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GM Advises Approximately 1,100 Dealers of No Long-Term Future in GM Dealer Network

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GM began contacting its dealers today regarding its long term planning, and is advising approximately 1,100 “ underperforming and very small sales volume US dealers ” that GM does not see them as part of its dealer network on a long-term basis. The actual number of dealers could vary given levels of attrition, etc.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

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I’ve always wondered how Harley would market its silent motorcycles. But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. Five Ways To Market EVs. market; many other options await in Europe and Asia. Not an H or D in sight.

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GM Releases New Viability Plan, Launches Bond Exchange; Phasing Out Pontiac

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General Motors presented an updated Viability Plan that accelerates and deepens the cuts in US brands and nameplates, dealers, manufacturing operations and employees intended to enable GM North America to breakeven (on an adjusted EBIT basis) at a US total industry sales volume of approximately 10 million vehicles. billion in 2008 to $23.2

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GM and Chrysler Submit Updated Restructuring Plans; Up to $18.6B More Needed; Outlines for Product Plans

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Saturn will remain in operation for the next several years, through the end of the planned lifecycle for all Saturn products. In the interim, if Saturn retailers or other investors present a plan that would allow a spin-off or sale of Saturn Distribution Corporation, GM would be open to any such possibility.

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AMP Unveils Electric Version of GM Equinox; Secret Sauce is the Drivetrain

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There is no transmission or differential, and the result, says Burns, “ from what we can gather is the most efficient drivetrain in the market. ”. AMP, which currently up fits Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice vehicles, is targeting the Nissan Leaf, with its 100 mile range, as its closest rival. Click to enlarge. Steve Burns.

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Trainspotting

Revenge of the Electric Car

I haven’t heard about them since (though the former Saturn plant in the area is slated for Fisker ) but the image stuck with me. The first ones are scheduled to hit their initial market areas by the end of the year. A simple group, a simple message- and a deep belief that the two were enough to change things.

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

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Monthly new vehicle market share for hybrids. year-on-year to 35,429 units, representing a 3.55% new vehicle sales market share for the month—the highest monthly share yet. GM dealers delivered 189,443 total vehicles in July, a 19.4% Click to enlarge. to 997,824 units, according to summary figures from AutoData. General Motors.