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This forgotten General Motors EV won’t have Tesla Supercharger access

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Tesla Superchargers will have General Motors electric vehicles accessing them on a daily basis. In 2017, Spark sales dropped off the table, and GM could not justify continuing to build the vehicle, especially considering SUVs started taking over in the U.S. Well, at least most of them.

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GM China sales top 4M vehicles for the first time in 2017; SUV sales up 37%

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General Motors and its joint ventures sold more than 4 million vehicles in China for the first time in 2017. Retail sales totaled 4,040,789 units, which was up 4.4% The company benefited from record domestic sales by the Cadillac, Buick and Baojun brands. In 2017, GM added 18 new and refreshed models in China.

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GM restructures China operations to regain profitability 

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General Motors (GM) plans to restructure its operations in China to regain profitability. General Motors sales in China dropped by 29% to 373,000 vehicles, a far cry from its 2017 peak of 4 million units. General Motors also has a SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co.

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ICCT report finds US domestic EV production and investment continues to fall; only 5% of global EV investment to go to US EV assembly plants

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Cumulative electric vehicle sales and production from 2010 through 2020, in major regions (based on EV-Volumes, 2021). Comparatively, EV manufacturing has increased at a faster rate in China, which made up 44% of global EVs manufactured through 2020, up from 36% in 2017. Source: The ICCT. In terms of annual EV production, Europe’s 1.1

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2017 Chevy Bolt EV review consensus: car is good, range is real

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The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car isn't on sale yet, but quite a lot of useful information is already available to potential buyers. General Motors recently confirmed the $37,495 base price (before Federal, state, and local incentives), and an EPA-rated 238-mile range—meeting its original promises.

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Lotus Posts $750 Million Loss for 2023 While Also Setting Sales Record

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However the company actually had a good sales year, moving 6,970 vehicles in a twelve-month period. Lotus noted that sales ramped up in the final quarter of 2023, with the company seeing a 110-percent increase after the launch of the Lotus Eletre SUV. The real question is whether or not sales are sustainable beyond that.

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GM delivered 2.9M vehicles in China in 2020 for third straight annual drop; NEV sales up 4x from 2019

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General Motors and its joint ventures delivered 2.9 Sales were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the first quarter and started to recover in the second quarter. Deliveries posted a strong rebound in the second half, led by SUVs, MPVs and luxury vehicles, with fourth quarter sales increasing 14.1% from a year earlier.

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