Chevrolet Kodiak News

Monday saw a glimpse of hope on Labor Day as it was revealed it's possible for more work to come to Flint.

General Motors Corp. will end its medium duty commercial truck business Friday. The automaker will shut down the line at the Flint Truck Assembly plant for good.

FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A Georgia-based company that hauls medium-duty trucks built at a doomed General Motors Corp.

Local GM officials want to expand the plant's capabilities so it can make heavy-duty, extended-cab Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks.

General Motors, which has quietly been seeking a buyer for its medium-duty truck line, says it will cease production of the Chevrolet Kodiak and GMC Topkick at the end of July.

General Motors, continuing to swing its financial ax since declaring bankruptcy a week ago, announced June 8 that it will drop its medium-duty truck line by the end of July.

General Motors has decided to wind down its medium-duty truck operations after four years of working with multiple potential buyers, including Navistar International.

Chevrolet's Kodiak and GMC's Topkick medium-duty truck lines will be phased out by July 31 after General Motors Corp.

After unsuccessfully trying to find a buyer for four years, General Motors Corp.

WARREN - General Motors Corp. has opened its new Global Battery Systems Lab. The Detroit automaker said Monday the lab in Warren will expand its research and development capabilities for electric-powered vehicles of the future.

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General Motors Corp. said Monday it will indefinitely shut down one of two production shifts at its Wentzville, Mo., plant in August, citing a shrinking market for the full-sized vans produced there.

The Boston Globe's largest union rejected a new contract Monday, refusing to accept $10 million in annual pay and benefit cuts despite threats of even deeper wage cuts or the possible closure of the newspaper.

General Motors Corp. has scrapped plans to sell its medium-duty truck business after a fruitless four-year search.

General Motors Corp , which filed for bankruptcy protection a week ago, said on Monday that it would cease production of medium-duty trucks by July 31 after attempts to sell the operation failed.

GM will stop making the GMC Topkick and a similar Chevrolet at its Flint, Mich., assembly plant by the end of July.