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Road Test: 2021 Buick Envision Avenir FWD

Clean Fleet Report

Buick isn’t messing around with the Envision. First introduced as a 2016 model, this Chinese-built compact crossover had a facelift in 2019 (when we last tested it ), and two short years later, is all-new for 2021. Clean Fleet Report drove the 2021 Buick Envision Avenir FWD. All-New Sleek Design with Premium Touches.

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

Baua Electric

Mass layoffs by Chinese-owned firms are extremely rare, but the fierce price spearheaded by BYD has potentially forced its hand. SAIC-GM makes Chevrolets, Buicks, and Cadillacs. Of course, China granted Tesla a special exception from its longstanding requirement of making foreign automakers form joint ventures with Chinese-owned firms.

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SAIC-GM Connectivity Strategy 2025 lays out roadmap to cloud-based connectivity, autonomy

Green Car Congress

SAIC-GM, GM’s Chinese joint venture with SAIC, announced its Connectivity Strategy 2025, which lays out a roadmap for its connectivity development from 2017 through 2025. 2018: Launch Over the Air (OTA) online data updates, vehicle diagnosis and alerts. More than 90% of Cadillac, Buick and Chevrolet vehicles are equipped with 4G LTE.

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JATO: 2018 record year for EVs; sales up 74% to 1.26M units; overall market stable, as SUVs rule

Green Car Congress

2018 marked a record year for the sale of battery-powered electric vehicles, according to data from JATO Dynamics. Chinese demand for EVs soared throughout 2018, as the car-type gained more visibility among consumers, due in part to their promotion by local governments for their environmental impact. of total global sales).

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Buick to introduce extended-range electric vehicle in China this year; also new generation 1.0T/1.3T Ecotecs and 9-speed

Green Car Congress

Buick will adopt GM’s proven extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) technology, a new-generation of 1.0T/1.3T In the coming two years, Buick will also introduce plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in China—the brand’s largest market. 9-speed transmission. More efficiency.

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2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV: Chevy’s lowest-priced electric car gets a big brother

Charged EVs

But the EUV first went into production last year in China—as a Buick. That month, Chinese state media announced that the national government would ban the sale of vehicles with internal combustion engines—at some future date that wasn’t specified. Two BEV2 variants: Buick Velite 7, Bolt EUV.

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Cadillac’s ambitious move to an all-electric luxury brand by 2030

Charged EVs

Ultimately, GM will build Ultium-based EVs in North America for its four existing brands (Cadillac, GMC, Buick and Chevrolet) plus one model each for Honda and Acura. From 2018 through 2021, the disparity between sales in the world’s two largest auto markets grew. That year, it sold 173,000 vehicles in China, versus 156,000 in the US.