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GM recalling 656 Cadillac ELR extended range electric vehicles over calibration of Electronic Brake Control Module

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GM is recalling 656 model year 2014 Cadillac ELR vehicles not equipped with adaptive cruise control and manufactured 26 September 2013 through 14 February 2014, and equipped without Adaptive Cruise Control. GM will notify owners, and dealers will recalibrate the Electronic Brake Control Module (EBCM), free of charge.

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GM’s truck and crossover sales pass 1M unit mark for 2014

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During July, GM sold 100,122 crossovers and SUVs, bringing the calendar-year-to-date total to 587,250 units—the best month for utility vehicle sales since August 2007. Including the Cadillac Escalade, SUV sales are up 32%. Compared with 2013, crossover deliveries increased 26% in July and they are up 5% year to date.

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GM boosting production of Chevrolet Bolt EV more than 20% for Q4 compared to three-quarter average; 1% of US 1H vehicle deliveries

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dealer inventory and bring us another step closer to our vision of a world with zero emissions. Cadillac sales were up 3% and GM’s overall sales were up 5% for an estimated market share of 16.6%, up 0.5 Year over year, sales of the Cadillac Escalade increased 1% in the second quarter and they were up 4% in the first half.

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GM boosting production of Chevrolet Bolt EV more than 20% for Q4 compared to three-quarter average; 1% of US 1H vehicle deliveries

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dealer inventory and bring us another step closer to our vision of a world with zero emissions. Cadillac sales were up 3% and GM’s overall sales were up 5% for an estimated market share of 16.6%, up 0.5 Year over year, sales of the Cadillac Escalade increased 1% in the second quarter and they were up 4% in the first half.

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GM planning to “own” the customer relationship beyond the vehicle; autonomous Volts, car sharing and fuel cells

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GM has been testing its “Super Cruise” autonomous driving technology since 2012, and confirmed today the feature will be available in the 2017 Cadillac CT6. GM has been working to advance hydrogen fuel cells for a decade, launching its first fuel cell electric vehicle in 2007. Let’s Drive NYC. eBike Concept. Fuel Cell Propulsion.

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GM Files Voluntary Chapter 11; Agreements with US Treasury and Canada; New GM Expected in 60-90 Days

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previously announced The New GM will: Focus on four core brands in the US—Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC—with fewer nameplates and a more competitive level of marketing support per brand. This rate is substantially below the 15 to 17 million annual vehicle sales rates recorded from 1995 through 2007. Close: 31 Dec 2009.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part L)

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& Customers could order a Collector’s Edition from their dealer starting in April of 1998. The highline Cadillac Eldorado (or ETC) faded away in 2002 with a terrible special edition. It continued all the way through 2007, at which point the domestic PLC was truly dead.& That’s right, it’s Cadillac Eldorado time.

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