The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.

China will be the answer to Japan's problems.

In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.

Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish.

I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example. I want to make sure there is no discrepancy between what we say and what we do. If you preach accountability and then promote somebody with bad results, it doesn't work. I personally believe the best training is management by example. Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.

I have my family, my children - I have a lot of outside activities.

We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition.