racecar and the pro-duction model,” said HarlanCharles, Corvette product andmarketing manager. “It also ad-vances Chevrolet’s plan to offerspecial-edition models that offera unique, personal ownership ex-periences, which become impor-tant parts of Corvette’s legacy.”Here is a complete list of con-

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age;• Z07 Performance Package

with Brembo carbon ceramicbrakes and Michelin PS Cup 2tires;• Yellow brake calipers;• Black wheels with yellow ac-

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with C7.R graphics.The Z07 Performance Package

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age enhances overall perform-ance to make the Corvette Z06one of the most track-capablecars you can buy off the dealer-ship floor and still drive it towork every day,” said Charles.“Combined with the 650-horse-power supercharged LT4 engine,true aerodynamic downforceand performance technologies

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Finding skilled digital sculp-tors with clay modeling experi-ence has become a challenge forautomakers, auto suppliers andother employers because few de-sign programs teach these skills.To help meet the demand, Ma-comb Community College hascreated a new digital sculptor as-sociate degree program will belaunched in August. It will be the

only two-year degree program insoutheast Michigan to includeclay modeling in addition to digi-tal design and milling, said MCCspokesman James Melton.The program was designed

with industry input to ensuregraduates possess the knowl-edge and skills required for en-try-level positions in industrialdesign studios. Those who are

both technical and creative arebest suited for the field. Accord-ing to the college’s research, theaverage local entry level salaryfor graduates of a digital sculptorassociate degree is expected tobe $67,500.To learn more about the pro-

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Joseph Jimenez E. Neville Isdell

Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenezwas nominated on April 24 toserve on the board of directorsof General Motors.E. Neville Isdell will not stand

for re-election at the company’sAnnual Meeting of Stockholdersin June, pursuant to the board’sretirement age policy, said GMspokesman David Roman.“Joe brings a wealth of con-

sumer insights gained from a dis-tinguished career in the pharma-ceutical and packaged goods in-dustries, as well as a proven fo-cus on enhancing shareholdervalue over time,” said GM chair-man Tim Solso. “We look forwardto leveraging his expertise inproduct innovation and globalconsumer markets.”Jimenez, 55, has been CEO of

Novartis since 2010, Roman said.He joined the company in 2007 tolead the consumer health divi-sion. Previously, he served insenior leadership roles in the H.J.Heinz Co. Jimenez began his ca-reer in 1984 at the Clorox Co.Prior to joining Novartis, he

was a nonexecutive director ofAstraZeneca PLC, United King-dom. He also was an adviser forthe private equity organizationBlackstone Group in the U.S.Jimenez earned a bachelor’s de-gree in Economics from StanfordUniversity and an MBA from theUniversity of California, Berkeley.Isdell, 71, has served on GM’s

board since 2009, Roman said.Prior to serving on GM’s boardhe was a member of the board ofdirectors of General MotorsCorp. from 2008 to 2009. Isdell’scareer includes leading the Coca-Cola Co., serving as chairmanand CEO from 2004 to 2008, andchairman until his retirement in2009.“On behalf of the board, I’d like

to thank Neville for his commit-ment to the success of GM,” saidSolso. “His leadership and focuson what was best for all share-holders have been valuable dur-

ing a time of significant change atthe company.”“We have made significant

progress and benefited greatlyfrom Neville’s insight and experi-ence, especially in global brandmanagement,” said GM CEOMary Barra: . “I am thankful forthe contributions he has made toour board and company.”Jimenez will stand for election

at GM’s Annual Meeting of Stock-holders, which will be held onTuesday, June 9, at GM’s GlobalHeadquarters in Detroit.The election of the board’s

slate of nominees would bringGM’s Board of Directors to 12members, 11 of whom are non-employee directors.

