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SAIC-GM-Wuling completes expansion of Qingdao mini-commercial vehicle facility; 70% increase in capacity

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It will help SGMW keep up with the strong demand for its Wuling brand mini-commercial vehicles. Among the products manufactured in Qingdao are the Wuling Rong Guang, Wuling Xingwang and Wuling PN-Series minivans. The Qingdao plant opened in June 2005. It complements SGMW’s original manufacturing base in Liuzhou, Guangxi.

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SAIC-GM-Wuling to Export Mini-Commercial Vehicles to South America, Middle East and North Africa

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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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GM’s Sales in China Surpass 1.5 Million Units

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from the first 10 months of 2008 and a new record for the period. This was more than double the number sold in October 2008. GM’s other mainstream brand in China also continued to perform strongly, with both the Chevrolet Cruze and Chevrolet Lova topping 10,000 units in sales in October for the second month in a row.

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On the Horizon

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by ’10 By BILL VLASIC Published: May 13, 2008 DETROIT — The Nissan Motor Company plans to sell an electric car in the United States and Japan by 2010, raising the stakes in the race to develop environmentally friendly vehicles. It can also be about a small commercial vehicle and a small crossover.”

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GM China Sales Rise 38.0% in 1H09 to 814,442 Units

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from the first six months of 2008. GM China’s SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture once again registered record sales for its mini-commercial vehicles. from the first half of 2008. Its Wuling Sunshine minivan was China’s most popular vehicle, with sales of 295,789 units in the first half. This represented an increase of 38.0%

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Batteries not ready.

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