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General motors is hoping to get the all clear for the sale of its loss making brand opel. But is the traditional car industry coming to an end . Well get a hands on look at the latest in driverless technology. Welcome to World Business report. Im rachel horne. Today the Eu Commission will decide whether or not to give the green light to General Motors for the 2. 5bn sale of its european operations. Gm is hoping to offload vauxhall and opel to the psa group thats the French Company which owns peugeot and citroen. Its easy to see why General Motors wants to sell their european operation, which is dominated by opel, has lost about 9. 1 billion since 2009. If successful, the deal would make psa the continents second biggest car maker after volkswagen and ahead of french rival renault. Opel employs 38,000 people across europe but its feared the sale could put thousands of those jobs under threat with workers in the uk and germany considered to be most at risk. With me is anna marie baisden,

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