General Motors (GM) has confirmed plans to invest $5.4bn at its manufacturing and assembly plants in the US in the next three years, to strengthen its production capabilities and enhance product quality. The proposed investment will be ...
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GKN Driveline has produced a complete all-wheel drive (AWD) system in China for SAIC Motors’ new MG GS compact SUV. With this development, the company has become the first global tier one supplier to design such product. In ...
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General Motors (GM) and SAIC Motor’s joint venture, Shanghai GM is planning to invest CNY100bn ($16bn) over the next five years, to develop new vehicles. The automaker intends to develop ten new or upgraded models each year until ...
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PSA Peugeot Citron (PSA) and General Motors (GM) will be manufacturing small light commercial vehicles (B-LCV) from their respective brands at the PSA plant in Vigo, Spain. The arrangement is a part of the existing alliance between the ...
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General Motors’ car division Chevrolet has given out technical details of its flagship 2016 Chevrolet Camaro. The company said that the next generation Camaro will facilitate drivers to customize the car to the moment. It will ...
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The unsurprising debut of the Cadillac CT6 PHEV in Shanghai today has a powertrain that sounds an awful lot like the one that can be found in the Volt and the Cadillac ELR. The plug-in CT6 – identical to the CT6 that debuted in New ...
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General Motors’ Cadillac has added new features to its 2016 model of ELR electrified luxury coupe, while dropping the price. The proposed upgrades to the vehicle include more than 25% boost in power and torque, faster ...
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Fourteen months after General Motors started recalling more than 2 million small cars with faulty ignition switches worldwide, the company says it has repaired about 70 percent of the vehicles that are still on the road. The figures, ...
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Tesla has introduced Model S 70D, an entry-level all-wheel drive electric car, which is more expensive than its current starter vehicle. The car will have a starting price of $75,000 and will feature 70KW battery which will facilitate ...
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General Motors (GM) is looking to boost production of sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) with a $1.3bn expansion at its Arlington assembly plant in Texas, US. The company intends to add 1.2 million ft2 of space to the existing facility over ...
Electric vehicles have been developing rapidly from the original hybrids, to parallel/serial and plug-in hybrids through the optimization of power drive designs. Since then, the industry has been able to develop all-electric models as the ...
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The OPEN Alliance (One-Pair EtherNet) Special Interest Group (SIG) has released its automotive Ethernet specifications and tools to promote wider adoption of automotive Ethernet. The open access of specifications is part of the alliance's ...
Berkshire Hathaway has signed a deal to acquire 8.7% stake in Axalta Coating Systems from Carlyle Group for $560m. Under the stock purchase agreement, Berkshire Hathaway will purchase 20 million Axalta's common shares at $28 each. The ...
Ford along with its Chinese partner Chongqing Changan Automobile is planning to invest $1.08bn to buy a plant owned by Chinese automaker Harbin Hafei Automobile. Changan Ford Automobile, a joint venture between Ford and its Chinese ...
General Motors is expected to generate $350m in profit over three years through the roll out of its 4G LTE mobile broadband in its cars and trucks. General Motors chief financial officer Chuck Stevens was quoted by Reuters as saying: ...
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