Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2016

Acura unveiled the restyled and refreshed 2017 MDX luxury SUV at the New York International Auto Show, adding available Sport Hybrid Super Handling-All Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) powertrain technology as a model option. The 2017 MDX Sport Hybrid is powered by a 3.0-liter auto plant using domestic and globally sourced parts.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Baojun deliveries reached an all-time monthly high, while Buick, Cadillac and Chevrolet set November sales records. As the key driver of the company’s sustained growth, SUVs achieved sales growth of 73% from the previous November. Sales of the Equinox global SUV continued to grow as well, with deliveries topping 6,900 units.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2017

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. It is focused on the luxury, SUV and MPV segments.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2021

Sales were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the first quarter and started to recover in the second quarter. Deliveries posted a strong rebound in the second half, led by SUVs, MPVs and luxury vehicles, with fourth quarter sales increasing 14.1% million in 2017, for a three-year decrease of 28%. from a year earlier.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2017

The Buick, Cadillac and Baojun brands all reached new sales highs for March. Their hot-selling models—the Baojun 510, Buick GL8 and Cadillac XT5—stood out in the fast-growing SUV, MPV and luxury segments, which accounted for about half of GM’s March sales. Chevrolet sales increased 4.3%

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Baua Electric

JUNE 8, 2024

Twelve months after it recorded cumulative sales of two million sales and customers in March 2023, Maruti Suzuki India’s premium Nexa retail sales channel has surpassed the 2.5 Eight years and six months after Maruti Suzuki kicked off the Nexa initiative in July 2015, the premium sales channel’s sales have crossed 2.5

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CN EV Post

APRIL 11, 2023

Polestar said the Polestar 4 will have the aerodynamics of a coupe and the space of an SUV. The all-electric high-performance SUV Polestar 4 will make its global debut on April 18, the first day of the Shanghai auto show, the premium electric vehicle maker owned by Geely and Volvo Cars announced on April 11.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2018

Volvo Cars aims for fully electric cars to make up 50% of its sales by 2025, the company announced in Beijing. The announcement builds on Volvo Cars’ 2017 announcement that all new models released from 2019 will be available as either a mild-hybrid, plug-in hybrid or battery-electric vehicle. New Volvo XC40 T5 plug-in hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2017

Acura’s first hybrid SUV, the 2017 MDX Sport Hybrid ( earlier post ), will arrive at showrooms in early April with more than 30 additional horsepower and a 45 percent higher EPA city fuel economy rating as compared to the conventionally-powered MDX SH-AWD. The 2017 MDX was designed by the Acura Design Studio in Torrance, Calif.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Retail sales were up 11% year-on-year, marking the highest monthly sales growth in 2017. In the first 10 months of 2017, GM and its joint ventures in China delivered a record 3,130,862 units, up 2.2% Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and Baojun had their best October sales to date. Cadillac sales totaled 17,018 units.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2017

Retail sales increased 6.3% The Buick, Cadillac and Baojun brands reached all-time highs for July sales, while Chevrolet posted growth of 24% on an annual basis. GM’s performance was strong across segments, with SUVs remaining the biggest riser—generating growth of 50% year over year. on an annual basis.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2013

Global light vehicle assembly is expected to reach 81 million units in 2013, an increase of 2.3 While the global market is expected to see positive growth overall, there are a number of mixed signals at the regional level. Autofacts forecasts annual global light vehicle assembly to reach 101 million by 2017.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2016

China-based GAC Motor introduced its first 7-seat SUV, the GS8, at Hangzhou International Expo Center, the main venue of the G20 summit. During the launch, GAC Motor’s General Manager Yu Jun announced that GAC Motor will strive to make GS8 its hottest model, with sales amounting to 100,000 units annually.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 29, 2024

Read more Some SUVs as wide as 2,039 mm, combined with narrow roads and crunch of parking space in many European cities are making urban traffic conditions difficult to manage. The global craze for SUVs shows no sign of slowdown. Large boxy SUVs are witnessing rapid growth in demand and sales across the world.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2020

As expected, the combination of fewer diesel registrations and more SUVs continued to have an impact on emissions. —Felipe Munoz, global analyst at JATO Dynamics. g/km higher than in 2018, the delta was lower than the difference between the 2017 and 2018 results—where the growth was 2.4 g/km in 2018 to 111.1

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2019

—Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. At the same time, the sales growth of diesel cars fell from +7% to +1%. This trend was confirmed in 2017 with the first average CO 2 emission increase in years of 0.3 The emissions averages for SUVs worsened by 1.4 The emissions averages for SUVs worsened by 1.4

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Honeywell’s Transportation Systems Forecast projects that turbocharged vehicles will acount for 48% of annual global sales by 2021, up 9 percentage points from 2016. The global turbo business is expected to reach almost $12 billion in industry sales in 2021. million versus 7.5 million in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2017

The 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee mid-size SUV has become the second gasoline-driven, US-made, US-brand vehicle to qualify for Japan’s Eco-Car tax break. Jeep is Japan’s top-selling US vehicle brand; sales hit a record high of 9,388 in 2016—a 31.7% Globally, the Jeep brand recorded 1.42 jump, year-over-year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2018

