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JUNE 21, 2010

General Motors and its joint ventures posted record sales in China in May. Buoyed by strong demand for the Chevrolet brand and ongoing positive demand for its other brands, GM sales totaled 196,004 units. GM’s sales in the first five months of the year in China reached 1,032,665 units, a 53.9% China results.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

General Motors and its joint ventures in China sold 219,192 vehicles in January. 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 of vehicles by Shanghai GM jumped 150.1% FAW-GM also enjoyed its best monthly sales since its establishment last August.

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) completed the expansion of the second phase capacity expansion of its manufacturing facility in Qingdao, Shandong. Among the products manufactured in Qingdao are the Wuling Rong Guang, Wuling Xingwang and Wuling PN-Series minivans. —GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson.

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JULY 3, 2010

General Motors and its joint ventures set new marks for unit sales in China in the month of June and for the first half of the year. As a comparison, in the US GM sold 195,380 units in June, up 10.7% As a comparison, in the US GM sold 195,380 units in June, up 10.7% GM China sales for 1H2010 thus outpaced US sales by almost 12%.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

On 10 November, General Motors and its joint ventures in China surpassed 1.5 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.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

On October 14, SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) became the first vehicle manufacturer in China to sell 1 million units in the domestic market this year. It is also expanding its exports of complete knockdown (CKD) kits for assembly at other GM facilities around the globe. SGMW’s sales in the first nine months of 2011 were up 6.6%

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AUGUST 13, 2009

GM’s SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture signed a framework agreement with GM’s former Latin America, Africa and Middle East operations and distribution agreements with individual countries to export and distribute two of its most popular mini-commercial vehicles from China to markets in South America, the Middle East and North Africa.

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APRIL 5, 2020

General Motors and its joint ventures delivered 461,716 vehicles in China in the first quarter, down 43.3% The CT4 sedan being launched in China this month will give Cadillac its strongest and most complete lineup ever, enabling it to compete in all key luxury segments. from 813,973 in Q1 2019. Wuling Rong Guang EV. Rong Guang EV.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

The RVR is the second fender from the Mitsubishi/SABIC Innovative Plastics relationship, which first gave consumers the Delica D:5 minivan in 2007, also sporting front fenders molded from Noryl GTX resin.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

General Motors’ vehicle sales in China rose 28.8% Its manufacturing joint ventures and major brands all set new annual sales marks, enabling GM to remain the leader among global automakers in its largest market (US sales crested 2.2 million units in 2010 but fell short of the China total) for the sixth consecutive year.

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JULY 1, 2009

General Motors China and its joint ventures sold 814,442 vehicles in China in the first half of 2009. It was a first half record for both GM China and global automakers in China. China’s vehicle market continued to outpace most expectations for growth. This represented an increase of 38.0% to 32,065 units.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

General Motors sales in China in the first eight months of 2009 increased 49.6% GM and its joint ventures benefited from record August domestic sales, which increased 112.7% We expect GM sales for the year as a whole to rise by more than 40 percent from 2008. —GM GM China Group President and Managing Director Kevin Wale.

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JULY 19, 2010

SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), GM’s mini-commercial vehicle joint venture with SAIC and Wuling Motors, is launching the Baojun brand (Boajun is the Chinese word for “treasured horse”). The passenger cars of the new brand will be built and sold in China. The introduction of Baojun is part of GM’s multi-brand strategy in China.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

GM’s domestic sales of the automaker and its joint ventures in China jumped to 144,593 units—an increase of 77.7 This was GM China’s best July ever, extending an uninterrupted series of single month sales records that started in January 2009. Shanghai GM registered year-on-year sales growth of 60.6%

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

With “above-expected order rates,” Volvo will build the EX30 at its Ghent, Belgium plant (in addition to China) to meet the growing demand in Europe for low-cost EVS. In China, Volvo is also launching its first electric minivan , the EM90. The EV minivan features a “Scandinavian living room” and up to 450 mi CLTC range.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

The comments come as several automakers, like Ford and GM, have scaled back EV investments. It even launched its first electric minivan in China (EM90). Volvo’s leader explained, “We have much more pricing power, and people have got more disposable income, so they can afford it if they want to drive an EV.”

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

Electrek’s Take While several rivals, including Ford, GM, Mercedes-Benz, and others, are pushing back EV initiatives, Volvo is plowing ahead. Volvo is also launching its first luxury electric minivan, the EM90 , in China. The EX30 is rolling out in Europe, Japan, and Brazil, with new markets coming soon.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 3, 2009

The emerging markets may hold the key to success for auto manufacturers going forward and so General Motors can take great heart in the news that its domestic sales in China leapt allowing it to record its best July ever. Shanghai GM has been particularly successful with 60.6 Elsewhere, SAIC-GM Wuling sales rose by 90.7

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet." The electrification of the automobile is inevitable."

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