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China’s largest carmaker to cut thousands of jobs at its joint ventures with GM and Volkswagen

Baua Electric

Mass layoffs by Chinese-owned firms are extremely rare, but the fierce price spearheaded by BYD has potentially forced its hand. SAIC-GM makes Chevrolets, Buicks, and Cadillacs. Of course, China granted Tesla a special exception from its longstanding requirement of making foreign automakers form joint ventures with Chinese-owned firms.

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Junkyard Find: 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix LJ

The Truth About Cars

I thought about buying this one, but the microphone was missing (and I already have one from a slightly later Cadillac ). In fact, it's easy to picture Cosmo Vitelli driving a '76 Grand Prix (instead of his Cadillac) in " The Killing of a Chinese Bookie ," which hit theaters in 1976. Air conditioning ($505, or $2,732 today).

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Can General Motors bounce back? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Its dive into the financial doldrums was short-lived however, and on July 10, 2009, the company bounced back with the formation of a new, downsized GM (see article ). The company already has several successful vehicles including the Chevy Malibu, Buick Enclave and Cadillac CTS/CTS-V which have received critical acclaim.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

This does not mean that you will not be able to buy that Cadillac or Corvette you have been admiring. In fact, the optimized PHEV is much more efficient as a long range liquid fuel vehicle, because the engine is downsized. Frank (2012) Electrification of Taxi Cabs in Major Chinese Cities with Range Extended Electric Vehicles.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Plans Cadillac Converj, Opel Ampera, other versions. Reuters ) 1/8/07 Indefatigable auto entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin, no longer planning to import Chinese-made cars to the U.S., Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Plans "large demonstration fleet" late 2009.

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