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General Motors breaks ground for St. Petersburg plant expansion

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General Motors broke ground for the expansion of GM Auto, its wholly owned manufacturing facility in St. GM says the project is the most significant development for its Russian operations since GM Auto opened in 2008. Petersburg, Russia.

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Experian Automotive: total number of light vehicles on US roads at highest level since 2008

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Increased new vehicle sales and lower scrappage rates pushed VIO to the highest point on record since Q3 2008. Other findings include: General Motors had the highest share of VIO at 26.6%, followed by Ford (18.9%), Toyota (12.6%) and Chrysler (12.5%). The number of cars and light trucks on the road in the US reached 247.9

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Faraday Future receives manufacturing equipment from Guangzhou MINO at Hanford plant

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was incorporated in 2008. Guangzhou MINO Equipment Co., MINO’s main product lines include Body In White (BIW) automatic welding lines, powertrain and new energy manufacturing equipment, electrical automation and robotics application integration and services.

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General Motors India And REVA Form Partnership To Develop Electric Vehicles for Indian Market

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General Motors India and Reva Electric Car Company (REVA) have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop electric vehicles for the Indian market. The agreement was announced jointly by Karl Slym, president and managing director, General Motors India and Chetan Maini, deputy chairman and chief technology officer, REVA.

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QOTD: How to Succeed in China?

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Yet, at the same time, General Motors' Buick brand survived the brand purges in 2008-2009 in part because of its success in China. Ford is scaling back in China. So, what is the best way for non-Chinese makes to succeed in that market? The question is pretty self-explanatory and I don't really need much more preamble.

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Plug In 2008

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T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. The announcement, which follows Google's request for proposals from companies with electric car technologies, came Tuesday during the Plug-In 2008 conference in San Jose, Calif. Here's part of the story from CNET : Google.org is investing $2.75

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United Auto Workers Ratify New Labor Contract

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Despite several large facilities voting against the UAW labor contract negotiated with Detroit automakers, the deal has been ratified by union members from both General Motors and Stellantis. General Motors’ unionized employees ratified their contract by 54.7

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