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APRIL 18, 2023

annually, having Oakville Assembly down means Ford had to come up with something and it elected to pull China out of the bullpen — setting the SUV up to become Ford’s very first Chinese import. Though it’s been taking action that has helped improve Chinese sales figures in recent years — the worst period of the pandemic notwithstanding.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At the opening of Auto Guangzhou 2012, Shanghai General Motors launched its first localized new energy vehicle, the Sail SPRINGO EV. The vehicle was developed by Shanghai GM and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), making it the first production electric vehicle created by a Chinese joint venture. Click to enlarge.

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Teslarati

APRIL 12, 2024

More information about the Chinese automaker’s first new energy pickup truck has come out. The new BYD pickup truck will be on the Chinese company’s DMO platform, which is short for the Dual-Mode Super Hybrid All-Terrain Off-Road platform. Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis work with BorgWarner.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

An analysis by Nikkei in Japan concludes that nearly 40% of the suppliers for materials used in Tesla’s electric vehicle batteries are Chinese companies. Nikkei sent a letter to Tesla asking about its dependence on Chinese suppliers but said that it had received no reply by the publication deadline.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

Volkswagen operates a plant in Xinjiang as part of a joint venture with Chinese state-owned carmaker SAIC Motor. Automakers including Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen and Toyota are failing to ensure they are not using forced labor as part of their China supply chains, a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch says.

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Teslarati

MARCH 24, 2024

Although competitive Chinese automaker BYD isn’t yet slated to enter the U.S. Even despite ongoing political concerns, its entry into North America is considered an eventuality, and other Chinese automakers likely won’t be far behind. While BYD isn’t planning to enter the U.S. auto sector,” the organization writes.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 16, 2023

This should have been obvious to American manufacturers who have historically been required to engage in partnerships with Chinese corporations just to sell within the region. But it also speaks to hardships Ford has endured while trying to break into the market.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In China, MINO provides BIW intelligent manufacturing lines for Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Ford, Volkswagen, General Motors, Great Wall, Geely, GAC, SAIC, BAIC as well as other Chinese domestic and foreign automotive manufacturers, and exports products to the United States, Germany, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Malaysia and other countries.

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Electrek

JUNE 20, 2023

General Motors (GM) is wasting no time as it looks to keep up in a rapidly evolving Chinese EV market. Buick , GM’s mid-level luxury brand, is embracing the wave of innovation with its second EV based on GM’s Ultium platform, the E4 electric SUV. Yet, in the US, we are stuck with Buick’s ICE vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

General Motors has invested in Element25 ( earlier post ), which is building a manganese refinery in Louisiana, and this month also backed Mitra Chem, a Silicon Valley company which is developing lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP) cathodes ( earlier post ).

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

General Motors (GM) plans to launch a wholly-owned direct sales platform, Durant Guild, in China. With Durant Guild, GM hopes to revitalize Chinese consumers’ interest in its brand and increase sales in the country. Blissett mentioned a shift in the Chinese market for “halo cars.” What is Durant Guild?

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The actions the Chinese government has been accused of committing within the region are as horrendous as they are vast. Reports have faulted Chinese brands like BYD and Western companies like Audi, Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, General Motors, and Ford Motor Co. But it’s hard to gauge how much more U.S.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 8, 2011

The sales success of General Motors inChinacontinued in July as its joint ventures sold 173,398 vehicles during the month. Shanghai GM, as well as GM’s Buick, Chevrolet and Cadillac brands all reached sales records for the month even though GM’s China sales were down 1.8 per cent compared to the same month last year due [.].

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Teslarati

APRIL 27, 2023

Chinese automaker Geely is adopting Tesla’s gigapress die casting technique to its Zeekr 009 six-seater, multi-purpose van (MPV). Besides Geely, Toyota, General Motors, Hyundai, Volvo, and NIO are turning to companies like IDRA to manufacture big gigapress machines. Other automakers are following Tesla’s example.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 23, 2024

European automakers face a trifecta of challenges: soft demand due to higher borrowing costs that discourage car purchases, fierce competition from Chinese rivals, and higher input costs squeezing their margins. The company’s sales suffered in the first quarter ended Dec.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

General Motors developed its Two-Mode Hybrid powertrain control system using Model-Based Design software from The Mathworks. Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder provided the capability to generate production code from the models, and Real-Time Workshop and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulators helped verify the control system.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2023

General Motors and Mercedes-Benz aim to produce only electric vehicles by 2035 and 2030, respectively. Stellantis aims for 100% of its Chinese vehicles to be electric by 2030. A major driver behind the high case demand scenario are optimistic automaker targets.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

General Motors’ Cruise is taking a hiatus testing its vehicles after a high-profile crash and recall, and most recently , a Waymo vehicle was set on fire in San Francisco. Autonomous vehicles don’t have the best track record when it comes to earning and keeping public trust, even in tech-forward California.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

