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The 2024 Buick Regal (CN) Leaked: Do We Miss It Yet?

The Truth About Cars

The Buick Regal may have been removed from our market. It wasn’t even terrible to look at — mixing design trends that had been synonymous with Buick since the 1990s with a tinge of Audi. Buick is embracing some of the industry’s general design trends here. For all intents and purposes, Buick has become a Chinese brand.

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Tesla Model Y dominates Chinese reliability survey

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While Tesla has long battled the stereotype of poor build quality in the United States, they have earned a reputation for solid build quality in China , especially compared to other options. 4X (35.2), the Buick Velite 6 (26.3), and the ever-popular Chery EQ1 (33.4). What do you think of the article? and the NIO ES6 (3.1)

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QOTD: Do You Actually Care About Chinese Imports?

The Truth About Cars

This was interesting because the article dealt exclusively with updates to the vehicle, which is technically still a product of North America. General Motors managed to make inroads on the Asian market by selling premium-badged products to Chinese customers that viewed brands like Cadillac and Buick as a cut above. But Ford Motor Co.

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GM doubles down on Ultium battery production plant investment

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GM has likely been spurred on by the success its long-time competitor, Ford, is finding within the electric vehicles segment , all the while without any significant competition from GM brands like Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, or Buick. The South Korean battery maker recently announced that it would also be building the U.S.’s

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GM becomes top automaker in the US, but its EV sales lag competitors

Teslarati

The lion’s share comes from its popular Chevrolet brand, which sold 413,560 units in Q4, followed by GMC, which sold 143,645 units, Cadillac, which sold 39,135 units, and Buick, which sold 26,921 units. What do you think of the article? GM also included details on its electric vehicles moving forward.

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BrightDrop: GM’s silent push into electric commercial vehicles

Charged EVs

But very few consumers will come up with BrightDrop , the name GM has given to a new unit that builds electric commercial vehicles: full-size vans and even electric cargo containers. Buick, meanwhile, was vitally important for the Chinese market, where today more than four times as many Buicks are sold as in North America.

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

EV Adoption

Some of the EVs we saw in GM’s Design Dome (Cadillac Celestiq and probably the unnamed Buick crossover) are clearly targeted for China. Below are two charts I created last March for inclusion in my CleanTechnica article: GM’s 10(+) Future EV Models: Our Estimated Specs & Sales Volume.

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