General Motors has just announced a significant expansion of its Advanced Design Center in Shanghai, one of the company’s four global design studios, located in China’s largest city and leading cultural icon. In the short term, the facility will grow to more than double its current studio space and evolve with the latest trends to attract more local design talent – which is considered one of the best in the world.
A teaser of GM China’s Advanced Design Center in Shanghai, which will upgrade its design capability for 2021.
The automaker has announced that major expansion and upgrade work for its GM China Advanced Design Center will begin this week, with completion scheduled for the second quarter of 2021. During the process, the Shanghai design center will adopt the latest technologies and gain smarter use of space for General Motors to continue at the forefront of design in the world’s largest automotive market.
Michael Simcoe
“Advanced design is playing a critical role in the development of GM’s next generation of vehicles around the world,” said GM Vice President of Global Design, Michael Simcoe, in an official statement. “The expansion of the GM China Advanced Design Center will provide an environment for our team members to imagine, create, inspire and develop design strategies for GM’s future product portfolio,” he added.
GM China Headquarters
Located next to the company’s corporate headquarters in the Asian country, the Advanced Design Center is on a mission to create innovative designs and project future mobility solutions for all General Motors global brands. Since its inauguration in late 2012 as part of the GM China Advanced Technical Center (ATC), the facility has become a key source of creativity and insight into the Chinese automotive market.
All-new Buick Electra Concept EV crossover
When the expansion work is complete next year, General Motors’ Advanced Design Center in China will grow to more than 5,000 square meters (about 53,820 square feet) by adding a new color and materials studio, a paint shop, a virtual reality lab and a second clay modeling study. Meanwhile, the current virtual reality room, observation yard, clay modeling studio and other facilities will receive comprehensive updates.
According to General Motors, the global team at the Shanghai Advanced Design Center has an average age of under 32 and includes creative designers, clay sculptors, digital sculptors and virtual reality specialists. In conjunction with the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), the team has worked on Buick EV concepts such as the Enspire and the all-new Electra crossovers. In addition, they are creating future visions of new energy and mobility concepts for global markets.
Harry Sze
“Inspired by Shanghai’s vibrant and progressive energy, our mission is to create innovative and exhilarating designs across General Motors global brands to capture the imaginations of future customers,” declared the Director of Design at the GM China Advanced Design Center, Harry Sze. “Our new studio is designed to encourage new ways of working and collaborating, empowering our talented creatives to truly push the boundaries of future mobility experiences,” he finished.
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It’s obvious that no one within General Motors has been listening to what the Trump Administration has been saying for the past 4 years because by expanding the advanced design center in Shanghai (China), General Motors will be giving away technology they are developing to China’s government; but General Motors is trapped as half of their business is in China and this is the only way the company can survive.
and america will be the losers again.
Just remove the XX in front of the link.
XXhttps://lincolnproject.us/video/making-china-great-again/
TRUMP IS MAKING CHINA GREAT AGAIN more than any other president in history. The Chinese fully agree.
“A Communist Party mouthpiece is crowing that malfunctioning U.S. leadership is making China “great again”.
The op-ed published in the People’s Daily said the U.S. was in political chaos and suffered from a broken system, which was why Washington couldn’t get anything done. It also claimed the U.S. mess was giving China an opportunity to shine.
“U.S. foreign policy is in total disarray, and world regard for the U.S. has plummeted. Indeed, America is making China ‘great again,’” the op-ed said. “Once the world’s model, the great American meltdown has turned the U.S. into some bizarre soap opera.”
This isn’t the first time China has piggybacked off an American saying — remember President Xi Jinping’s “Chinese Dream” slogan? This time around, the tone is a bit sharper, with Chinese state media not backing down ahead of annual bilateral talks that have been rebranded this year as the U.S.-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue.”
Half or all car companies business is in China.
What technology? All computers and most components are built in the Asian rim countries so we can have fairly low cost computers.
And in the process, the wealth is going right to China. That’s why young Chinese own high end cars. The average age for Rolls Royce or Ferrari is just over 30.
Nope. Lenovo and Dell both assemble computers in Mexico. Intel CPUs are made in the US. Most car electronics in the US market are from Mexico, not China, due to NAFTA/USMCA.
Just wait until until they move the world corporate headquarters to Beijing and the next CEO replacing Mary is called Wang Xiu Ying. 🤓🤓🤓
It only makes sense since they sell more vehicles in China and best of all, the Chinese are energetic, positive and most of all united in making China Great Again.
https://lincolnproject.us/video/making-china-great-again/
I think you are right about this. The Chinese are united whether by choice or simply because the government makes all of its citizens an offer they cannot refuse every day of their lives. The United States is a mess. There’s no unity whatsoever and patriotism hasn’t factored into American Corporate decision-making nor the majority of American’s (including our government’s) allegiances in decades. It is what it is; America’s multitude of problems cannot be solved by burning down cities nor waging war on one another. China’s population is deliberately homogeneous whereas America’s prized diversity is ultimately proving a failed experiment in the sense that everything now boils down to to racial and cultural injustices – perceived and otherwise – which pit Americans directly against fellow Americans instead of uniting them and strengthening the American bond we’re all ideally supposed to cherish and share. Our country’s composed of too many different people with radically differing backgrounds and viewpoints who will never come together and are driven now more than ever to seek shelter amongst those who most closely resemble themselves and embrace their own politics and worldview. You clearly cannot make a country great again that at least half its population firmly believes was never great to begin with.
