Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

General Motors and its joint ventures sold an October-record 251,812 vehicles in China. Sales were up 14.3% on an annual basis, as GM’s major brands in China reached new highs for the month. During the first 10 months of 2012, GM and its joint ventures sold 2,333,624 vehicles in China, an increase of 10.5%

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Volvo’s all-electric model lead the growth, with global EV sales up 17% in January. Volvo EV sales lead January growth Volvo sold a total of 53,402 vehicles last month, up 10%, marking its 17th straight month of growth. PHEV sales fell 15% YOY in Europe to 7,471, but Volvo saw a 1% increase in the US to 1,615.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

On 10 November, General Motors and its joint ventures in China surpassed 1.5 million units in sales for 2009. For the first 10 months of 2009, GM’s domestic sales in China totaled 1,459,460 units. Shanghai GM sales in the first 10 months rose 46.5% It sold 89,416 vehicles in China last month, a rise of 78.5%

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2016

Toyota Motor Corporation announced that the cumulative figures for global sales of its hybrid vehicles reached 9.014 million units as of 30 April. The Prius family still accounts for the majority of sales: 5.691 million units, or 63% of the total global cumulative number. Data: Toyota. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 3, 2010

General Motors and its joint ventures set new marks for unit sales in China in the month of June and for the first half of the year. Sales in June rose 23.2% For the first half, sales were up 48.5% GM China sales for 1H2010 thus outpaced US sales by almost 12%. Shanghai GM’s sales in June rose 18.9%

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

General Motors and its joint ventures in China sold 219,192 vehicles in January. GM both topped 200,000 unit sales for the first time and set a new sales mark for the month of January in China. Sales were up 97.0% Sales of vehicles by Shanghai GM jumped 150.1% Buick sales rose 90.6%

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JUNE 21, 2010

General Motors and its joint ventures posted record sales in China in May. Buoyed by strong demand for the Chevrolet brand and ongoing positive demand for its other brands, GM sales totaled 196,004 units. GM’s sales in the first five months of the year in China reached 1,032,665 units, a 53.9% China results.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

On October 14, SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) became the first vehicle manufacturer in China to sell 1 million units in the domestic market this year. SGMW’s sales in the first nine months of 2011 were up 6.6% on an annual basis, taking its share of the mini-vehicle segment to 46%. It is based in Liuzhou, Guangxi.

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MAY 7, 2009

Bolstered by government stimulus plans, sales of autos in China likely reached a record high of 1.15 million units, according to estimates from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). Official figures for vehicle production and sales are scheduled for release next Monday. People’s Daily.

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DECEMBER 15, 2014

It has an initial annual manufacturing capacity of 400,000 vehicles and 400,000 engines to serve the Chinese market. The new base is taking advantage of learnings from the other bases as well as the resources of SGMW’s parent companies—GM China, SAIC and Wuling Motors. stake, GM China a 44.0% SAIC has a 50.1%

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

billion (US$173 million), has increased the production capacity of SGMW’s Qingdao plant by 70% to 510,000 vehicles annually. It will help SGMW keep up with the strong demand for its Wuling brand mini-commercial vehicles. Among the products manufactured in Qingdao are the Wuling Rong Guang, Wuling Xingwang and Wuling PN-Series minivans.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2010

After remaining flat during the past three years, owner satisfaction with new-vehicle performance and design in China has improved from 2009, fueled by intense competition between brands and models in the market, according to the J.D. Minivan segment: Wuling Rongguang. Midsize segment: Volkswagen Golf. SUV segment: Toyota RAV4.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

Volvo set a new sales record in the first three months of the year with growing demand for its electric models. Fully electric vehicles accounted for over 40% of sales in 19 markets. According to Volvo Cars’ chief commercial officer and deputy CEO, the EX30 is helping boost sales. That’s up from 13 in Q4 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2018

China-based GAC Motor will feature its existing sedan, SUV, minivan and NEV at the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. In 2017, GAC motor met its target of annual sales volume of 500,000 for the year in China, with a 37.2% GAC Motor will debut the GA4, an all-new signature sedan at 2018 NAIAS.

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JULY 15, 2014

The facilities, which are adjacent to the joint venture’s Baojun passenger car production base, will support the development of new vehicles for China. Phase III will feature testing facilities for engines, emission systems, safety systems and new energy vehicles. The Wuling Rong Guang created China’s large-size minivan segment.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

The automotive market in China is declining faster than expected due to economic uncertainty and government restrictions over vehicle ownership. Although total automotive sales have declined for two months consecutively in June and July, the sector performance is a mixed bag. —Rick Hanna, Global Automotive Leader, PwC.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The state parent of China’s Chang’an Automobile Group is taking over five vehicle units of the Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC) to create the third-largest automaker in China. SAIC is forecast to sell more than 2 million vehicles this year. Chang’an aims to boost sales to more than 2.6

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2009

GM’s SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture signed a framework agreement with GM’s former Latin America, Africa and Middle East operations and distribution agreements with individual countries to export and distribute two of its most popular mini-commercial vehicles from China to markets in South America, the Middle East and North Africa.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The UK is ready to thrust back its oppose at the sale of fresh cars powered purely through an internal-combustion engine. An organization with greater than 30 years of enjoy restomodding MGs and alternative British vintage vehicles has introduced a fresh providing for the MGB.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 25, 2024

XPeng CEO He Xiaopeng spoke in front of an X9 multi-purpose vehicle (MPV), a growing segment of luxury minivans in China. The next decade will be a ‘golden decade’ of smart vehicles. The core of smart vehicle advances is how to operate with automative software adoption emerging as the new industry norm.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Zeekr 009 begins at 500k yuan (68,500 USD) in China. Volvo is owned by means of Geely Staff, a Chinese language automobile behemoth, so it’s refuse awe it began the presales in its house marketplace in China, with deliveries following in a while. MPVs are horny in China. How does Volvo plan to justify this charge?

