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DECEMBER 8, 2014

General Motors and its joint ventures set new sales records for November and the year as a whole in China. In November, domestic sales increased 5.3% For the first 11 months, sales in China rose 10.1% to 3,182,595 units—surpassing last year’s previous full-year sales record of 3,160,377 vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

For the 2012 model year, eAssist became standard for the larger Buick LaCrosse luxury sedan. An electric motor-generator that provides 15 kW of maximum generating power @ 1570-3180 rpm; 110 lb-ft (150 N·m) maximum electric motor torque (cranking); 79 lb-ft (107 N·m) maximum electric motor torque @ 1,000 rpm (electric assist); and 15 hp (11.2

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AUGUST 6, 2009

The 8 kWh battery pack for the new 2011 Buick PHEV crossover vehicle is prepared for testing at the General Motors Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. General Motors will debut its two-mode plug-in hybrid technology—originally intended to appear first in a Saturn VUE, prior to that brand’s sale—in a new Buick crossover vehicle in 2011.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

General Motors and its joint ventures sold more than 300,000 vehicles in a single month for the first time in China last month. January sales totaled 310,765 units, an increase of 26.0% Domestic sales by Shanghai GM and SAIC-GM-Wuling, and their Buick, Chevrolet and Wuling brands all set new single-month records as well in January.

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JUNE 5, 2014

General Motors and its joint ventures sold 276,109 vehicles in China in May—a new record for the month. Sales increased 9.2% Shanghai GM and SAIC-GM-Wuling as well as their Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac and Wuling brands also reached new highs for May sales. Shanghai GM’s domestic sales rose 15.8% year on year.

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AUGUST 1, 2014

Sales of General Motors crossovers and trucks, which include pickups, vans and SUVs, surged by double-digits in July, pushing combined sales for the year to 1,048,114 through July. Including the Cadillac Escalade, SUV sales are up 32%. Small, compact, medium, large—sales were strong across the board.

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MARCH 5, 2014

General Motors and its joint ventures sold 257,770 vehicles in China during February, setting a new record for the month. Sales increased 19.9% In February, Shanghai GM’s domestic sales were up 8.8% year on year to 109,889 units, SAIC-GM-Wuling’s domestic sales were up 29.4% Chevrolet sales in China dropped 0.1%

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

General Motors and its joint ventures in China set an August sales record en route to the third-best sales month in 2011. Domestic vehicle sales rose 13.4% Sales of passenger cars by Shanghai GM in China rose 21.7% Both were August sales records. Demand for Shanghai GM’s Buick lineup grew 22.6%

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GM China Sale Buick 225

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JANUARY 8, 2014

General Motors and its joint ventures sold a record 3,160,377 vehicles in China in 2013. Sales increased 11.4% Domestic sales by Shanghai GM rose 13.6% FAW-GM’s domestic sales were up 6.3% Buick sales in China increased 15.7% to 296,183 units, and the Excelle XT and GT, whose sales were up 17.9%

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

In January, General Motors and its joint ventures set a new monthly sales record in China with sales of 348,061 units, an increase of 12.0% Domestic sales by Shanghai GM and SAIC-GM-Wuling and their Buick and Wuling brands all reached all-time highs as well in January. Buick sales in China rose 15.7%

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

For the second time, General Motors has sold more than 2 million vehicles in China in a calendar year, reaching the milestone today. Demand in China this year for the Buick brand has risen 24%, Chevrolet 18% and Cadillac 73%. It has been the sales leader among global automakers in the market for six consecutive years.

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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% This was a rise of 59.8% from the same period last year to 548,707 units.

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MARCH 7, 2012

General Motors and its joint ventures sold 240,554 cars and trucks in China in February, setting a record for the month. Sales rose 30.4% Shanghai GM’s domestic sales rose 31.8% year on year to 103,097 units; SAIC-GM-Wuling’s sales in China increased 28.7% Shanghai GM’s domestic sales rose 31.8% to 11,890 units.

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JANUARY 4, 2013

2012 US sales of plug-in vehicles by major OEMs. GM was the US sales leader among the major OEMs for plug-in vehicles in December, and for 2012. For the year, GM posted sales of 23,461 Volts, up 205.8% For the year, GM posted sales of 23,461 Volts, up 205.8% NNA) posted sales of 1,489 units of the LEAF in December, up 56.1%

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

In September, General Motors and its joint ventures sold 277,647 vehicles in China—a record for the month. Sales increased 13.7% During the first nine months of 2013 as a whole, sales by GM and its joint ventures in China increased 11.1% Shanghai GM’s sales were up 10.6% FAW-GM’s sales were also up, rising 3.3%

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AUGUST 7, 2011

General Motors and its joint ventures [link]. 173,398 vehicles in China during the month of July, as Shanghai GM and GM’s Buick, Chevrolet and Cadillac brands all set sales records for the month. GM’s China sales in July were down 1.8% GM’s China sales in July were down 1.8% Buick sales were up 15.4%

