Posted on December 15th, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
Former Chrysler LLC CEO Tom LaSorda is taking on a new role as an advisor to Anaheim, California-based Fisker Automotive, a manufacturer of premium plug-in electric vehicles. Fisker is looking to increase sales of its high-dollar sports cars and broaden its product line. The company was founded in 2007 by Henrik Fisker and Bernhard Koehler. [...]
•
Like on Facebook • Tags:
Chrysler,
electric cars,
Fisker Automotive,
Future vehicles,
Tom LaSorda.
Posted on August 12th, 2010 • by David Zatz
Chrysler has reportedly switched from using A123 to Electrovaya as its preferred battery supplier for electric cars and hybrids; while ENVI prototypes and the Fiat 500 EV used A123 batteries, the new Ram plug-in hybrid (PHEV) will use Electrovaya batteries. Chrysler’s electric car initiatives, once under the domains of GEM and ENVI, have been integrated [...]
•
Like on Facebook • Tags:
Canada,
Chrysler,
electric cars,
Ram PHEV,
Tom LaSorda.
Posted on July 14th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Former Chrysler LLC vice-chairman and president Jim Press has been hired as a consultant for Nissan-Renault’s global sales and marketing operation. Press has been working with the company for four months but the official announcement came just yesterday. “He’s visited with our dealers in the States, Europe and Japan and has already begun providing substantial [...]
•
Like on Facebook • Tags:
Auto industry,
Chrysler,
Jim Press,
Tom LaSorda.
Posted on May 20th, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
Tom LaSorda, who retired at the end of April as Chrysler president and vice chairman, has a new job: he has joined Penske Automotive Group as an advisor as the auto retailer considers a bid for Saturn’s distribution network. A spokesman for Penske confirmed an earlier Bloomberg News report that LaSorda had been brought on [...]
•
Like on Facebook • Tags:
Chrysler,
General Motors,
Penske,
Saturn,
Tom LaSorda.
Posted on April 30th, 2009 • by David Zatz
While Bob Nardelli will leave his CEO post at Chrysler to take up an advisory role at Cerberus, Tom LaSorda announced that he would retire while Chrysler is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. While LaSorda’s performance at Chrysler Corporation, DaimlerChrysler, and Chrysler LLC has generally been seen as positive, he recently threatened to shut down Chrysler’s usually-profitable [...]
•
Like on Facebook • Tags:
Canada,
Chrysler,
Nardelli,
Tom LaSorda.
Posted on April 25th, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
Attributed to Tom LaSorda, Vice Chairman and President: “We are extremely grateful to the CAW leadership and to its hard-working members for their openness in this challenging environment to create a new strategy that will lead this company on a path to success. We also want to recognize the Canadian Federal and Ontario governments for [...]
•
Like on Facebook • Tags:
Canadian Auto Workers,
Chrysler,
Tom LaSorda,
unions.
