Yes. And for some reason, though, the new switch was not given a part number and instead shared a number with the original defective switch. Is that correct . Yes. Now this new switch also did not meet gms minimum torque specificications either. This one delfi said was in the range of 10 to 15 and it really should have been 15 at a minimum. Is that correct . I have not seen the test results. You dont know that. Ok. Now, despite these facts gm continued to manufacture cars with these same ignition switches with the model years 2008 to 2011. Is that correct . Yes. And between 2004 and 2014, no Public Notices were issued as a result of gms knowledge of these facts and no recalls were issued for the over 2. 5 million vehicles manufactured with these defective ignition switches. Is that correct . Yes. And finally, three recalls were made this year, 2014. Two in february and one just last friday. Is that right . Related to this ignition switch . Now, i have just a couple more questions. The
In all aspects of the process. Will continue to identify defects and ensure they are fixed. I want to close on one last important note. Defectsity to find requires our providers to act on good faith and in good time. Parts change and indicating potentially critical supplier conversations on airbags. Had this information been available earlier, it likely would have changed our approach to this issue. But let me be clear, both we and the Auto Industry as a whole must look to improve. I greatly appreciate the to testify before you today. Understand you just got into this position a couple of months ago. A focus on green energy and fuel cell technology. You arestand that if uncomfortable with some of the questions, you are more than welcome to ask some of the staff behind you. I believe we have a slide available or a poster here. Went to your website to see what we could learn. Have that available. This is all i could find on your website about the recall notice. No information about the b
Break. The s p and the dow coming off the best week since july. Will the momentum continue . Plus, it is a big week for earnings, results expected today from netflix and kimberly clark. Mcdonalds, boeing, facebook, apple, all will have reported by the end of the week. A lot of tech news, nike reportedly leaving the wearables market. And more trouble for General Motors. New documents showing that the automaker waited years to recall hundreds of thousands of saturn ions with power steering problems. First up, though, we are basing for a barrage of Earnings Reports. Netflix tonight, tomorrow, mcdonalds, travelers, utx, at t, wednesday, boeing, p g before the bell and a big night on wednesday, apple and facebook after the bell. On thursday, well get c. A. T. , gm, 3m, microsoft, visa and amazon. And well close out the week with ford results on friday. I mean, this is talk about the calm before the storm. Not a lot to work with today, but we all know how crazy were going to be in about 48 h
Emission scenario, there goes sochi, there goes grenoble, you go a little bit further, vancouver, squaw valley, sarajevo are in trouble. When you get down here, the majority of the sites where weve had Winter Olympics are now no longer climatesuitable for Winter Olympics, including lillehammer and mageno, oslo, care koi sarajevo, grenoble and on. So, the people who are involved in these Winter Sports know about this and 100 athletes at the sochi olympics from ten different nations wrote a letter saying, we have got to take Climate Change seriously. And theyve particularly focused on the small towns in the mountains where skiers and snowboarders train and where the economy is based on snowboarding and skiing and Winter Sports ads, and the deaf sthaition would happen in those and the devastation that would happen in those small towns if the economy collapsed because of Climate Change. If you want to go ahead now, senator . Mr. Schatz i thank the senator from rhode island. Id like to whoe
Electric mobility has become obsolete, and not only because of the errors that this type of vehicle is presenting. During the last few years, a new fuel has