Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2010

Shanghai GM has outlined the next phase of its “Drive to Green” product strategy—launched in 2008 ( earlier post )—for 2011-2015. The joint venture between GM and SAIC intends to reduce fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions by 15% while improving performance 14% by 2015. Several targets announced in 2008 have already been achieved.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Following the steep decline in US industry sales in December 2008 and January 2009, GM responded by further lowering its forecast for 2009 US industry sales to 10.5 In the US, GM will focus on its core brands; Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC. million units (57.5 million units globally) for viability planning purposes.

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2009

The company has been created from the old GM’s strongest operations and is built on four core brands: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC. The four brands will offer 34 nameplates by 2010 compared to the old GM’s total of 48 in 2008. It is also expected that it will repay the Government loans well ahead of the 2015 deadline.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The Green Piece: September 8, 2009. Its dive into the financial doldrums was short-lived however, and on July 10, 2009, the company bounced back with the formation of a new, downsized GM (see article ). Starting from 2010 its 2.4l How GM hopes to recover. diesel engine for light trucks.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

Created from the old GM’s strongest operations in an asset sale approved by the Federal bankruptcy court on 5 July ( earlier post ), the new GM is built on four core brands: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC. The four brands will offer a total of 34 nameplates by 2010, compared to old GM’s total of 48 in 2008 and 63 in 2004.

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