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GM’s truck and crossover sales pass 1M unit mark for 2014

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Including the Cadillac Escalade, SUV sales are up 32%. Cadillac Escalade deliveries nearly doubled and Cadillac’s estimated share of the large luxury SUV segment is now about 37% on a retail basis. dealers delivered 256,160 vehicles in the United States in July, for the company’s highest July sales since 2007.

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GM has installed 401 EV charge stations at its facilities in US; 5,900 at dealerships

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—Britta Gross, director of GM advanced vehicle commercialization policy. Chevrolet and Cadillac dealers have installed approximately 5,900 charge stations at their locations for owner use—17 of these dealerships use solar charging canopies.

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How Steele Auto Team grew to become social media into gross sales, for now not a lot cash

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The workforce at Steele Chevrolet-Buick-GMC-Cadillac confers frequently with Sellers United, brainstorming concepts for social media campaigns. Logo consciousness commercials display consumers what units the dealership except the contest. Senior team control used to be keen to let the dealership experiment, Jamieson mentioned.

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GM to boost EV and AV investments 75% to $35B through 2025; new battery plants

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Key factors changing the decision landscape include strong public reaction to the GMC HUMMER EV and HUMMER EV SUV, the Cadillac LYRIQ and the Chevrolet Silverado electric pickup; GM and dealer investments in the EV customer experience; public and private investment in EV charging infrastructure; and the global policy environment.

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General Motors increases EV investment by 75% through 2025

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GM also plans to roll out the Cadillac LYRIQ and the Chevrolet Silverado electric pickup in the coming years. “We Commercializing U.S.-made ” GM announced a while back in March 2020 that it would commit $20 billion to EV and AV programs from 2020 to 2025. Further details about these new U.S. assembly capacity for EV SUVs.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Broadly, Navigant expects expansion in both the higher end of the market (thereby putting competitive pressure on Tesla Motors), as Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Mercedes, Saab, and Volvo introduce their first plug-in cars. The first commercial wireless charging products will be shipped in small quantities in 2014. H2USA, the new U.S.

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GM planning to “own” the customer relationship beyond the vehicle; autonomous Volts, car sharing and fuel cells

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GM has been testing its “Super Cruise” autonomous driving technology since 2012, and confirmed today the feature will be available in the 2017 Cadillac CT6. GM confirmed its plans jointly to develop a commercially viable fuel cell vehicle with Honda in the 2020 timeframe. Let’s Drive NYC. In China earlier this year a fleet of EN-V 2.0

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