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GM and JVs Set New May Sales Mark in China

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Buoyed by strong demand for the Chevrolet brand and ongoing positive demand for its other brands, GM sales totaled 196,004 units. GM’s sales in the first five months of the year in China reached 1,032,665 units, a 53.9% increase from the first five months of 2009 and a new record for the period. from May 2009.

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GM Sets New June, First Half Sales Records in China; China First Half Sales Outpace US

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from the same period in 2009 to 1,209,138 units. As a comparison, in the US GM sold 195,380 units in June, up 10.7% from the same period in 2009. GM China sales for 1H2010 thus outpaced US sales by almost 12%. Shanghai GM’s sales in June rose 18.9% Shanghai GM’s sales in June rose 18.9% from June 2009.

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GM Sets New January Sales Record in China

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GM both topped 200,000 unit sales for the first time and set a new sales mark for the month of January in China. from the first month of 2009. Sales of vehicles by Shanghai GM jumped 150.1% SAIC-GM-Wuling had record January sales of 119,969 units, which represented a year-on-year increase of 59.6%. Sales were up 97.0%

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GM’s Sales in China Surpass 1.5 Million Units

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million units in sales for 2009. For the first 10 months of 2009, GM’s domestic sales in China totaled 1,459,460 units. Shanghai GM sales in the first 10 months rose 46.5% Shanghai GM finished the month number one in sales among domestic passenger car manufacturers. FAW-GM Light Duty Commercial Vehicle Co.

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EPA annual trends report finds new vehicle fuel economy at record 24.1 mpg; new powertrain technologies rapidly gaining share

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The Trends report has been published annually since 1975 and covers all passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, minivans, and all but the largest pickup trucks and vans. Changes in market share from MY 2009 to MY 2014 for several key gasoline and diesel engine and transmission technologies.

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Chrysler debuts all-electric minivan

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Chrysler debuts all-electric minivan Alisa PriddleThe Detroit News April 22, 2009 12:00 PM Chrysler LLC is celebrating Earth Day with the presentation of four all-electric minivans to the United States Postal Service in Washington today.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

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REDDIT STUMBLE UPON MYSPACE MIXX IT Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com RSS FEEDS ( close ) By Peter Valdes-Dapena , CNNMoney.com senior writer Last Updated: April 15, 2009: 2:59 PM ET The Dodge Circuit, slated to enter production late next year, is based on a vehicle platform engineered by Britains Lotus.