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GM retail sales in China in 1st 8 months of 2015 up 2.3%; down 4.8% in August

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General Motors and its joint ventures had record retail sales of 2,197,192 vehicles in China during the first eight months of 2015, up 2.3% In August, however, domestic sales by GM and its joint ventures declined 4.8% Buick had its best sales ever in China in the first eight months of the year. Sales rose 5.4%

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Cadillac introduces the 4th gen Escalade SUV; no new hybrid model

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Cadillac introduced the 2015 Escalade, the fourth-generation of the luxury SUV. There is no new hybrid model to replace the MY2013 Escalade two-mode hybrid, which was dropped in MY 2014 due to low sales (about 2%, according to a Cadillac spokesperson). Click to enlarge.

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

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Sales of General Motors crossovers and trucks, which include pickups, vans and SUVs, surged by double-digits in July, pushing combined sales for the year to 1,048,114 through July. Including the Cadillac Escalade, SUV sales are up 32%. Small, compact, medium, large—sales were strong across the board.

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GM’s Brownstown Battery Assembly expands; building new battery system for 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV

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General Motors will bring all its electric vehicle battery pack building capabilities in-house with production of battery systems for the 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV at its expanded battery assembly plant in Brownstown, Mich. Battery module for 2015 Spark EV battery pack. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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GM posts 2016 delivery record in China; 3.87M vehicles, more than 1/3 of global sales

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from the previous high in 2015. China remained GM’s largest market in terms of retail sales for the fifth consecutive year, accounting for more than one-third of the company’s global sales. For comparison, GM brands reported retail sales in the US of 2,446,582 vehicles for CY 2016.

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General Motors Bringing Back Plug-in Hybrids

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The Cadillac ELR was too weird and came via a marketing campaign that rubbed everyone the wrong way. Buick and Cadillac are still supposed to pioneer the automaker’s electrification efforts (even though the company’s flagship EVs presently sail under the GMC or Chevrolet marquee) and will eventually host nothing but electric models by 2030.

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GM sets October retail sales record in China, Up 15%

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General Motors and its joint ventures’ retail deliveries rose 15% year-on-year to a record 327,037 vehicles in China in October, with Buick posting its best-ever monthly sales. Buick sales gained 42% in October, with monthly sales exceeding 100,000 units for the first time. Sales of the ATS-L reached a new high for the month.

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