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Cadillac introduces the 2014 ELR extended range electric vehicle

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2014 Cadillac ELR Click to enlarge. Cadillac unveiled the anticipated 2014 ELR extended range electric (EREV) vehicle (based on the Converj concept, earlier post ) at the North American International Auto Show. Sales start early in 2014 in North America, expanding to global markets including China and Europe.

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

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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. Cadillac, which has had 22 months in a row of double-digit sales growth, posted a sales increase of 51% to 175,489 units in 2017.

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GM deliveries in March in China up 16% to new March record; SUVs, MPVs, luxury drive sales

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The Buick, Cadillac and Baojun brands all reached new sales highs for March. Their hot-selling models—the Baojun 510, Buick GL8 and Cadillac XT5—stood out in the fast-growing SUV, MPV and luxury segments, which accounted for about half of GM’s March sales. Chevrolet sales increased 4.3%

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GM’s Brownstown Battery Assembly expands; building new battery system for 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV

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General Motors will bring all its electric vehicle battery pack building capabilities in-house with production of battery systems for the 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV at its expanded battery assembly plant in Brownstown, Mich. Priced at $19,995 with full federal incentives, Spark EV is currently on sale in California and Oregon.

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Report: Cadillac Converj EREV Headed for Production

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The Detroit News reported that GM has decided to produce the Cadillac Converj, an extended range electric vehicle derived from the Voltec platform. Cadillac included the Converj concept car at the 2009 North American International Auto Show. Cadillac sales have fallen 39.2 Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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GM Will Produce Cadillac Converj EREV

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GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, at a conference of the Society of Automotive Analysts on the eve of the North American International Auto Show, announced that GM will produce the Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle. Cadillac included the Converj concept car at the 2009 North American International Auto Show.

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Ultrasonic welding in the battery pack for the Cadillac ELR

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kWh battery pack in the new Cadillac ELR extended-range electric luxury coupe that goes on sale in North America in early 2014 ( earlier post ). GM first applied the process on the Chevrolet Volt and further refined it for ELR. The Cadillac ELR is built at GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant.

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