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Buick adding new eAssist mild hybrid to 2018 Buick LaCrosse as standard powertrain

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The Buick LaCrosse is adding eAssist light electrification for the 2018 model. Compared to previous Buick eAssist executions ( earlier post ), this newest iteration is more sophisticated, powerful and compact. It will be the standard powertrain for the 2018 LaCrosse, which goes on sale this fall.

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GM adds 9-speed auto to 2018 Buick Envision for China

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Buick launched the 2018 Buick Envision in China with a new nine-speed transmission, updated design and enhanced connectivity. The Envision originally went on sale in China in October 2014. The 2018 Envision features Buick’s new-generation eConnect connectivity technology.

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Global debut of Buick Enspire electric concept SUV in China; GM China sales up 2% in February, Buick up 4%

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GM’s Buick brand will stage the global debut of the Enspire, its new all-electric concept SUV, at Buick Brand Night on 17 April in Wuzhen, Zhejiang. It will also be on display to the public at Auto China 2018 in Beijing, which begins later this month. Buick Enspire all-electric concept SUV teaser.

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GM sold more than 1M crossovers in US in 2019, more than 1M full-size trucks

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compared to 2018, and more than 1 million full-size pickup trucks and SUVs. Fourth quarter North American wholesales declined an estimated 25% year over year, due to the 40 day United Auto Workers work stoppage. versus 2018. The following nameplates saw the largest sales increases year over year: Chevrolet Trax up 29.9%.

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China’s largest carmaker to cut thousands of jobs at its joint ventures with GM and Volkswagen

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The total number accounts for 30% of employees at SAIC-GM, 10% at SAIC Volkswagen, and more than 50% at its Rising Auto EV subsidiary, two unnamed sources told Reuters. SAIC-GM makes Chevrolets, Buicks, and Cadillacs. In China, EV sales account for 23% of total car sales, with that number on the rise. SAIC-VW ID.3

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GM’s China JVs investing $12B between 2014-2017 to expand; GM outlines China market trends

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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. million last year.

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Chevy Traverse will get first off-road short, extra tech on 2024 style

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” Utmost redesigned for the 2018 style pace, the Traverse will get a unutilized 2.5-litre GM in January 2022 introduced a US$510 million funding in its two Lansing-area meeting vegetation in Michigan, together with to manufacture the then year of the Traverse and Buick Enclave on the Lansing Delta Township plant.