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MARCH 11, 2012

LaCrosse with eAssist—GM’s light electrification system—uses a compact lithium-ion battery pack and small electric motor to aid the performance of a fuel-efficient 2.4-liter gas engine in the 2012 LaCrosse lineup, which averaged 11% of 2011 sales. in February, a month in which it was Buick’s top-selling nameplate.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

For the second time, General Motors has sold more than 2 million vehicles in China in a calendar year, reaching the milestone today. Demand in China this year for the Buick brand has risen 24%, Chevrolet 18% and Cadillac 73%. On 4 November 2010, GM became the first global automaker in China to sell 2 million vehicles in one year.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

GM is applying its eAssist mild hybrid system to the 2012 Regal, making it the second Buick model after LaCrosse to feature the second-generation light electrification technology ( earlier post ), which is GM’s current default mild hybrid system for electrification applications of 20 kW power or less. Regal with eAssist.

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MAY 29, 2010

General Motors may be trying to spread Chevrolet through Europe and Asia, but it won't put the Chevy bowtie on its Volt extended-range electric vehicle when that car goes on sale in China next year. dealerships this November as the 2011 Chevrolet Volt will be sold in China as a Buick. Instead, the car that hits U.S.

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JUNE 8, 2010

General Motors is yet to launch the local version of its 2011 Chevrolet Cruze sedan but instead of speeding up its arrival the automaker is working on a new Buick sedan based on the same platform.

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JULY 4, 2012

by volume from the 561 units in June 2011. from 2,745 units in the first half of 2011. from the 1,708 units sold in June 2011. from the 3,148 units sold in June 2011. Combined sales of all seven Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac crossovers were up 30 % versus a year ago. The Prius sedan posted 11,514 units (60.1%

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APRIL 18, 2011

There was yet another debut at this year’s Auto Shanghai 2011, as General Motors (GM) introduced the Buick Envision plug-in hybrid SUV concept.

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

Like the light electrification powertrain of the Buick LaCrosse upon which it is based, the Alpheon eAssist features a 2.4-liter N·m electric motor generator. General Motors launched the Buick LaCrosse with eAssist in China on 25 August. liter spark ignition direct injection (SIDI) engine (max.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

General Motors and its joint ventures in China set an August sales record en route to the third-best sales month in 2011. For the first eight months of 2011, GM and its joint ventures sold a record 1,652,693 vehicles in China, which was up 5.4% Demand for Shanghai GM’s Buick lineup grew 22.6% to 98,674 units.

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All Cars Electric

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

General Motors displayed the all new 2011 Buick Regal just days ago in Los Angeles. The vehicle will be one of the first GM products to be propelled by their second generation mild-hybrid powertrains.

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JULY 5, 2011

General Motors and its joint ventures sold a record 1,273,502 vehicles in the first half of 2011 in China, receiving a boost from all-time June sales of 193,878 vehicles. In the US, GM delivered 1,261,633 vehicles in the first half of 2011, up 16.8% Buick sales rose 28.2% Buick sales rose 48.4% by volume.).

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

General Motors may be well versed in producing flex-fuel models – it has been responsible for five million models in the last 15 years – but that doesn’t make its achievement with the 2011 Buick Regal Turbo any less ground-breaking. The release of the Buick Regal Turbo will mark the first time that a production [.].

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MARCH 7, 2012

General Motors and its joint ventures sold 240,554 cars and trucks in China in February, setting a record for the month. from February 2011 and were the third highest for any month in GM’s history in China. Buick sales rose 31.1% from February 2011 to 23,564 units. from the same month in 2011 to 20,662 units.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

General Motors Co. The new spending includes $23 million that would add 30 hourly jobs to increase production beginning in the first quarter of 2011 of the current-generation Ecotec engine used in popular products like the Chevrolet Equinox, Buick LaCrosse and GMC Terrain. The Ecotec 2.0L The Ecotec 2.4L

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The announcement was made Monday as part of General Motors’ participation in Auto Guangzhou 2011. Two of GM’s joint ventures, Shanghai GM and SAIC-GM-Wuling, are displaying more than 30 vehicles from the Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac and Baojun brands. It will be priced at RMB 498,000 (about $78,000).

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JANUARY 4, 2013

by volume from 1,529 units in December 2011. from the 7,671 units in 2011, giving it a dominant lead among the major OEMs in the nascent plug-in vehicles market for the year. from the 2011 results. (NNA) posted sales of 1,489 units of the LEAF in December, up 56.1% from the 2011 results. from the 2,503,820 sold in 2011.

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JUNE 5, 2012

General Motors and its joint ventures sold a May record 231,183 vehicles in China. from the same month in 2011 and 1.7% from May 2011 to 99,113 units. Buick sales totaled 51,360 units in May, down 1.2% Demand was up 21.3% from April of this year. Shanghai GM’s domestic sales rose 7.1% year on year. from last May.

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

With a month of sales remaining, General Motors and its joint ventures set an annual sales record in China. With domestic sales of 260,018 vehicles in November, GM’s sales in 2012 reached 2,593,642 units in the first 11 months compared with 2,547,171 vehicles sold in China for all of 2011. from November 2011. year on year.

