Posted on May 05, 2010 - 7:22am by admin in Automobilization, cars-first transportation, Economic Waste
Chevy aimed to stick with its Americana theme through playing off the last line of the Pledge of Allegiance: “With liberty and justice for all,” one of the sources said.
US car crash deaths, 2009: 33,963
US annual expenditures on automobiles, gas, repair, parking, insurance, and roads: >$1 trillion (my calculations from government and insurance industry data, see Courting Carmageddon, my forthcoming book)
Total outstanding U.S. automotive loan debt: $1 trillion (sources: here minus here)
“I thought what was good for the country was good for General Motors and vice versa.” Charles E. Wilson, GM President
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