The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 1, 2023

It was not until after the model became a sales success that Cadillac debuted more variants. In hindsight the conservative approach was a smart move, hedging against a potential product failure if customers saw through the application of the exclusive Eldorado name upon what was a trim and options package. More on that soon.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

General Motors’ Cadillac brand is set to eliminate around 40% of its U.S. Cadillac, one of GM’s luxury brands, is planning to make a more committed effort toward electrification starting at the dealership level. Cadillac plans to be 100% electric by 2030. Credit: Cadillac.

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MAY 25, 2022

General Motor’s (GM) all-electric 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ has sold out. Pre-order yours today,” reads Cadillac’s website for the electric luxury midsize SUV/crossover. The electric luxury SUV/crossover sold out within four hours after the order bank opened, Cadillac spokesman Mike Albano told The Detroit Free Press.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In our last Eldorado entry , we discussed the exterior differences between Cadillac’s standard Series 62 convertible and the limited production Eldorado. & All gauges, the radio, and the central heater vent were identical between both Cadillacs. It& remained in production through 1990. Only 458 were produced.&

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2022

Plug and Charge works with all current and upcoming GM EVs built on the Ultium Platform, including the GMC HUMMER EV and Cadillac LYRIQ. On top of that, the company is working to launch a program with its dealers to add more than 40,000 Level 2 chargers in local communities across the US and Canada.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Sales of Cadillac''s ELR range-extended luxury coupe are. But that''s okay, since Cadillac hasn''t set itself huge targets for the Volt-based coupe. It''s a niche product, not a volume model. Less okay is that nearly half of the brand''s dealers have decided not to sell the ELR at all, expecting to sell so few that.'

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Cadillac announced that its annual sales in China surpassed 100,000 vehicles for the first time ever, helping it become among the fastest-growing luxury car brands in Cadillac’s second-largest market. Year-to-date, Cadillac has delivered over 100,000 retail sales across China, which is up 54% from the same period last year.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 18, 2023

We began our journey through 50-plus years of the Cadillac Eldorado last week. Conceived as a new high-end convertible in the years leading up to the personal luxury car, the Series 62 Eldorado “sports convertible” wore unique sheet metal to all other Cadillac models in 1953. The smallest of the three was Buick’s Roadmaster Skylark.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Cadillac announced earlier this week that reservations for the LYRIQ EV sold out in just over ten minutes, marking an impressive statistic for demand. However, Cadillac did not detail how many reservations it received before closing down the reservations. Additional reservations will take place through Cadillac’s dealer network.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 28, 2023

Autoblog reports via Automotive News that Infiniti recently hosted about 200 of its dealers in the City of Angels, and the company showed two new ICE vehicles and two new EVs at the event. AN notes that this is the first Infiniti dealer meeting in almost a decade. This vehicle will share bones with the QX60 but lose the third-row seat.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2018

In response, GM is increasing fourth quarter production by more than 20% compared to the average of the first three quarters. Demand for the Chevrolet Bolt EV, especially in the United States, Canada and South Korea, has outstripped production. However, in the US, Bolt EV deliveries in the second quarter dropped 22.6%

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 30, 2024

The assumption being that profits will come once the company has built more high-margin examples and battery production reaches a point where costs begin to come down. Dealers have likewise expressed the need for more hybrids and fewer battery electric models based on consumer research efforts.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 3, 2024

GM to give $7,500 incentive for non-qualifying EVs Two weeks ago, GM said the new Chevy Blazer EV and Cadillac Lyriq would lose eligibility for the US EV tax credit at the beginning of 2024. The company said all other EVs under the price cap would qualify, leaving only the Chevy Bolt EV , which is scheduled to end production.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2018

In response, GM is increasing fourth quarter production by more than 20% compared to the average of the first three quarters. Demand for the Chevrolet Bolt EV, especially in the United States, Canada and South Korea, has outstripped production. However, in the US, Bolt EV deliveries in the second quarter dropped 22.6%

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A few Ultium-based models have already gone on sale without too many issues, including the GMC Hummer EV and Cadillac Lyriq, but the most recent release hasn’t gone so smoothly. The publication sent its SUV to the dealer, where it’s been for more than two weeks so far, requiring support from a GM technician and surrounding stores.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The automaker is telling dealers to pause sales so it can address problems with charging and the infotainment system. But General Motors is already putting these vehicles on the road and reviewers have noticed Ultium products suffering more than usual. Three days later,] we took it to the dealer.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

General Motors announced that Chevrolet Bolt EV production will last through March and will extend until early April. Following several delays in the recall process, GM eventually shared that it would halt production lines of the Bolt at the Orion Assembly Plant in Michigan.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

2024 Cadillac Lyriq Sport trim (Source: Cadillac) General Motors is banking that Europeans will want an American-made $93,000 SUV that has zero emissions – but the US brand has had plenty of trouble getting production off the ground on its home turf. The top-of-the-line Sport mode starts at $61,795.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 2, 2022

