Mr wagoner feared that because of the complexity of its business gm might be left in limbo for years , while customers increasingly shunned the products of a firm with a tarnished reputation and an unknowable future .
Last week gm 's chairman , rick wagoner , said contracts had been placed with battery-makers to develop power packs safe and reliable enough for a production vehicle , which gm hopes to launch by 2010 .
The day before rick wagoner , gm 's chief executive , first visited congress with his hand out , indiana 's governor applauded the dedication of a new honda factory .
But general motors chief executive rick wagoner warned that the economy could lose three million jobs in the first year if the big three fail .
但是通用汽车的总裁rickwagoner警告说,如果三巨头破产,第一年就会有300万人失业。
" Our progress has been threatened as us economic conditions have become more difficult , " rick wagoner , gm 's chief executive , told employees yesterday .