General Motors is to team up with SAIC Motor Corporation to work on a number of core areas of its business including the development of new energy vehicles. Tags: Green cars Latest news general motors China GM new energy vehicles Pan Asia Technical Automotive Centre SAIC SAIC Motor Corporation.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

market if heavily-subsidized Chinese EVs ever break through here. Ford EV platforms for mid-decade, presented by Hau Thai-Tang General Motors, for instance, suggested in 2018 that it could make money on future EVs, by 2021, and then last year Mary Barra suggested it could already do it for models above $40,000. automakers.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

General Motors is negotiating a U.S. In September, GM CEO Mary Barra told The Wall Street Journal that Ford’s partnership with CATL “could be the harbinger of Chinese domination of U.S. So even if Ford or GM controls manufacturing, Chinese intellectual property could make these deals a legal gray area.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 15, 2024

Honda’s partnership with General Motors yielded the Prologue EV and Acura ZDX, and the Japanese automaker is now looking to team up with Nissan to do more of the same. Both see the agreement as a way to remain competitive and manage costs as they work to stave off intense competition from Chinese and South Korean automakers.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Daimler already has an electric vehicle partnership with chinese company BYD, and more recently General Motors announced it would start developing electric cars in China with its longtime Chinese partner. . -- is the place to be if you’re an automaker wanting to develop electric cars.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In 2017, General Motors sold Opel and Vauxhall to Frances PSA Group — which later merged with Fiat Chrysler to form Stellantis — basically ending its involvement with the European market. Europeans have already started seeing an influx of Chinese EVs. Images: General Motors] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Teslarati

JUNE 27, 2022

Chinese electric vehicle sales have hit 31 percent of the overall market, with 25 percent being pure EVs, a substantial growth year-over-year. In raw numbers, over 403,000 new electrified vehicles hit the Chinese market in May, growing 109 percent compared to the same month in 2021.

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Teslarati

MARCH 29, 2022

Reports have emerged that auto parts maker Aptiv, which supplies carmakers like Tesla and General Motors’ joint venture in China, has suspended its operations at its Shanghai production facility. Tesla and General Motors’ joint venture in China have not released statements about the topic as well. .

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 1, 2020

Which Chinese brand is aiming to have the most affordable EV in the U.S. General Motors showed a little more of its upcoming GMC Hummer EV on. What looks like a modern-but-downsized electric VW Microbus? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 31, 2020.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

General Motors officially unveiled its new Menlo EV Friday, giving the Chinese market its first real look at the car that will spearhead the company's local electrification efforts. The Chevrolet Menlo likely would weigh in at 200 miles or less by EPA estimates (410 km NEDC).

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

BYD licenses LFP blade battery cells to BorgWarner, a supplier for Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis. In 2021, rumors spread that Tesla would use BYD’s bad battery cell for its $25,000 next-generation car. BorgWarner is a tier-1 automotive supplier based in the United States.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Since 2017 Farasis has regularly ranked first in terms of shipments of NCM-based Li-ion pouch cells to the Chinese automotive market. Presently, Farasis has two production bases in China: Ganzhou and Zhenjiang. In July, Farasis established a new manufacturing base in Zhenjiang with a planned annual capacity of 20 GWh.

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MAY 17, 2023

Yet, at the same time, General Motors' Buick brand survived the brand purges in 2008-2009 in part because of its success in China. So, what is the best way for non-Chinese makes to succeed in that market? Ford is scaling back in China. The question is pretty self-explanatory and I don't really need much more preamble.

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JANUARY 27, 2022

The South Korean company supplies battery cells to big automaker brands like Tesla, General Motors, and Volkswagen. Chinese battery supplier Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) still dwarfs LGES. LG seems ready for growth in the future. The EV battery market grew to $27 billion in 2021.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 15, 2024

The global lithium industry is so interwoven with Chinese capital now that it’s going to be impossible to unpick. and two other Chinese chemicals companies guarantee they’ll be able to purchase almost every ton of material it produces for the next few years, dependent only on the pace of its expansion plans. Take Albemarle Corp.,

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

Last year General Motors was highly critical of a deal struck between Ford and CATL, enabling Ford to build and run a Michigan battery plant that will make LFP cells under license from the Chinese company for improved EV affordability. Now, GM reportedly seeks a similar deal with CATL.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

3 electric car (Source: SAIC-VW) Amid an intense price war and lost market share to BYD and Tesla, China’s state-owned automaker SAIC Motor is reportedly making drastic job cuts this year at its joint ventures with General Motors and Volkswagen and at its EV unit – with mass layoffs a rare move for a China-owned company.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 14, 2021

A new EV made by General Motors and Chinese manufacturers underlines the virtues of Lilliputian size.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

Waymo is pulling ahead with its expansion plans at a time when its key rival Cruise, owned by General Motors, has suspended US operations in the wake of a pedestrian-dragging accident. Alphabet’s Waymo said on Tuesday it will begin driverless passenger services for its employees in Austin, Texas starting Wednesday.

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