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General Motors Bringing Back Plug-in Hybrids

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Dealers have likewise expressed the need for more hybrids and fewer battery electric models based on consumer research efforts. It was a similar situation for the Chevy Volt, leaving the brand to lean on a cluster of normal-looking hybrids that were promptly forgotten.

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GM Makes Final $5.8B Payment to US and Canada; Investing $257M in Fairfax and Hamtramck Plants for Next-Gen Malibu

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The Fairfax plant currently builds two of GM’s strongest selling cars, the Chevy Malibu and Buick LaCrosse. For the first three months of this year, GM’s US dealers delivered more than 49,000 Malibus and 14,000 LaCrosses, representing a 58% increase over the same period last year.

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GM sales in China up 28.8% in 2010 to 2.35M units; new record in its largest market

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“ Over the next 12 months, GM will continue to grow our presence in China through the introduction of cutting-edge products like the Chevrolet Volt and the start of sale of the Baojun passenger car brand. Buick sales rose 23.0% In December, Shanghai GM began taking orders for the all-new Buick GL8 luxury MPV.

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Flash Drive: 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST

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Pricing and Availability The 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST hits dealers this month (May 2024) and comes in one trim level, the Launch Edition, so all you need to do is pick a color. So far the GMC Hummer , Chevrolet Blazer and Equinox, and Cadillac Lyriq are on the road, and the Chevrolet Silverado hits dealers in mid-2024.

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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. A BEV2 entry would thus join planned plug-in hybrid and battery-electric models built on adaptations of the underpinnings used for the Volt plug-in hybrid, which itself was canceled late in 2018. Two BEV2 variants: Buick Velite 7, Bolt EUV.

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GM Releases New Viability Plan, Launches Bond Exchange; Phasing Out Pontiac

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General Motors presented an updated Viability Plan that accelerates and deepens the cuts in US brands and nameplates, dealers, manufacturing operations and employees intended to enable GM North America to breakeven (on an adjusted EBIT basis) at a US total industry sales volume of approximately 10 million vehicles. billion in 2008 to $23.2

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Update: 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV

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Add your name and, after a $100 refundable deposit, a local dealer will be in touch to complete the ordering process. 350 kW, 800-volt DC charging capability. We can only speculate, but expect there to be a battery electric version of almost all the Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC makes. 0 – 60 mph: Up to 4.5