Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2014

Sales of General Motors crossovers and trucks, which include pickups, vans and SUVs, surged by double-digits in July, pushing combined sales for the year to 1,048,114 through July. Including the Cadillac Escalade, SUV sales are up 32%. Small, compact, medium, large—sales were strong across the board.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2013

Buick revealed the new 2014 Regal mid-size sedan at the New York Auto Show. engine with eAssist light electrification technology is also available on the 2014 Regal. The new Regal goes on sale this fall. Along with a more refined 2.0L 2014 Regal Turbo. Electric power steering is now featured on all models.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2020

The following nameplates saw the largest sales increases year over year: Chevrolet Trax up 29.9%. Buick Envision up 10.2%. Buick Encore up 10.0%. The Chevrolet Traverse and GM’s best-selling crossover, the Chevrolet Equinox, both continued to grow, achieving their best-ever sales in 2019. versus 2018. GMC Acadia up 12.2%.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

In 2013, GM and its joint ventures hit 3 million sales in a calendar year on 12 December for the first time in GM’s history in its largest market. Cadillac sales in China in the first ten months of 2014 increased 57.9% Baojun’s 730 MPV has proven popular with customers as well, selling 58,528 since sales began in July.

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Green Car Congress

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. Domestic vehicle sales rose 13.4% Sales of passenger cars by Shanghai GM in China rose 21.7% Both were August sales records. Demand for Shanghai GM’s Buick lineup grew 22.6% year on year.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

GM is continuing the deployment of the eAssist light electrification system ( earlier post ) as a standard across its platforms. For the 2012 model year, eAssist became standard for the larger Buick LaCrosse luxury sedan. Pricing and an on-sale date for the 2013 Regal with eAssist will be announced later this year. base model.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

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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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The number of cars and light trucks on the road in the US reached 247.9 Increased new vehicle sales and lower scrappage rates pushed VIO to the highest point on record since Q3 2008. In Q2 2013, Buick and Volvo were the top brands with the longest average length of ownership at 98 and 92 months, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

GM both topped 200,000 unit sales for the first time and set a new sales mark for the month of January in China. Sales were up 97.0% Sales of vehicles by Shanghai GM jumped 150.1% on an annual basis to 90,202 units, its highest January sales ever. Buick sales rose 90.6% Chevrolet sales jumped 206.8%

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2017

The sale of Opel Automobile GmbH with its brands Opel and Vauxhall by General Motors to Groupe PSA has now been finalized. The successor of the Opel Combo light commercial vehicle will come onto the market next year and as of 2019 the next generation of the best-selling Opel Corsa will be launched.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 30, 2024

Let me be clear: GM remains committed to eliminating tailpipe emissions from our light-duty vehicles by 2035. However, Buick sales figures have clearly been trending in the wrong direction since roughly 2015. Unless I’m mistaken, the only hybrid it currently offers is the performance focused Corvette E-Ray.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 31, 2023

will be receiving $500,000 from the sale of the first production unit of the 2024 GMC Hummer EV Edition 1 SUV. This alllows the nonprofit to receive the full amount raised from the sale of the all-electric vehicle. and their mission through the monumental sale of VIN 001 of the GMC Hummer EV Edition 1 SUV at Barrett-Jackson.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2013

share of the total new light-duty vehicle in California in the first half—more than Buick (0.5%); FIAT (0.5%); Land Rover (0.5%); Lincoln (0.3%); and Mitsubishi (0.3%).). Overall, the report notes, new light vehicle registrations (including retail and fleet transactions) in California increased 12.5% market share.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2012

GM expects to post 100,000 units of more of the 12 GM vehicles that are EPA-rated at 30 mpg US or better on the highway—the highest total in company history—when it reports March sales on Tuesday. Today, that number is about 40%. —Mark Reuss. This includes the all-new 2013 Cadillac ATS 2.5-liter liter and 2.0-liter

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 5, 2023

Ford Motor Company is tweaking plans in China and seeking to turn around financial losses after five years of lackluster sales within the region. So far, direct sales haven’t been a part of that. Like many manufacturers, it has also streamlined its sales reporting to a point where the resulting data borders on useless.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2015

GM has launched a “Green Dealer Recognition” program for Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac dealerships across the US. Within 24 hours of the program’s launch, 66 dealerships signed up and began evaluating their performance against the criteria, said Kurt McNeil, GM vice president of US Sales and Service.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2011

The new Alpheon eAssist, which will go on sale in November, offers improved fuel economy of 25% and reduced CO 2 emissions of 22% compared with the standard Alpheon model. Like the light electrification powertrain of the Buick LaCrosse upon which it is based, the Alpheon eAssist features a 2.4-liter Earlier post.). mpg US, 7.1

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Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

Upcoming electric passenger vehicles and light trucks from GM get most of the attention, but its new commercial EV brand is a quiet and very serious push too. GMC started as a commercial-truck brand, and made largely the same light-duty trucks as Chevrolet. The Task Force ultimately agreed. The Task Force ultimately agreed.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

It offers 22 services along with built-in 4G LTE to owners of Buick, Cadillac and Chevrolet products from SAIC-GM. More than 90% of Cadillac, Buick and Chevrolet vehicles are equipped with 4G LTE. Vehicles will be able to communicate with the surrounding infrastructure such as traffic lights as well as with other vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2014

As a result of new CEO Mary Barra’s request for a comprehensive internal safety review following the ignition switch recall, General Motors announced three separate recalls involving US production and sales of approximately: 303,000 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana from the 2009-2014 model years with gross vehicle weight under 10,000 pounds.