GM Board Sees New Candidates

Michigan State Trooper SarahKrebs will talk about how art andscience work together in policeinvestigations at a special pres-entation put on by the WarrenPublic Library.The event takes place at 6 p.m.

in the Warren Civic Centerbranch of the library on Thurs-day, June 11.“Forensic art is any art that

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expectations, and drove thelender’s stock up 49 cents, or 2percent, to $20.80 in early trad-ing April 27.The Detroit-based lender re-

ported first-quarter earnings of$576 million, or $1.06 per share.That’s up from $227 million, 33cents per share, in the same pe-riod a year earlier.The sale of Ally’s 40 percent

stake in a joint venture in Chinaat the start of the year con-tributed nearly $400 million toquarterly profit.First-quarter earnings, adjust-

ed for non-recurring items, cameto 52 cents per share, handilysurpassed financial analysts’ ex-pectations. The average esti-mate of eight analysts surveyedby Zacks Investment Researchwas for earnings of 42 cents pershare.New car loans hit $9.8 billion

in the quarter, a 7 percent in-crease from the same period oflast year. Deposits at Ally Bankreached $50.6 billion, up 12 per-cent.Total revenue was $1.09 billion

in the period, down from $1.14billion the year before and alsoshort of analysts’ forecasts. Ana-lysts surveyed by Zacks expect-ed $1.17 billion.Shares in Ally Financial Inc.

have fallen 14 percent since thebeginning of the year. The stockhas declined 17 percent in thelast 12 months.

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Five-time Brickyard 400 win-ner and four-time NASCAR SprintCup champion Jeff Gordon willdrive a Corvette Z06 pace car forthe 99th running of the Indi-anapolis 500 mile race, May 24 atthe Indianapolis Motor Speed-way, said GM spokesman RandyFox.It is the 13th time a Corvette

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racers like me and I couldn’t bemore thrilled to drive theCorvette Z06 pace car aroundthe track that helped drive mysuccess over the years,” Gordonsaid.

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all-new rear wheel electric vari-able transmission (EVT) with ex-clusively designed motors toprovide smooth, spirited acceler-ation.

The two-motor EVT also usesthree planetary gears and is mat-ed to a 2.0L turbo 4-cylinder en-gine with spark-ignited direct in-jection and variable valve tech-nology. The use of a two-motorsystem provides smooth andseamless power through the en-tire driving range. The combinedsystem is capable of producingtotal system power of 335 hp and432 lb-ft of torque.

“The CT6 PHEV will deliver ex-ceptional smooth, responsive ac-celeration that Cadillac and luxu-ry sedan owners demand,” saidTravis Hester, Cadillac CT6 exec-utive chief engineer. “We havemanaged to achieve superiordrive quality when compared toour PHEV competitors due to ourexclusively designed EVT.”

Cadillac expects the fuel econ-omy of the CT6 PHEV to be morethan double that of the car’s con-ventional engine offerings,Nordlicht said, as measured bymiles per gallon equivalent. Stan-dards for measuring vehicle fueleconomy differ between Chinaand other global regions. Full de-tails on the CT6 PHEV efficiencyin the U.S. and other marketsoutside China will be releasedcloser to the car’s introductionin those markets.

The CT6 PHEV will featureiBooster and Electronic StabilityProgram tailored for hybrid elec-tric vehicle regenerative blendedbraking to provide maximum en-ergy recovery combined with re-duced stopping distance and im-proved fuel economy over tradi-

tional regenerative braking sys-tems.

The iBooster and ESP-hevtechnology balance the use ofthe CT6 electric motors to act asgenerators to slow the vehicleand capture as much kinetic en-ergy as possible during low-de-mand scenarios, Nordlicht said,while blending the traditional hy-draulic brakes with the motors inhigh-demand scenarios.

As expected from a driver’s carlike the CT6, the system providesimproved brake pedal feel andenables increased opportunityfor engine stop-start operation.

CT6 PHEV drivers will be ableto select among three distinctoperating modes: Normal, Sportand Hold.

• Normal: Designed for every-day commuting. Provides idealbalance of comfort, performanceand maximized EV range and fueleconomy.

• Sport: Provides more ag-gressive pedal mapping for im-proved off-the-line feel and astiffer steering response.

• Hold: Allows owners to se-lect when the CT6 PHEV uses itsengine, reserving the remainingbattery charge for later use. Thisfeature helps enhance efficiencybecause owners who mix cityand highway driving can save thebattery charge for city travel.

• The CT6 PHEV will have Re-gen on Demand. This allows thedriver to temporarily regenerateenergy from vehicle momentuminto electricity and store in thebattery pack for later use.

Regen on Demand supports amore-engaging driving experi-ence by slowing the vehiclewhen entering a turn to betterposition it on the exit, Nordlichtsaid, much like downshiftingwith a manual transmission.

Cadillac CT6 Goes ‘Green’With PHEV Technology


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