In addition, the Chattanooga-built Atlas SUV, the all new long-wheelbase Tiguan SUV and refreshed, longer range e-Golf have also been launched in the region. Additional SUV models based on the MQB architecture will follow. Volkswagen re-affirmed that the first MEB model to go on sale in America will be an SUV.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

million vehicles were registered—just 346 more than in 2017— according to JATO Dyanmics. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. Globally, Europe was the world’s third-largest car market behind China and the US. The European car market remained stable during 2018, as 15.6 million registrations. market share.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2018

million vehicles were registered—343,000 less than in September 2017, according to figures from JATO Dynamics. SUVs also bucked the general trend and continued to gain market share. in September 2017 to 36.4% —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s Global Analyst. to 85,300 units. Despite registrations falling by 10.9%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2018

years as it replaces three-quarters of its lineup and adds four new trucks and SUVs. By 2020, trucks and SUVs—including electrified vehicles—are to represent 86% of Ford’s product mix. billion envisioned by Fields in 2017. Ford’s new performance battery electric utility arrives in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2018

million, 50,000 more than in February 2017. SUVs were a key driver of growth in February, with the volume of vehicles registered up by 24.7% compared to the same month last year, meaning SUVs accounted for 33% of the total market in February. Demand for SUVs continued to rise, with the segment’s volume up by 24.7%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2018

US and global demand for the Chevrolet Bolt EV has been very strong in 2018, with global sales estimated to be up more than 35% year over year in the second quarter and up more than 40% in the first half, according to GM. to 3,483 units from 4,500 units in the same period in 2017. GM Q2 US performance. percentage points.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2018

on H1 2017, the growth recorded in Germany, France and Spain allowed the overall market to keep growing. Car makers continue to update and modernise their traditional models, while the range of SUVs on offer continues to grow and appeal to all kinds of budgets and needs. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. There were 2.92

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2017

In Shanghai, Ford Motor Executive Chairman Bill Ford and CEO Jim Hackett outlined the next phase of the company’s China expansion strategy, focused on SUVs, electric and connected vehicles, a streamlined business structure and closer connections to Chinese customers. The progress we have achieved in China is just the start. —Bill Ford.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Hyundai Motor India, which introduced the refreshed version of its best-selling mid-size SUV – Creta – in New Delhi today, at introductory prices ranging from Rs 10.99 lakh, ex-showroom, aims to grow SUV contribution in its total volumes in CY24. lakh to Rs 19.99 percent in CY22, and over 24 percent in CY21.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2016

China-based automaker Geely has launched Lynk & Co —a new global car brand designed and engineered in Sweden; every model will feature an electrified powertrain. First in the range will be the Lynk & Co 01—an SUV featuring full premium specifications and characteristics as standard.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2014

In conjunction with the start of Auto China 2014 in Beijing, GM China President Matt Tsien announced that GM’s China joint ventures will make capital expenditures of about $12 billion between 2014 and 2017. China has been GM’s largest market since 2010, last year accounting for about one-third of its global sales.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2018

China-based GAC Motor will feature its existing sedan, SUV, minivan and NEV at the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. GAC will also release its first compact new-energy concept SUV designed for the North American market, called the Enverge. year-on-year increase. year-on-year increase.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2018

US and global demand for the Chevrolet Bolt EV has been very strong in 2018, with global sales estimated to be up more than 35% year over year in the second quarter and up more than 40% in the first half, according to GM. to 3,483 units from 4,500 units in the same period in 2017. GM Q2 US performance. percentage points.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2017

China is planning to bring new energy vehicle sales—i.e., EVs and plug-in hybrids—to at least a fifth of new vehicle sales by 2025, with quotas beginning in 2018. The C-HR made its debut in late 2016 as an SUV based on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2013

Bosch, a leading supplier of technology for diesel engines, recently provided an overview of trends it sees in the diesel engine marketplace globally. The European countries with the highest sales of diesel vehicles are Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Brazil has banned the sale and use of diesel passenger cars.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

New vehicle sales in Europe in October 2017 increased 5.6% Despite a turbulent 2017, results for the first ten months of the year show an overall increase in registrations of 3.6%, with 13.18 Growth was driven by increased demand for gasoline, electric and hybrid vehic—and the ongoing strong performance of SUVs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

At a press event in Tokyo to lay out his future vision and direction for the company, Honda Motor President & CEO Takahiro Hachigo said that the company will strive to make two-thirds of its overall unit sales from plug-in hybrid/hybrid vehicles and zero-emissions vehicles such as fuel cell vehicles and battery EVs by around 2030.

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EV Central

JANUARY 9, 2024

At present, the only full electric mid-size electric ute on sale in Australia is the overpriced, under-gunned LDV e60. VinFast was established in 2017 by Vietnam’s richest man, Pham Nhat Vuong, who is head of the giant VinGroup. Less than a year later Lang Lang was back on-sale, although it has yet to find a buyer.

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JUNE 5, 2024

Later in the year the Indian-built Fronx sub-compact crossover will be introduced with petrol-electric power at the same time as the ICE-only Ignis mini-SUV is being phased out. But in 2025 we will still have non-hybrid platforms – Jimny, Ignis will still be for sale, Swift Sport will still be for sale – so there will be a transition period.”

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