General Motors has announced that vehicles sold too quickly after their initial sale will have their warranties stripped ahead of multiple hotly anticipated product releases. In the continued battle of many automakers to limit price gouging by dealers and private resellers alike , legacy brands have very few options.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: Biofuels in aviation, Tesla plans to add production capacity for 35,000 more electric cars, and Samsung files patents for electric-car technologies. The 2014 Cadillac ELR electric luxury coupe is now in production and en route to dealers. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 26, 2023

Just over 20,000 Buick Reattas were made during the model's production run for the 1988 through 1991 model years, and I had documented seven of them in car graveyards prior to today's Junkyard Find. One was the Cadillac Allanté , while the other was the Buick Reatta.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 8, 2022

GM has launched the “Dealer Community Charging Program” ahead of the launches of numerous EVs from its brands. General Motors (GM) dealers aren’t the most popular crowd. The Dealer Community Charging Program is a relatively simple one. Furthermore, the chargers will be open to all EVs, not just GM products.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2015

GM will focus on the premium segment of the Russian market with Cadillac and US-built iconic Chevrolet products such as the Corvette, Camaro and Tahoe. Petersburg will halt production by the middle of 2015. The special charges include sales incentives, dealer restructuring, contract cancellations and severance related costs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2014

A study by researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis finds that buyers of plug-in vehicles (PEVs) are substantially less satisfied with the dealer purchase experience than buyers of conventional vehicles—with the notable exception of Tesla buyers. In some cases, dealers outright discouraged PEV purchases.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Ahead of an official debut on March 20, these images show bits and pieces of the next QX80 covered in eye-crossing camouflage, though a few details stand out as clues to what this behemoth will look like on dealer lots. Nissan is an old hand at successfully pulling this off; look to the current Frontier as Exhibit A of this approach.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2013

With more new models, the expansion of its local manufacturing capability and a growing dealer network, GM expects to increase Cadillac sales from 30,000 units last year to 100,000 units in 2015. Its longer-term goal is to take Cadillac’s share of China’s luxury car market to 10% by 2020.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Having asked several car salesmen and visited numerous dealers myself this month, the big takeaway is that markdowns seem to be reserved on the big ticket items that aren’t selling like they used to. It was followed by Honda, Lexus, Mazda, Land Rover, Cadillac, Kia, Porsche, Subaru and BMW. However, the way in which U.S.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Cadillac, which is finalizing plans for expanding in the European market, will enhance and expand its distribution network over the next three years as it prepares for numerous product introductions. Europe is a key region for GM that will benefit from a stronger Opel and Vauxhall and further emphasis on Cadillac.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2014

Based on growing employee demand, General Motors has installed 401 electric vehicle charging stations at its US production and business facilities; nearly 160 of these are at various manufacturing facilities. More than 20% of the stations use electricity generated from solar canopies to help charge employee vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2021

GM is targeting annual global EV sales of more than 1 million by 2025, and we are increasing our investment to scale faster because we see momentum building in the United States for electrification, along with customer demand for our product portfolio. —GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra.

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Teslarati

APRIL 25, 2023

With today’s earnings, the General may be poised to enter the EV segment guns-a-blazing , but the challenge of EV production remains daunting. Despite this incredible earnings beat, GM profits did fall as the business continues to invest in production, pushing profit down 18% year over year, despite earnings rising 11.1%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

Shanghai GM’s all-time record sales in December resulted in fewer products available for dealers to sell in January. Our production facilities have been working overtime to help meet demand for popular models such as the Buick Envision, Regal and LaCrosse, and ramping up production of new models such as the Chevrolet Sail 3.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

2024 Cadillac Lyriq Sport trim (Source: Cadillac) General Motors says it is responding to a strong demand for luxury EVs by ramping up production of its Cadillac all-electric Lyriq SUV this year. The company says it has resolved its battery module production problems that have plagued sales for the last two years.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 11, 2024

of rear legroom, which is more than the Cadillac Escalade, Mercedes EQS, and three-row Range Rover P400. Kia EV9 (Source: Kia) Hyundai is expected to begin IONIQ 9 production in the first half of the year with US sales to follow in mid-2025. You can use our links below to find great deals on Hyundai and Kia EVs at a dealer near you.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 4, 2022

As Chevrolet—and the other General Motors divisions Cadillac, GMC and Buick—launch additional electric models , it becomes an overall marketing and sales positioning strategy so these electric vehicles don’t get in each other’s way. In August 2021 Chevrolet stopped production of both models as there was a battery recall.

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Teslarati

JUNE 16, 2021

The car ultimately never made it to mass production, and it was listed on TIME’s “50 Worst Cars of All-Time” list, which is harsh considering it was one of the first attempts at a battery-powered vehicle in the modern age. The Detroit-based GM entered the EV sector with the EV1 in 1996, which used a 16.5-18.7

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The show car was production ready, save for the Guidestar. The all-new navigation system entered testing in late 1994 and was put into production Oldsmobiles for the 1995 model year. Ninety Eight was also due to be phased out in favor of the upcoming flagship Aurora, a most needed product change.&

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