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General Motors set sales records in China in 2014

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General Motors and its joint ventures sold a record 3,539,970 vehicles in China in 2014, an average of one vehicle every 9 seconds and almost 9,700 vehicles each day. It also opened its new manufacturing base in Chongqing and signed an agreement for the second phase of production at the facility. GM’s sales were up 12.0%

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GM sells 1 millionth vehicle in China in 2014; 8th consecutive year and earliest yet

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General Motors and its joint ventures sold their 1 millionth vehicle in China in 2014. As a point of comparison, GM’s four brands in the US (Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac) have delivered 649,637 vehicles during the first three months of 2014. Last year, GM hit a million on April 22.

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GM reaches 3M sales in China in 2014; planning 60 new or refreshed vehicles through 2018

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General Motors and its joint ventures sold their 3 millionth vehicle in China in 2014. In October, General Motors and its joint ventures sold 291,371 vehicles in China, setting a new October record. Cadillac sales in China in the first ten months of 2014 increased 57.9%

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GM considering bringing power electronics production back in-house

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In his presentation on the project at the DOE 2014 Annual Merit Review in Washington, DC, Sean Gleason from GM noted that General Motors has not made prototype power electronics in an internal production facility since 1999. Sean Gleason (2014) “Next Generation Inverter” DOE 2014 Annual Merit Review Project APE40.

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DOE 2014 Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Progress Report highlights substantial progress

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) has posted the 2014 edition of its annual Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Annual Progress Report —a nearly 1,000-page document. Sunita Satyapal, Director, FCTO, “ the Program made substantial progress toward its goals and objectives.”. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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Hyundai Motor Group affiliates to join Climate Group’s RE100, aim to expand renewable energy use

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The Group is considering various ways to procure renewable energy such as self-production through solar panels, power purchase agreements (PPA) with wind and solar energy producers, as well as purchase through Korea Electric Power Corporation’s (KEPCO) ‘Green Premium’ program. General Motors and the BMW Group are also RE100 members.

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Autonomous driving visionary Dr. Lawrence Burns joining Neural Propulsion Systems as Executive Advisor; L4/L5 autonomous driving

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Dr. Burns is the former Corporate Vice President of Research & Development and Planning at General Motors ( earlier post ). After leaving GM in 2009, Dr. Burns was a Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan (2011-2015), and Director of the Program for Sustainable Mobility at Columbia University (2010-2014).

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