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MAY 7, 2012

General Motors and its joint ventures in China set a new domestic sales record for April of 227,217 vehicles. from the same month in 2011. Buick sales reached 54,013 units, an all-time high for April and an increase of 1.7% from the same month in 2011 to 15,914 units. Demand was up 11.7% on an annual basis. year-on-year.

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APRIL 5, 2012

General Motors and its joint ventures in China sold 257,944 vehicles in March and 745,152 vehicles in the first quarter of 2012, setting March and quarterly records. from the same month in 2011. Demand for Buick products rose 3.7% GM’s domestic sales in March were up 10.7% SAIC-GM-Wuling’s sales in China increased 11.6%

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

General Motors and its joint ventures set an October sales record in China of 220,412 units. During October 2011, sales by GM in China surpassed 2 million, reaching 2,113,274 units. During October 2011, sales by GM in China surpassed 2 million, reaching 2,113,274 units. Buick sales rose 3.1% Sales were up 10.4%

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

General Motors and its joint ventures set a new August sales mark in China, with sales rising 7.3% Buick sales in China were up 2.8% Year to date, Ford China has sold 368,513 wholesale units, up 8% from January - August 2011. from the previous August and 10.8% from July to 220,996 units. on an annual basis to 110,209 units.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

General Motors and its joint ventures sold an October-record 251,812 vehicles in China. from October 2011. Buick sold 60,510 vehicles in China last month, an increase of 7.7% Sales were up 14.3% on an annual basis, as GM’s major brands in China reached new highs for the month. year-on-year and a new record for the period.

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JULY 12, 2013

Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. —2012 Sustainability Report. In 2012, GM invested more than $7.3

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

General Motors is accelerating the development of electrified vehicles in China, Jon Lauckner, GM Chief Technology Officer, vice president of Global Research & Development, and president of GM Ventures, said in a presentation at the FISITA 2012 World Automotive Congress in Beijing. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

GM is unveiling the 2012 Buick LaCrosse with eAssist—incorporating its second-generation belt-alternator-starter (BAS) hybrid technology—which increases fuel economy by 25% compared to the four-cylinder/six-speed powertrain in the 2011 LaCrosse. Powertrain of the 2012 LaCrosse with eAssist. Click to enlarge. Mated to a 2.4L

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APRIL 20, 2009

In Shanghai, General Motors Corp. Their Shanghai GM joint venture began selling the Buick LaCrosse Eco-Hybrid last year as part of its Drive to Green strategy. China is also slated to become one of the first markets for the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle in 2011. and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp.

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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. Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

It was yet another staggeringly successful for month for General Motors (GM) and its joint ventures in China during August, as it set another sales record. The company achieved the third best sales month in 2011 with domestic vehicle sales rising 13.4 per cent on an annual basis to 205,885 units. This means that for [.].

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The 2013 Malibu Eco is the first Chevrolet vehicle to feature eAssist, GM’s light electrification system already introduced in the Buick lineup. kW lithium-ion battery, an electric motor-generator and next-generation Hydra-Matic 6T40 six-speed transmission. The system’s electric motor-generator is mounted to an Ecotec 2.4L

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APRIL 4, 2014

6(a) is the first high-volume one-piece die cast magnesium instrument panel (IP) beam introduced in 1996 by General Motors (GM) for its full-size van (GMC Savana and Chevrolet Express). kg magnesium IP beam casting for Buick LaCrosse. 6(b) shows a 6.9-kg —Luo (2013).

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JANUARY 4, 2012

than was seen in 2010 and 2011. With a few exceptions, General Motors Company (GM), Ford Motor Company (Ford), and Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) have focused mainly on refining existing vehicles in 2012, rather than introducing new models or new versions of existing models. million units in 2012, up 4.4% million as of Nov.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

The two-mode plug-in hybrid technology that was originally supposed to appear in the Saturn VUE will now make its debut in a new Buick crossover vehicle in 2011. GM is hopeful that the Buick plug-in hybrid will be the first commercially available plug-in SUV from a major car manufacturer.

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JUNE 1, 2009

General Motors Corp. Close: Dec 2011. previously announced The New GM will: Focus on four core brands in the US—Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC—with fewer nameplates and a more competitive level of marketing support per brand. An all-new Buick LaCrosse premium midsize sedan. Pontiac, Mich. Close: Oct 2009. Powertrain.

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APRIL 27, 2009

General Motors presented an updated Viability Plan that accelerates and deepens the cuts in US brands and nameplates, dealers, manufacturing operations and employees intended to enable GM North America to breakeven (on an adjusted EBIT basis) at a US total industry sales volume of approximately 10 million vehicles.

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Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2009

In an online blog, General Motors’ (GM) vice chairman Tom Stephens stated that the company will apply plug-in hybrid technology to one of its four core brands followings its’ restructuring. The company will be divided into Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick following the decision to close Pontiac and sell Saturn.

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JULY 10, 2009

The new, downsized General Motors Company emerged from bankruptcy Friday morning. 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. UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust: 17.5%.

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