(August 5, 200) DETROIT — Only parents and caregivers can be sure their child or pet is not left unattended in a vehicle, but with August’s hot temperatures, OnStar advisors are ending calls by cautioning drivers who push the blue button to avoid a potentially fatal mistake.

From Aug. 1-14, a non-emergency contact from an active OnStar-equipped vehicle will close with the advisor’s caution:  “Please remember when it is hot not to leave kids or pets alone in a vehicle."

(August 4, 2010) WARREN, Mich. — For 30 years, engineers have used the GM Aerodynamics Laboratory to improve fuel economy by helping cars and trucks slip through the air more easily.

Put into operation in August 1980, the wind tunnel is the largest of its type dedicated to automotive work. Over three decades, engineers have cut the coefficient of drag (C D) of GM vehicles by approximately 25 percent.

(August 4, 2010) TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Ford will begin production this week of the most powerful diesel engine ever installed in a heavy-duty pickup, Barb Samardzich, vice president of powertrain engineering, announced today at an international auto industry conference.

(August 3, 2010) General Motors and Ford both showed modest gains in July over a year ago, but they weren't the robost numbers of the past few months.

Total industry sales advanced 5 percent from a year earlier for the smallest monthly increase since January. The seasonally adjusted annual selling rate was 11.55 million, the year's third highest.

GM posted a 6 percent increase selling 199,602 cars and trucks in July, its smallest monthly increase this year. Ford managed a 3 percent gain, its smallest since November 2009.