GM let the press get a good look at it’s new powertrain center on Friday July 28th, with out getting into all the details I’ll just provide a Link
Autoweek…
GM unveiled the center in Pontiac, Mich., on Friday, July 25. It consolidates 1,200 workers from four other sites under one roof. It has 120 flexible dynamometer test cells--which test engines and transmissions, more than 100 stands to test components and will use 68 new calibration techniques. They will help GM chop an average of 10 weeks off its powertrain development process. GM expects to save $200 million this year from the streamlining.
While the economy and high gas priced continues to drag down GM’s profits, the company continues to streamline and reorganize.
It’s unfortunate that this kind of thing doesn’t make the local and national news, whenever one of the domestic automakers runs in to trouble, the media always considers that news worthy, but something like this which can only have a very positive long term impact on the company goes unmentioned.
Doom and gloom is always the first order of the day.
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