GM Cranks Up EV Push in China
Company targets 40% electrics by 2025
Bill Hampton
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Daily
GM Sales in China Drop 18% in Third Quarter
General Motors Co. reports it sold 689,500 cars and light trucks in China in July-September, down 18% from the same period in 2018.
Car Sales in China Skid 18%
Retail demand for new passenger vehicles in China dropped for the sixth consecutive month in November, plunging 18% to 2.05 million units, according to the China Passenger Car Assn.
Faurecia, Wuling Launch Partsmaking Venture in China
Faurecia SA and Liuzhou Wuling Automotive Industry Co. have formed a company to supply automotive emission control systems in China.
China Sales Rise for GM, Fall for Ford
General Motors hiked retail sales in China 2% to a record 352,300 units last month, but Ford’s deliveries dropped 11% to 83,700 vehicles.
American Axle Forms JV in China
Detroit-based American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. has launched a joint venture in China with Liuzhou Wuling Automobile Industry Co., a subsidiary of Guangxi Automobile Group Co.
GM Posts 13% Sales Gain in China
General Motors Co. reports its vehicle sales in China climbed 13% to 491,700 units last month. Full-year sales rose 4% to a record 4.04 million units in 2017.
How GM Quickly Created Capacity for Mask Production
GM’s head of global manufacturing engineering talks about how a global team put mask production capacity on the floor in a week
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
Faurecia, Liuzhou Wuling Expand Partnership
French auto supplier Faurecia SA has formed a second joint venture with China’s Liuzhou Wuling Industry Co. to develop and produce interior components.
GM Expects to Meet China’s EV Sales Quotas Without Aid
General Motors Co. says it expect to meet China’s sales quotas for electrified vehicles by 2019 without being forced to buy credits from other EV makers.
Nexteer Opens Electric Power Steering Plant in Indonesia
Auburn Hills, Mich.-based Nexteer Automotive Group Ltd. has opened a manufacturing plant in Bekasi, Indonesia, to produce electric power steering (EPS) systems.
Faurecia Forms Seating JV in China
France’s Faurecia SA has formed a joint venture with China’s Liuzhou Wuling Industry Co. to supply seating systems for SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co. and other carmakers in China.
Former GM Designer Joins China’s Chery Automobile
Chery Automobile Co. has appointed industry veteran Steve Eum to be the company’s design director, effective July 3.
GM Sales Slip in China
General Motors Co. reports it sold 294,400 vehicles in May compared with a record 295,300 units in the same month last year, when year-on-year volume climbed 17%.
China and U.S. OEMs
When Ford announced its 3rd quarter earning on October 24, the official announcement said, in part, “Company revenue was up 3 percent year over year, with net income and company adjusted EBIT both down year over year, primarily driven by continued challenges in China.” The previous day, perhaps as a preemptive move to answer the question “If things are going poorly in China, what are you doing about it?, Ford announced that it was establishing Ford China as a stand-alone business unit.
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
GM Sets Another Sales Record in China
General Motors Co. reports its sales in China last year climbed 7% to a record 3.87 million units, even though December sales dipped 2% to 434,800 vehicles.
Why China Matters to GM—Especially Buick
If you want to know how important China is to a company like General Motors, all you have to do it look at its sales of Cadillac and Buick there in September.
GM, Ford Report Record July Sales in China
General Motors Co. says its ventures in China delivered a record 270,500 vehicles in July, hiking year-to-date deliveries 7% to 2.08 million cars and trucks.
GM Says China’s Car Market Will Reach 30 Million by 2020
A bullish General Motors Co. predicts China’s passenger vehicle market will grow to about 30 million units in 2020 from 24.6 million light vehicles last year.
GM’s Sales in China Drop 9%
General Motors Co. reports its sales in China shrank to 245,700 in February from 270,900 in the same month last year.
GM, Ford Post Record January Sales in China
General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. each report record vehicle sales for January in China.
The Chinese Love SUVs
On the occasion of the 2016 Guangzhou Motor Show, which runs through November 27, Namrita Chow, a principal analyst at IHS Markit, provided some insight into where the Chinese auto market is, and where it is going.
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
GM Reports Record Global Sales for 2015
General Motors Co. reports worldwide sales of 9.84 million vehicles in 2015.
GM Posts Record Sales Year in China
General Motors Co. says it sold a company record 3.6 million vehicles—including sales through joint venture partners—in China last year, up 5% from 2014 levels.
GM’s Global Sales Shrank 3% in Third Quarter
General Motors Co. reports it sold 2.33 million vehicles worldwide in July-September compared with 2.41 million units in the same period in 2014.
GM Sales in China Fall 4% in July
General Motors Co. and its joint venture partners retailed 229,200 vehicles in China last month, down from 238,700 units in July 2014.
GM Sales Fall Again in China
General Motors Co. reports demand for its vehicles in China dropped 4% to 252,600 units in May, following a tiny decline in April.
GM Sales in China Slip
General Motors Co.'s sales in China in the first two months of 2015 shrank 1% to 600,900 units compared with the same period last year, Bloomberg News says.