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The $10,000 BYD Seagull EV is scaring the U.S. auto industry

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market, the company’s recent release of a city EV with a price tag under $10,000 has some worried for when it and other low-cost companies do. BYD launched its Seagull, a small hatchback EV with a price tag starting at 69,800 yuan (~$9,773), at the Shanghai Auto Show last year. auto market anytime soon , some U.S.

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GM to Spend $483M to Increase Ecotec Capacity at Spring Hill Plant

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General Motors Co. will spend $483 million and add 483 jobs building current- and next-generation Ecotec four-cylinder engines at its powertrain complex here, assuming successful incentive negotiations with local and state officials, GM North America President Mark Reuss said. Tags: Brief.

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GM To Invest More Than $494M To Produce Next-generation Ecotec Engine

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General Motors will invest more than $494 million in three US plants to produce the next generation of its gasoline direct-injection Ecotec engines. million site investment will bring new product to the plant (Ecotec connecting rod). The next-gen Ecotec will build on this foundation. Tags: Brief.

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GM Picks Michigan Plants for Future Small Car

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General Motors selected its assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich. to build its future small car, which will add to the automaker’s growing portfolio of US-built, fuel-efficient cars, including the Chevrolet Cruze and Volt. Troy Clarke, president of General Motors North America. and Janesville, Wis.

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Cadillac shows vision of EV future with Celestiq electric super limo

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Officially a concept car for now, the sleek uber limousine is set for production by 2024 to take on the big guns of the luxury world, Rolls-Royce and Bentley. It will also have an appropriately stratospheric price tag. The Celestiq also incorporates the next iteration of parent company General Motors’ semi-autonomous drive systems.

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Mississippi State University Takes First in Year Two of EcoCAR Competition With Biodiesel EREV

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after designing and building an biodiesel extended-range electric vehicle (EREV). Virginia Tech earned second place with an ethanol EREV design and Penn State came in third place building a biodiesel EREV. GM turbodiesel engine and 75 kW UQM generator in a series plug-in configuration. It’s also equipped with a 1.3L

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GM Files Voluntary Chapter 11; Agreements with US Treasury and Canada; New GM Expected in 60-90 Days

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General Motors Corp. reached agreements with the US Treasury and the governments of Canada and Ontario for the creation of a smaller, self-sustaining “New GM”. Pending approvals, the New GM is expected to launch in about 60 to 90 days as a separate and independent company from the current GM. Orion, Mich.

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