Buick Leads GM China’s Third Quarter Sales Gain
Paced in part by a strong performance from Buick, GM China posted its first quarterly sales increase in more than two years. Buick’s Premier Trim: Learn more about the luxurious Avenir lineup From July to September, GM China’s brands were up 11.9 percent over the same period of time in 2019. Overall, the automaker logged […]
GM China, Safe Kids Worldwide Host Car Seat Installation Workshop in Shanghai
General Motors China and Safe Kids Worldwide earlier this month teamed up to host a Safe Kids Safe Ride Car Seat Installation Workshop at Yilong Baohong Chevrolet in Shanghai. The imperative for the workshop stems in part from the 2014 Research Report on Road Traffic Injuries of Children in China, which found that no fewer […]
GM China Sets New October Sales Record, Eclipses 3M Sales in 2017
General Motors and its joint ventures in China combined to set a new October sales record at 382,723 vehicles delivered. Sales were up 10.7% year-over-year, marking GM’s best month of growth for 2017 thus far. The Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Baojun brands all contributed October sales records of their own, and SUV sales on the […]
GM China President Matt Tsien Wins Shanghai’s Magnolia Award for Expats
General Motors Executive Vice President and President of General Motors China Matt Tsien was recently honored with the Shanghai Municipal Government’s Magnolia Honorable Award, which is given to expats who have made significant contributions to the city in terms of social and/or economic development. “The Magnolia Award is a great honor that I share with all […]
GM China Sales Up 6.3% as Buick, Cadillac See Record July Deliveries
General Motors saw a 6.3% year-over-year uptick in retail sales in China last month, delivering a total of 287,581 vehicles in July. The automaker and its joint ventures achieved this aim thanks to all-time July sales records for Buick, Cadillac, and Baojun and promising growth from the Chevrolet brand. Buick led GM from a volume […]
William F. Bertagni Announced as President of PATAC and GM China VP of Vehicle Engineering
Today GM announced that William F. Bertagni has been appointed president of the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), as well as GM China vice president of Vehicle Engineering, effective August 1, 2017. Currently, Bertagni is serving as GM Europe vice president of Vehicle Engineering, and also a member of the Management Board of Adam […]
GM China Sees Record June Sales; Cadillac Continues to Score Double-Digit Gains
General Motors reported an all-time record June sales record in China, logging sales totaling 285,191 vehicles and increasing volume 4.3% year-over-year last month. Buick, Cadillac, and Baojun all set new monthly records with double-digit year-over-year growth, while Chevrolet saw its biggest bump since the start of the new year with 7.2% growth. “We are pleased with […]
GM China Delivers Record 285,191 Vehicles in June
General Motors’ efforts to further penetrate the growing Chinese market were rewarded this past month, as GM and its joint ventures in China achieved their highest June sales ever. In total, the automaker delivered 285,191 vehicles, representing a 4.3% rise in deliveries on an annual basis. GM’s Buick, Cadillac, and Baojun brands all enjoyed record […]
GM China Science Lab Key to Future Global Developments
General Motors China Science Lab, one of four GM R&D centers around the globe, is expected to play a considerable role in the automaker’s development over the next five years—a period that GM believes will see more advances than even the previous half-century combined. “Large-scale innovation has become an engine for China’s economic development,” said […]
GM China Concludes Two-Year Chevrolet EN-V 2.0 Vehicle Sharing Pilot Program
After two years of operation in a real-world environment, the Chevrolet EN-V 2.0 vehicle sharing pilot program launched by General Motors China and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) has recently come to its conclusion. The fleet of 16 EN-V 2.0 electric concept vehicles together accumulated nearly 90,000 kilometers of shared journeys at SJTU’s Minhang campus […]
GM China Sales Decline 1.9% Year-Over-Year in April; Cadillac, Baojun Strong
General Motors and its joint ventures saw year-over-year sales decline 1.9% in China last month, delivering a total of 272,770 vehicles in April. While overall sales declined, there were bright spots to be found in particular with the Cadillac and Baojun brands, which were up 98% and 58% respectively thanks to the popularity of its […]
Cadillac, Baojun Post Record February Sales for GM China
General Motors and its joint ventures in China delivered a total of 246,730 vehicles in February, up 0.4% year-over-year from February 2016. The automaker was led by the Cadillac and Baojun brands, both of which posted record February deliveries. “The expanding SUV portfolio has helped us maintain our growth momentum,” said GM Executive Vice President […]
GM China Announces the Cruze Hatchback’s Price Tag
The News Wheel reported a couple of weeks ago that the all-new Chevy Cruze Hatchback will become available in China this February, but at that time we didn’t know how much GM would be asking for its newest hatch. Well, GM has finally supplied us with the answer: the Cruze hatch will cost between RMB […]
GM China Finally Announces the Availability of the Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid
Cadillac has revealed pricing information for its CT6 Plug-In Hybrid sedan for the Chinese market, and it will cost more than the version sold in the United States, despite the fact the car is actually being produced in China. The CT6 Plug-In has been priced between RMB 558,800 ($80,408) and RMB 658,800 ($94,366) in the […]
GM China Reiterates Company’s Efforts to Increase Fuel Efficiency
General Motors China flexed its eco-friendly muscles at its Green in Motion 2016 event by showing off a variety of ways in which the company is working to make its vehicles more fuel-efficient. By way of explanation, GM China Director of Engineering Charon Morgan said, “We acknowledge Chinese consumers’ appetite for vehicles that are efficient, […]
GM China Builds Air Filter System to Save Drivers from Smog
Surprise, everyone—China has bad air quality! Of course, that is not a surprise at all—China has been embroiled in a mad scramble to reduce the amount of air pollution in its cities, as it heavily incentivizes EV manufacturers, raises its fuel quality regulations, and even considers picking up a set of EV regulations like those […]
GM China Sales Set New October Record
General Motors and its joint ventures combined to deliver 345,733 sales in October, a new record for the month and a 5.7% year-over-year increase. October sales were also enough to push GM’s total sales in China over the 3-million-unit mark for the year. Something Special: Behold the Chevy Equinox Midnight Edition, Equinox Sport Edition, and […]
GM China’s Green Supply Chain Reduced CO2 Emissions by 5.5 Million Kilograms
One month ago, General Motors set an ambitious green energy goal to power all of its operations worldwide entirely by renewable energy by the year 2050. At the time, GM announced that it was already in the process of installing an array of solar panels to its Chinese facilities. However, it seems that before GM […]