The to-do list of Hummer CEO Jim Taylor is 340 items long - all due by Dec. 1. That's when he hopes General Motors Co. can close a deal to sell Hummer to China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. Ltd. "All our plans have to be in place so as to be ready to fire Dec. 1," Taylor told Automotive News. Item No. 1: Kick-start Hummer sales, most of which are in the United States. Then Taylor must plan future products, including where to build them and what powertrains to use now that Hummer must meet federal fuel economy rules.
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