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Officially opening on October 24, the Tokyo Motor Show is already getting in the news as a few participants make early announcements about what they’ll be showcasing at the East’s largest auto event. So far, interesting stuff from Suzuki, Mitsubishi, and Honda have been announced.

Read More: Tokyo Motor Show 2009: Early Announcements for Participants Are Enticing

Everyone wants government money. It seems that all of the electric vehicle manufacturers, whether making parts, batteries, or cars want in on that cheap Department of Energy cash. Matthew Lesko is already working on a new book with a working title of “Get FREE Government Money For Your Electric Car Company!”*

Read More: More Department of Energy Loans and Foibles: Tesla, Aptera, and More

The little Indian company that could, REVA is not only going into full swing with production of their NXR and NXG electric cars, but now they’ve announced a new program called Revive that will come standard with the vehicles.

Read More: REVA Announces Revive, Like OnStar for Electrics

Bloomberg published a piece by John Hughes that says the obvious: taxpayers aren’t going to get their “investment” in GM and Chrysler back. Which makes it not an investment at all, but a bailout.

Read More: The Auto Bailout Saga Continues - Don’t Expect Taxpayer Reimbursement of Bailouts

General Motors hasn’t even come out of bankruptcy yet (a judge has cleared the way, so they will soon) and they’re already going ahead full force with the green wash that will be Government Motors.

Read More: Not Even Out of Bankruptcy and GM is Already Green Washing

General Motors has issued a new commercial promoting their new “green” (attempted) image, their new company outlook, and a full minute of near-total bombardment with semi-patriotic, “strength” images designed to focus on GM as an American company.

Read More: Video: GM’s New Commercial and A Spoof Of the Propaganda

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal, written by Keith Johnson, lays out the reasons why he believes that General Motors will drop the Volt. An immediate response article on Treehugger.com by Michael G. Richard refutes that argument and lays out his reasoning for it.

Read More: Will GM Drop the Volt?

General Motors‘ bondholders rejected a debt-for-equity swap and so have set into motion the likely bankrupting of GM. This could be the largest industrial bankruptcy in American history. GM has until the end of the month to convince government officials that it’s solvent, but with over $100 billion in red ink, it’s not likely to happen.

Read More: GM Faces Bankruptcy, What Will the Fallout Be?

GM has announced that despite the pending sale of the Saturn brand, the 2-mode hybrid Saturn Vue that was to be released this summer will live. While it won’t be released this summer as planned, it will be released in 2011 along with it’s plug-in hybrid counterpart. The question is “under what brand?”

Read More: Saturn Vue 2-Mode Hybrid and PHEV Won’t Die, According to GM

Chrysler officially declared bankruptcy last week amongst cries from various political parties and pundits over the whys and hows of the deal. Despite billions in government bailouts and massive cutbacks by the company–even the restructuring of agreements with United Auto Workers and several of Chrysler’s debtors–the company could not avoid the inevitable.

Read More: Chrysler, Fiat, Bankruptcy and Renewal: Can Fiat Win U.S. Over?