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EV Central

JUNE 29, 2022

While the ICE-powered Emira is only now going into production, the company insists it will never again green-light anything other than an electric vehicle for production. German giant Porsche is pushing hard on EVs, with the Taycan already on sale and the next Macan SUV set to go electric. 2027: Alfa Romeo, Buick. 2033: Audi.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 9, 2023

light-vehicle registrations in 2022, up from 3.1 % a hour previous, in keeping with Experian knowledge. Nevertheless it’s now not a gross sales sound, GM stated. Battery-electric cars made up 5.6 % of U.S. That’s the place EV Are living is available in. That’s the place EV Are living is available in.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Specifically, radar sensors are minimally affected by rain, snow, and fog relative to other sensor types and function equally well in lighting conditions ranging from complete darkness to blinding sun. In 2020, sales of crossovers and utility vehicles accounted for 50% of the new vehicle market share.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2024

The slow roll-out for eager consumers follows the Silverado EV WT work truck version that went on-sale in September 2023. With the rear seat folded flat, there is 10 feet of additional storage length, enough to handle a kayak, surfboard or SUP Walk-up and walk-away lighting sequences on the front and rear 10.2

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2012

Global rating agency Fitch Ratings expects the financial profiles of US automakers and parts suppliers to remain resilient in a downside scenario characterized by sluggish global economic growth and weaker-than-expected North American light-duty vehicle demand. Fitch expects light vehicle sales in the US to total 13.2

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2013

GM and its joint ventures are launching 17 new and upgraded models in China this year, including the Chevrolet Cruze hatchback; the new Wuling Sunshine; two new Jiefang light-duty trucks, the S230 and F330; and the Insignia Sports Tourer, Zafira Tourer and Astra GTC from Opel. We expect industry sales to grow another 7-8 percent in 2013.

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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. Along with specific aerodynamic enhancements, it achieves 12% greater highway fuel economy than current models equipped with the 2.4L

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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.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Along with its joint ventures, GM surpassed 1.5million sales for 2009 in China on November 10. Indeed over the first 10 months of the year its sales amounted to 1,459,460 units – a new record for the period and a rise of 59.8 Enjoying particularly strong sales numbers is Shanghai GM, with sales up 46.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2012

Chevrolet is unveiling its all-new 2014 Impala at the New York Auto Show; the redesigned full-size flagship sedan goes on sale in early 2013 as the model’s 10 th generation. Impala was the best-selling full-size sedan in the US 2011, with sales of more than 171,000 units. V-6, new 2.5L four-cylinder and a 2.4L V-6, new 2.5L

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

The plans, updated in the context of a worsening sales outlook for the entire auto industry, outline a need for up to an additional $16.6 Following the steep decline in US industry sales in December 2008 and January 2009, GM responded by further lowering its forecast for 2009 US industry sales to 10.5 million units (57.5

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EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

What would be the mix of commercial trucks versus light passenger cars and trucks? What would be the estimated total GM EV sales volume per year and especially in 2025? What would be the average sales volume per model per year? What percent of GM’s total sales in 2025 would EV sales comprise?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2011

Shanghai GM announced that sales of Buick products have surpassed 3 million units since the joint venture began offering its original vehicle brand in 1999. Buick has become one of China’s fastest-growing passenger car brands. It ended the year with domestic sales of 1,033,307 vehicles. Group (SAIC).

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 7, 2022

The two-line horizontal LED head and daytime running lights wrap onto the fenders, sit above functioning corner vents, which along with the narrow black grille in the lower fascia, continue the cross-hatch design of the upper grille. The adjustable multi-color ambient LED lighting was soothing. Road Test: 2021 Buick Envision Avenir.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 31, 2023

Mazda has been repositioning itself into the premium category, and the CX-90 will give it a larger SUV to compete with the Acura MDX , Buick Enclave , Kia Telluride , Hyundai Palisade , Subaru Ascent and Toyota Highlande r. It has a more restrained grille and attractive LED front and rear lighting.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2022

With an announced on sale date of spring 2023, the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV is slowly getting attention from full-size pickup owners. With a paired mobile phone, there are walk-up and walk-away lighting sequences on the front and rear ends. Chevrolet Readies Its Counterattack to the Ford F-150 Lightning. Next stop: Behind the wheel.

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