'GM Becoming ‘China Motors’'
[ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-EVLN-Now-people-are-having-REx-anxiety-unlocked-REx-expect-no-change-tp4680151.html;cid=1454182030259-760 ] The pre-Bolt EV's Sonic underpinnings may have been (or the Bolt's will be) made in China. EVangles have heard this many times: of how many U.S. public have said they only buy (U.S.) American. But in fact, they do not want to hear how much of what they buy is actually not from the U.S. It would be good to have a list of where the components of a plugin were made, and where the vehicle was assembled and or produced to know how much a product is made-in-the-USA (as touted or just plain assumed by the public). Here are some links to explore the transition from an U.S. (American) company to a China partnership (money talks): http://qz.com/594984/the-secret-history-of-gms-chinese-bailout/ The secret history of GM’s Chinese bailout January 24, 2016 ... When US taxpayers footed a $50 billion bill for the bailout of General Motors in 2009, few could have guessed that the biggest of the Detroit “Big Three” (GM, Chrysler, Ford) would go on to import Chinese cars to the United States. Yet just seven years after its publicly-funded and highly-politicized rescue, GM says it will do exactly that ... 2010, GM began an unprecedented wave of technology transfers and joint development [to SAIC] ... The 2010 Chevrolet New Sail was described as the first passenger car to be jointly developed entirely in China, but under its skin lay the Gamma II platform that still underpins GM’s subcompact offerings like the Chevrolet Spark, Sonic, and Trax ... This not only means GM will have to share all future growth market profits with SAIC, it also means the end of royalty payments that GM once earned for every car built using its engines and architectures ... [***] Though GM may never become a fully Chinese company on paper, it will continue to integrate with and be eclipsed by its erstwhile Chinese protege ... [dated] http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2012/10/how-the-gm-bailout-turned-into-foreign-aid-3-2513372.html How The GM Bailout Turned Into Foreign Aid October 28, 2012 ... http://www.factcheck.org/2012/06/is-gm-becoming-china-motors/ Is GM Becoming ‘China Motors’? June 8, 2012 ... http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/08/inside-gms-china-golden-china-share/ Unlocking The Secrets Of GM’s Golden China Share August 10, 2011 http://www.just-auto.com/news/uaw-not-happy-with-gms-chinese-buick-import-plans_id165594.aspx UAW not happy with GM's Chinese Buick import plans 7 December 2015 ... http://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/sunday-tribune/20151115/282480002688218/TextView GM angers unions with plan to import Chinese-made cars 15 Nov 2015 ... http://news.yahoo.com/uaw-blasts-gm-plan-sell-chinese-made-cars-215024560.html UAW blasts GM plan to sell Chinese-made cars in US AFP August 18, 2015 For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/GM-cn-made-plugins-to-be-sold-in-U-S-GM-Importing-China-made-CT6-pih-tp4680156.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
