Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

General Motors will invest $491 million at its Marion, Indiana metal stamping operations to prepare the facility to produce a variety of steel and aluminum stamped parts for future products, including electric vehicles, built at multiple GM assembly plants. Work on the facility will begin later this year.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Buick reportedly spent 2023 closing a lot of dealerships. The brand lost 47 percent of its American retail locations through the year, which has been attributed to General Motors buying out storefronts that refused to invest in the necessary changes required to sell all-electric vehicles. sales, Aldred said.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 14, 2023

General Motors has officially revealed the all-new Buick Electra E4 in China. As a […] The post All-new Buick Electra E4 Crossover Coupe Officially Revealed appeared first on Electric Cars Report. The Electra E4 has a stylish and dynamic design, advanced cockpit system and comprehensive safety features.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

SAIC-GM, a joint venture between SAIC Motor and General Motors, has announced that it will be partnering with Tesla for Supercharger Network access by the end of 2023. This will make SAIC-GM the first automotive brand in China to partner with Tesla for access to the Supercharger Network.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2018

GM’s Buick brand will stage the global debut of the Enspire, its new all-electric concept SUV, at Buick Brand Night on 17 April in Wuzhen, Zhejiang. Buick Enspire all-electric concept SUV teaser. The Enspire leverages GM’s global resources and is an exploration of design and new technologies.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

General Motors may have found its solution to the trouble and bottlenecks it has had with the Ultium battery project. That solution lies within Kurt Kelty, a former Tesla battery technology senior director, who will join General Motors later this month as the company’s Vice President of Batteries.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 7, 2023

With the new Electra 5, GM banks on Buick brand to add high end SUV sizzle to its electric car sales in China.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2023

The Government of Canada announced support for the latest cathode active materials (CAM) facility to be operational in Canada, to be built by a joint venture between General Motors (GM) and POSCO Future M in Bécancour, Québec ( earlier post ). The governments of Canada and Québec will each contribute around $150 million to the project.

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Teslarati

APRIL 23, 2024

General Motors (GM) has detailed its first-quarter financial results for the year, citing its gas vehicles and continued growth of electric vehicle (EV) business and software-based platform development. ” You can see GM’s Q1 2024 financial results here , along with Barra’s letter to shareholders here.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

General Motors plans to invest $45 million at its Bedford, Indiana aluminum die casting foundry. EV drive unit for GM’s battery-electric trucks. With more than 90,000 reservations for the GMC HUMMER EV pickup and SUV, GM has currently stopped taking orders. The capacity expansion work at the facility will begin immediately.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

General Motors will invest $760 million at its Toledo, Ohio propulsion manufacturing operations to prepare the facility for production of drive units that will be used in future Ultium-based battery electric trucks, including the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC Sierra EV and GMC HUMMER EVs. billion at Toledo since 2011.

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Electrek

JUNE 20, 2023

General Motors (GM) is wasting no time as it looks to keep up in a rapidly evolving Chinese EV market. Buick , GM’s mid-level luxury brand, is embracing the wave of innovation with its second EV based on GM’s Ultium platform, the E4 electric SUV. Yet, in the US, we are stuck with Buick’s ICE vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2020

General Motors outlined its technology rollout plan for electrification, intelligent driving and connectivity in China. At Tech Day, China’s version of GM’s EV Day held in March in Warren, the company provided a fast-forward look at its technologies developed globally that combine a local perspective.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2021

General Motors and Shell, through its wholly owned subsidiary MP2 Energy, LLC, are collaborating to provide comprehensive energy solutions programs to GM’s customers and supply chain partners, including fixed-rate home energy plans backed by 100% renewable energy resources. of EV charging.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Buick dealers in rural areas are moving in favor of buyouts from General Motors instead of shifting toward EV adoption, dealerships said. In September , GM said it would offer Buick dealerships in the U.S. GM is not the only company attempting to push dealers to transition to predominant EV sales over the next decade.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Hertz and General Motors announced an agreement in which Hertz plans to order up to 175,000 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac and BrightDrop EVs over the next five years. The agreement will encompass electric vehicle deliveries through 2027 as Hertz increases the EV component of its fleet and GM accelerates production of EVs broadly.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 29, 2024

General Motors is pushing ahead with plans to become an electric automaker, but the road toward that goal hasn’t been the easiest so far. A GM advisory committee with several dealers is leading the messaging, saying that they believe the automaker risks losing customers with an overly aggressive electrification strategy.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 26, 2023

General Motors has delayed the opening of its Ultium Cell production plant in Tennessee due to construction delays. GM’s Ultium project will enable a new platform of EVs for the legacy automaker, bringing a software-based offensive to one of the United States’ best-selling car companies and a major player in the EV sector.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Hertz and General Motors announced Monday that the rental-car giant plans to order up to 175,000 electric vehicles from GM over five years.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 20, 2022

