Green Car Congress

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% and sales of Buicks rising 22.0%

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Green Car Congress

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. Sales in June rose 23.2% For the first half, sales were up 48.5% year-on-year, and 1,080,521 units for the first six months of 2010, up 13.2% Shanghai GM’s sales in June rose 18.9%

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2011

173,398 vehicles in China during the month of July, as Shanghai GM and GM’s Buick, Chevrolet and Cadillac brands all set sales records for the month. GM’s China sales in July were down 1.8% However, domestic sales of passenger cars from Shanghai GM rose 14.4% Buick sales were up 15.4%

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2014

China has been GM’s largest market since 2010, last year accounting for about one-third of its global sales. These areas already represent about 45 percent of GM’s domestic sales. MPV sales will likely double to 2.8 In 2020 compact sedans will still be the most popular segment, with about 10M annual sales.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2011

The new Alpheon eAssist, which will go on sale in November, offers improved fuel economy of 25% and reduced CO 2 emissions of 22% compared with the standard Alpheon model. Like the light electrification powertrain of the Buick LaCrosse upon which it is based, the Alpheon eAssist features a 2.4-liter N·m electric motor generator.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2010

liters will account for 95% of Shanghai GM’s total sales in the future. Engine technologies such as SIDI (spark ignition direct injection) and turbocharging, as well as new transmissions such as the S6, will be applied in Buick, Cadillac and Chevrolet products offered by Shanghai GM. liters and 2.5 liter SE and 1.2-liter liter and 1.4-liter

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2011

At GM’s 2 nd Annual Global Business Conference for investors and financial analysts today in Detroit, the company said that it planned to cut vehicle architectures and engine platforms by 50%—from 30 in 2010 to 14 by 2018. GM plans a 50% reduction in architectures over the next decade. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2014

As a result of new CEO Mary Barra’s request for a comprehensive internal safety review following the ignition switch recall, General Motors announced three separate recalls involving US production and sales of approximately: 303,000 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana from the 2009-2014 model years with gross vehicle weight under 10,000 pounds.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

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.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The 2013 Malibu Eco is the first Chevrolet vehicle to feature eAssist, GM’s light electrification system already introduced in the Buick lineup. It is rated at an estimated 182 horsepower (134 kW) and is a variant of the same engine recognized as one of Ward’s Ten Best Engines in 2010.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

Close: Jun 2010. Standby: Dec 2010. Close: Jun 2010. Close: Dec 2010. Close: Dec 2010. Parma Components, Ohio Close: Dec 2010. Close: Dec 2010. Reduce GM’s total number of assembly, powertrain and stamping facilities in the US from 47 in 2008 to 34 by the end of 2010 and 33 by 2012. Powertrain.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

The plans, updated in the context of a worsening sales outlook for the entire auto industry, outline a need for up to an additional $16.6 Following the steep decline in US industry sales in December 2008 and January 2009, GM responded by further lowering its forecast for 2009 US industry sales to 10.5 million units (57.5

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JANUARY 4, 2012

Fitch expects light vehicle sales in the US to total 13.2 that have pressured vehicle sales over the past three years. Despite modest sales growth in 2012, Fitch believes credit profiles are likely to remain relatively stable even if a slowdown in unit sales and softer pricing undercuts margins this year.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

General Motors’ vehicle sales in China rose 28.8% to a record 2,351,610 units in 2010. 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 SAIC-GM-Wuling’s domestic sales grew 15.6%

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APRIL 27, 2011

Shanghai GM announced that sales of Buick products have surpassed 3 million units since the joint venture began offering its original vehicle brand in 1999. Buick has become one of China’s fastest-growing passenger car brands. It ended the year with domestic sales of 1,033,307 vehicles. Group (SAIC).

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EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

What would be the estimated total GM EV sales volume per year and especially in 2025? What would be the average sales volume per model per year? What percent of GM’s total sales in 2025 would EV sales comprise? GM’s EV Sales Since 2010. Forecasting GM’s Future US EV Volume.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Shanghai GM recently surpassed 10 million cumulative sales since its establishment in 1997. In 2010, it became the first domestic automaker to sell more than a million passenger vehicles in a single year. In the first 11 months, Shanghai GM’s domestic sales increased 9.6% on an annual basis to a record 1,518,844 vehicles.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 4, 2011

For the sixth consecutive year, General Motors (GM) has topped the sales charts in China – but now the US auto manufacturer has broken its own records. Its sales in 2010 rose by 28.8 per cent to reach a record of 2,351,610 units – placing the total vehicles sold even ahead of GM’s sales on [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2009

As it bids to break even at a US total industry sales volume of approximately 10 million vehicles, General Motors has updated its Viability Plan which will deepen the cuts in its operations. The significant changes outlined in the plan include: - A focus on four core brands in the US - Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2011

increase in domestic sales to post a November record of 237,130 vehicles delivered. It was the third-best sales month of 2011. percent from the same period last year and just short of last year’s full-year sales record of 2,351,610 units. Both were all-time November sales highs. from November 2010.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Three years ago GM became the first global automaker to reach the 1 million annual sales mark in China, noted Kevin Wale, President and Managing Director of the GM China Group. GM has been the sales leader among global automakers in China for five consecutive years. It has kept up the momentum in 2010. This was up 44.5%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

Created from the old GM’s strongest operations in an asset sale approved by the Federal bankruptcy court on 5 July ( earlier post ), the new GM is built on four core brands: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC. The four brands will offer a total of 34 nameplates by 2010, compared to old GM’s total of 48 in 2008 and 63 in 2004.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

Since March 2010, the Air Resources Board has issued more than 23,500 rebates totaling more than $46 million through its Clean Vehicle Rebate Project. These buy-down incentives are reserved for vehicle manufacturers or their designated dealers and passed on to buyers in California at the time of sale. Big Valley Ford, Inc.,

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

More than 12 million minivan sales later, Chrysler today showed off four all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivan concepts to the U.S. market share, the third-largest nameplate in Canada, unsurpassed 25 highway mile per gallon fuel economy and sales in more than 80 countries. Follow us on Twitter!

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