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APRIL 5, 2012

General Motors and its joint ventures in China sold 257,944 vehicles in March and 745,152 vehicles in the first quarter of 2012, setting March and quarterly records. GM’s domestic sales in March were up 10.7% Shanghai GM’s domestic sales increased 10.5% SAIC-GM-Wuling’s sales in China increased 11.6% to 14,064 units.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

General Motors and its joint ventures sold a July record 199,503 vehicles in China, a 15.1% Shanghai GM’s sales in China rose 5.7% SAIC-GM-Wuling’s sales reached 98,694 units, an all-time high for July and an increase of 26.6% FAW-GM’s sales were up 3.1% FAW-GM’s sales were up 3.1% Buick sales grew 4.8%

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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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JANUARY 7, 2015

General Motors and its joint ventures sold a record 3,539,970 vehicles in China in 2014, an average of one vehicle every 9 seconds and almost 9,700 vehicles each day. GM’s sales were up 12.0% Domestic sales by Shanghai GM rose 13.1% FAW-GM’s domestic sales were down 29.4% Buick sales in China increased 13.5%

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JULY 5, 2011

General Motors and its joint ventures sold a record 1,273,502 vehicles in the first half of 2011 in China, receiving a boost from all-time June sales of 193,878 vehicles. GM’s first half sales in China increased 5.3% compared with the first six months of 2010, setting an all-time record for first half year sales.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

General Motors and its joint ventures sold their 3 millionth vehicle in China in 2014. In 2013, GM and its joint ventures hit 3 million sales in a calendar year on 12 December for the first time in GM’s history in its largest market. Cadillac sales in China in the first ten months of 2014 increased 57.9%

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JANUARY 4, 2010

GM and its joint ventures in China announced that their domestic sales in China jumped 66.9% The strong year-end results were enabled in part because of record December sales by GM’s Shanghai GM and SAIC-GM-Wuling joint ventures and the addition of sales from its new FAW-GM joint venture. in 2009 to a record 1,826,424 units.

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JUNE 5, 2012

General Motors and its joint ventures sold a May record 231,183 vehicles in China. Shanghai GM’s domestic sales rose 7.1% Buick sales totaled 51,360 units in May, down 1.2% Sales of its original Excelle family grew 19.0% Sales of the Excelle XT and GT were also strong, totaling 11,985 units. year on year.

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

With a month of sales remaining, General Motors and its joint ventures set an annual sales record in China. With domestic sales of 260,018 vehicles in November, GM’s sales in 2012 reached 2,593,642 units in the first 11 months compared with 2,547,171 vehicles sold in China for all of 2011. from November 2011. (By

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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% Sales of vehicles by Shanghai GM jumped 150.1%

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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. Buick sales were up 102.8%

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APRIL 4, 2014

General Motors and its joint ventures posted record sales in China during March and the first quarter of 2014. Sales in March increased 7.8% This helped domestic sales in the first quarter reach 919,114 units—an increase of 12.6% GM’s 2014 sales in China are on track to hit 1 million units by mid-April.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

General Motors and its joint ventures set an October sales record in China of 220,412 units. Sales were up 10.4% year-on-year to a new October high of 103,309 units and domestic sales by SAIC-GM-Wuling jumped 19.2% During October 2011, sales by GM in China surpassed 2 million, reaching 2,113,274 units.

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APRIL 19, 2017

Top: Buick Velite 5. The system has a double high-performance, permanent-magnet electric motor drive unit. With cumulative retail sales of more than 8 million units in China, Buick is committed to expanding its portfolio of new energy vehicles. Bottom: 2017 Chevrolet Volt. Click to enlarge. liter/100 kilometers.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

General Motors and its joint ventures in China reported a 20.4% increase in domestic sales to post a November record of 237,130 vehicles delivered. It was the third-best sales month of 2011. percent from the same period last year and just short of last year’s full-year sales record of 2,351,610 units. to 113,120 units.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

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. GM’s SUV sales in China surged 37% last year. million units.

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JULY 4, 2012

For the first six months of the year, Volt sales reached 8,817 units, up 221.2% of the 19,150 units of Prius family sales in June, and taking second place for PEV sales for the month. of family sales); the Prius C, 2,657 units (19.1%); and the Prius V, 3,284 units (17.1%). Sales of the Cruze were down 23.8%

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

General Motors and its joint ventures set a new August sales mark in China, with sales rising 7.3% Ford China also posted its highest-ever August sales, with 48,631 wholesale units sold, up 39% from last year. All three of GM’s key manufacturing joint ventures set sales records for the month. to 106,500 units.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

GM is applying its eAssist mild hybrid system to the 2012 Regal, making it the second Buick model after LaCrosse to feature the second-generation light electrification technology ( earlier post ), which is GM’s current default mild hybrid system for electrification applications of 20 kW power or less. Regal with eAssist.

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AUGUST 5, 2013

General Motors and its joint ventures sold a July record 221,580 vehicles in China, an increase of 11.1% from last year’s previous high for the month and the first time that July sales topped 200,000 units. Shanghai GM’s domestic sales rose 16.7% FAW-GM’s domestic sales decreased 4.1% Buick sales in China grew 25.7%

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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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