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 17, 2023

The ID3 sedan (a Golf-size replacement available in Europe and China), the ID4 compact SUV (built and sold in all three major EV markets—the U.S., EU and China), the ID5 (a coupe version of the the ID4 SUV only available in Europe), the ID6 (a China only three-row SUV) and the soon-to-arrive in the U.S. will follow next year.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Hachigo was in charge of developing the first-generation of the US-built Odyssey minivan, which was launched in 1999 primarily for the US market. In 2013, Hachigo’s responsibilities shifted to China, becoming Vice President of Honda Motor (China) Investment Co., He served as Vice President and Director of Honda Motor Europe Ltd.

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APRIL 5, 2020

General Motors and its joint ventures delivered 461,716 vehicles in China in the first quarter, down 43.3% The CT4 sedan being launched in China this month will give Cadillac its strongest and most complete lineup ever, enabling it to compete in all key luxury segments. Baojun sold nearly 82,200 vehicles (-51.5%

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JANUARY 22, 2011

Fuel efficiency, safety innovation, and vehicle styling will be the three most important product issues influencing automotive consumer purchase decisions over the next five years, indicating a perceived shift in buying priorities, according to the 12 th annual global automotive survey conducted by KPMG LLP.

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JUNE 12, 2023

The Tesla Model Y was the month’s bestselling vehicle, miles ahead of others in volume. For plugins to get consistently above 95% share will require more diverse – and especially, more affordable – vehicle classes to be catered for. Full electrics alone took almost 81% share, grabbing 7.5% more of the remaining market than last year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2011

General Motors’ vehicle sales in China rose 28.8% Its manufacturing joint ventures and major brands all set new annual sales marks, enabling GM to remain the leader among global automakers in its largest market (US sales crested 2.2 SAIC-GM-Wuling’s domestic sales grew 15.6% Buick sales rose 23.0%

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Baua Electric

MARCH 5, 2024

Volvo reached its highest-ever share of electrified vehicles as its new fully electric EX30 boosted EV sales in February. Although overall sales slid 2% last month, Volvo’s fully electric vehicle sales were up 14%, reaching a new record share. Volvo expects new EVs to turn sales around quickly in the US and China.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2009

Strategic Vision shared data that only a small portion of consumers in the US are “ truly green ”, which means the customer is willing to pay significantly more for a green vehicle. Miller of Synovate believes that in the US “ 20% of the people are willing to pay up to 10% of the vehicle’s purchase price more (i.e.

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JULY 1, 2009

General Motors China and its joint ventures sold 814,442 vehicles in China in the first half of 2009. It was a first half record for both GM China and global automakers in China. China’s vehicle market continued to outpace most expectations for growth. This represented an increase of 38.0%

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

The newly established Dongfeng Motor Korea will begin importing vehicles from Dongfeng Motor in China – making it the first incursion of Chinese built vehicles into the South Korean market. The vehicles will go on sale in the country beginning in April, 2010. .

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

General Motors sales in China in the first eight months of 2009 increased 49.6% GM and its joint ventures benefited from record August domestic sales, which increased 112.7% These results continued a series of single-month sales records for the automaker that began in January 2009. to 12 million vehicles, up from 9.1

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

With “above-expected order rates,” Volvo will build the EX30 at its Ghent, Belgium plant (in addition to China) to meet the growing demand in Europe for low-cost EVS. Despite a slowdown in December, Volvo hit a new sales record in 2023. Volvo’s EV sales were up 70% last year, with over 113K purely electric vehicles sold.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

Volvo’s EVs accounted for 16% of its total sales last year, higher than most rivals and up from 10.9% It’s also Volvo’s cheapest (and quickest) vehicle yet. By 2025, Volvo aims for around 50%, or about 600,000 in sales, to be electric as a halfway target. It even launched its first electric minivan in China (EM90).

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AUGUST 3, 2009

GM’s domestic sales of the automaker and its joint ventures in China jumped to 144,593 units—an increase of 77.7 This was GM China’s best July ever, extending an uninterrupted series of single month sales records that started in January 2009. Shanghai GM registered year-on-year sales growth of 60.6%

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

Deemed “the safest vehicle” Volvo has ever made, customers continue waiting for the premium electric seven-seater. Volvo hit its highest-ever electrified vehicle sales share last month, primarily due to the new EX30 rolling out. Volvo set new global sales (+113,000 EVs) and revenue records last year.

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JULY 19, 2010

SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), GM’s mini-commercial vehicle joint venture with SAIC and Wuling Motors, is launching the Baojun brand (Boajun is the Chinese word for “treasured horse”). The passenger cars of the new brand will be built and sold in China. The introduction of Baojun is part of GM’s multi-brand strategy in China.

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