What are they all going to do?

It still seems doubtful whether the American auto companies will survive in the long run. Well, that is the way of companies - they grow, develop, and sometimes die. To keep on top, you have to think fast - and be prepared for the worst. Which I do not think the auto industry was. Their problems is always presented as being due to people not buying cars, and since they get most of their income from financing car purchases, that is of course bad. The manufacturing part is just in the way, and the bridge loans are not going to help that part of the industry much; it is just another bailout. More wasted money from the Bush administration.
Which leads me to the interesting question: People all over the world have stopped buying cars (funny that they did not do that when oil prices were double todays, isn´t it?). So what are you going to use those manufacturing plants for? Is there a way to retool them so they can make something which people would buy (when they get money)?
Well, I think you already know my opinon, but it makes sense to retool them to make small wind power plants. Think about it: A wind power plant is about the size of a car. It consists of steel sheets and moving parts, which the auto makers are really good at putting together. In many countries, the infrastructure - both legal and electrical - is already there for people to sell power to the power company. The biggest problem is likely that you have to retool the presses that make the car body. Robots can easily be reprogrammed, people taught new skills, and the parts are made by someone else anyway - drive train and engine could easily be replaced. The propellers are already industrially manufactured.
If Obama was serious about creating jobs and save the environment, he would give a subsidy to people who bought and installed wind power plants. Yes, it would mean a lot of sales for Indian, Chinese, and European manufacturers. But top it up with a subsidy to the car industry for each power plant they sell, and soon you will be there. Let´s see what happens.