General Motors Europe
General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), one of the world's largest automakers, was founded in 1908 and today manufactures cars and trucks in 34 countries. With global headquarters in Detroit, GM employs 244,500 people in every major region of the world, and sells and services vehicles in some 140 countries. In 2008, GM sold 8.35 million cars and trucks globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Vauxhall and Wuling. GM's largest national market is the United States, followed by China, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, Russia and Germany. GM's OnStar subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services.In Europe, GM sells its vehicles in over 40 markets. It operates 10 vehicle-production and assembly facilities in seven countries and employs around 54,500 people. Many additional directly related jobs are provided by some 8,700 independent sales and service outlets.
In 2008, GM - for the third consecutive year - sold over 2 million passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Europe, achieving a market share of 9.3 percent.
Bioethanol activities:
GM is also focusing on fuels from renewable resources.
"Flex-fuel" vehicles can run on any combination of gasoline or E85 (85% ethanol and 15% gasoline). Not only is Bioethanol a fast growing alternative fuel, but as a renewable source, it has the potential to significantly reduce CO2 emissions on a source-to-wheel basis. Globally, GM has about 3.5 million flex-fuel vehicles on the road in America and Europe. GM is working with partners such as Coskata on sustainable fuel solutions for the market. These partners use proprietary microorganisms and transformative bioreactor designs to produce ethanol from a wide variety of biomass input materials.
| Address: | Noorderlaan 401 - Haven 500 B-2030 Antwerp |
| Website: | www.gmeurope.com |
| Phone: | +32-(0)3-540.41.11 |
| Fax: | +32-(0)3-540.48 |
| Email: | customer.services@be.opel.com |