On Thursday, General Motors unveiled its latest electric vehicle , the new electric GMC Sierra. According to GM, the all-electric pickup, “is built to tower above everything you thought an electric truck could be.” ” Credit: General Motors. ” Credit: General Motors. Credit: General Motors.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 26, 2023

Just over 20,000 Buick Reattas were made during the model's production run for the 1988 through 1991 model years, and I had documented seven of them in car graveyards prior to today's Junkyard Find. One was the Cadillac Allanté , while the other was the Buick Reatta. This Buick Club of America sticker seems older than the others.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2016

SAIC-GM will unveil the all-new Buick LaCrosse Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) will be unveiled in Shanghai on 18 April. GM’s joint venture with SAIC will also outline Buick’s vision for green transportation and introduce the award-winning Buick Avista concept for the first time in China.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 2, 2022

Last GM Brand Pledges All-Electric Future. Buick has become the last of GM’s four brands has finally laid out some of its electrification plans , showing off a concept car, a new logo and pledging to be all-electric by the end of the decade. A peek into Buick’s electric future. Coming—But Not Too Soon.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 21, 2022

General Motors is giving its Buick dealers an ultimatum – invest in the company’s future as it transitions to an all-electric future, or take a buyout. However, with the minimum upfront costs ranging from $300,000 to $400,000, some Buick dealers are apparently taking GM up on its buyout offer.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2023

General Motors and POSCO Future M announced the second phase of their Ultium CAM joint venture, an investment projected to exceed US$1 billion to increase production capacity of cathode active materials (CAM) in North America and integrate precursor materials production. 2022 - GM announced agreement with Vale to source nickel from Canada.

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Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Hertz and General Motors today announced an agreement in which Hertz plans to order up to 175,000 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac and BrightDrop EVs over the next five years.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

General Motors and AT&T will bring 5G cellular connectivity to millions of GM vehicles coming off the assembly line over the next decade in the United States. GM and AT&T are collaborating to build a high performance 5G core network. Network enhancements will include: Improved roadway-centric coverage.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 19, 2023

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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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2011

General Motors launched the Buick LaCrosse with eAssist on August 25. The LaCrosse is a popular member of the Buick family in China. By comparison, GM delivered 35,298 units of the LaCrosse in the US from January through the end of July 2011.). The new model features a 2.4-liter

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Baua Electric

MAY 29, 2023

On Would possibly 29, SAIC Common Motors three way partnership (SAIC-GM) introduced the supply of the primary bundle of Buick Electra E5 all-electric SUVs to consumers in China. Electra E5 is a China-only mid-size SUV in accordance with GM’s Ultium platform and Buick’s first EV. E5 in bundle.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 2, 2022

If ever there was a brand name from the past that cried out to be part of the electric car future, it is the Buick Electra. Beginning in 1959, the Electra name replace the Super in the Buick lineup, while the Roadmaster became the Electra 225. Now Buick says it will sell only electric cars […].

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

An IIHS study of General Motors vehicles with optional front crash prevention systems found that GM vehicles with autobrake and forward collision warning had 43% fewer police-reported front-to-rear crashes of all severities and 64% fewer front-to-rear crashes with injuries than the same vehicles without any front crash prevention technology.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2014

General Motors and its joint ventures sold 276,109 vehicles in China in May—a new record for the month. Shanghai GM and SAIC-GM-Wuling as well as their Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac and Wuling brands also reached new highs for May sales. Shanghai GM’s domestic sales rose 15.8% Shanghai GM’s sales rose 10.5%

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Baua Electric

JUNE 13, 2023

Buick on Tuesday supplied a primary have a look at its up to date Envision compact crossover that may begin at dealerships after this presen as a 2024 style. In keeping with Buick, Envision gross sales for the primary six months of the presen are the most efficient because the nameplate’s establishing halfway extreme decade.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 9, 2023

The previous web page of Buick Town, a long-vacant component in Flint, Mich., Officers held a ceremonial groundbreaking endmost occasion on the 400-acre web page, which had just about 30,000 Basic Motors staff at its height within the Fifties. To offset a few of the ones added bills, the undertaking has won $3.25 Mott Footing and $8.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2017

Top: Buick Velite 5. The Velite 5 features GM’s proven EVT electronic controlled intelligent variable transmission. The system has a double high-performance, permanent-magnet electric motor drive unit. Each is eligible for a subsidy of RMB 36,000 (US$5,200) from SAIC-GM. Bottom: 2017 Chevrolet Volt. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2018

On World Environment Day, General Motors mapped out its electrification path in China. GM is on track to deliver 10 new energy vehicle models in China between 2016 and 2020. From 2021 through 2023, GM will maintain momentum by doubling the number of new energy vehicles available. GM China battery R&D lab.

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