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GM: Q2 gross sales up 19% on industrial, SUV positive factors

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Complete-size SUV gross sales soared 42 % within the quarter. Pickups and full-size SUVs — GM’s maximum winning automobile traces — accounted for 45 % of the corporate’s gross sales within the first part of 2023. Day to moment, GM stated it has completed its best industrial gross sales since 2007. Do you know?

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General Motors Bringing Back Plug-in Hybrids

The Truth About Cars

General Motors already delivered the Chevrolet Bolt, with the model becoming one of the first affordable EVs offering real utility to customers. But it wasn’t making oodles of cash per vehicle like the company’s larger pickups and SUVs had been. Simply chasing volume probably won’t be enough.

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GM becomes top automaker in the US, but its EV sales lag competitors

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And while the company’s two newest offerings, the Lyriq and the Hummer, were far from volume sellers, its Chevy Bolt is quickly becoming the “EV of the people” as it is now one of the most affordable and popular offerings on the market in the U.S. GM also included details on its electric vehicles moving forward.

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GM China to introduce more than 60 new models and upgrades over next 5 years; focus on electrification and sustainable mobility

Green Car Congress

Its two mainstream brands, Buick and Chevrolet, will account for nearly half. Buick will introduce about 12 new and upgraded products. From Chevrolet will come 15 new models and upgrades, which will range from affordable small cars to midsize sedans. A drivable version will be introduced following Auto Shanghai 2011.

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Opinion: The Bentley Crash in New York is Scrambling Brains

The Truth About Cars

And to give Kois credit, he’s not entirely wrong to point out that the increase in vehicle sizes , especially as it pertains to trucks and SUVs, can increase the likelihood of pedestrian deaths. Data did show that traffic deaths and pedestrian deaths spiked during the pandemic. Basic physics, again, cannot be denied.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

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. Earlier post.).

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

It will be the vehicle we look back on down the road and say ‘that is when EVs became truly affordable, user-friendly and desirable for all consumers’. According to S&P Global Mobility, Buick was the brand that had the highest percentage of female customers with a 55-percent share at the start of 2023.