Talk about injustice in China and you’re “disappeared”; complain about lack of diversity in China and… well, you’re also “disappeared”. You wanna “identify” as a non-binary pansexual zombie-meerkat? Don’t worry – they have a place for you, too. There can be no strength without unity and China’s racial makeup and totalitarian government assure unity whether their people like it or not. We’re starting to see Democrats and the Big Tech monopolies embrace China’s proven methods of coercion and social control, but it’s 245 years too late for that. These tactics will only result in more division and further weakening of the nation’s already severely frayed fabric if not another civil war.
Just wait until until they move the world corporate headquarters to Beijing and the next CEO replacing Mary is called Wang Xiu Ying. 🤓🤓🤓
It only makes sense since they sell more vehicles in China and best of all, the Chinese are energetic, positive and most of all united in making China Great Again.
Trump 2020 flags are being made in Chinese factories. In fact, ALL TRUMP CAMPAIGN MATERIAL IS MADE IN CHINA.
https://medium.com/@shanghaiist/make-china-great-again-trump-2020-flags-are-being-made-in-chinese-factories-e2c5f94f4107
Yes, and his famous ties were also made there. Also, he has a hefty amount of cash in a Chinese bank account. Hypocritical.
The Chinese, Saudis and especially the Russians own him outright. No one would finance Trump Inc. due to 6 previous bankruptcies. That’s when the Russians stepped in.
His 7th bankruptcy is America. But first, he will destroy democracy.
Trump 2020 flags are being made in Chinese factories. In fact, ALL TRUMP CAMPAIGN MATERIAL IS MADE IN CHINA.
JUST REMOVE THE XX in front of the link
XXhttps://medium.com/@shanghaiist/make-china-great-again-trump-2020-flags-are-being-made-in-chinese-factories-e2c5f94f4107
Of course they are.
Just keep handing more of GM work to the Chinese.
Sad.
F China –GM needs to keep its intellectual property and infrastructure here. What is GM going to do when China collapses before the end of President Trumps 2nd term .
you mean like the way the US economy collapsed under trump’s first term?
James R,
You need to get informed. China is now the only country in growth mode at over 6%. In fact, it’s booming. They achieved this by winning the battle against Covid-19. Not surrendering to it.
Bulls***!
All thanks to our politicians from both parties who sold out America in 1993-94 with NAFTA.
You’re a complete idiot. NAFTA creates a trading block to counter China. The issue was that corporations took advantage of cheap labour in Mexico to move there in excessive numbers.
Bulls***, nafta had absolutely nothing to do with free trade, it’s globalism just like the globalist #transpacificpartnership, all part of a plan for a one world government
Afi Keita James,
You may want to remove your tin foil hat. Its burning your brain cells.
I Have two words for you, f*** you
Afi Keita James,
Here’s one for you: L O S E R
As I have said here before, I find it simply AMAZING how many people here on this site and in the USA believe that the US has any way to reverse this !
This has been a Chinese goal for years now and our larger US corporations paid China to teach them how its done.
Not only that but because the Chinese take out the greed and the % of corporate profit that is never reinvested, its a win win !
GM is moving things to China not only because they are the largest growth market but the Chinese own the majority of GM !
It simply does not matter any longer what we do in the US !
China is laughing at us and does not need us any longer for anything !
What country is the lithium coming from for use in the GM EV’s ? The USA ?
Remember its a LG battery !
Until our government gets this figured out, we will lose huge, this is no longer a business matter.
The United States of America is like a third world country in relation to China in the year 2020 and our current ( old age, useless money, white guy ) government thinks tariffs will do anything ! Ha, Ha !
We need HUGE amounts of MONEY pumped into our system to stem growth, where the actual person doing the work make MONEY not the do nothing ” money guy ”
Look at the interest rates in the US !
We no longer want to borrow the wealthy white guys money and work the rest of our lives for them, only to end up poor and old ! I am not talking myself but in general ! We are literally going to start paying money to people to borrow money as we can no longer get people to borrow !!
People would rather go broke on the street than borrow money they will owe someone later, and the wealthy old guys can not figure it out !
Talk, talk, talk, talk and nobody to govern, and nobody to do anything !
Its the greatness of a Capitalism !
Capitalism ONLY works when all players get equal support !
When regulation and subsidies are corrupt Capitalism will no longer work !
The best of innovation no longer rises to the top !
LIFELONG,
Totally agree. If you think the US is a 3rd world country now, just wait until it loses the status of world reserve currency. No more massive borrowing.
Bailouts and government cheques is pure socialism. What are we at now for this year? 5 trillion?
The election of Trump was a sign of weakness for the US, not strength. The US is now poorer, more sick and weak as a result.
LIFELONG,
Totally agree. If you think the US is a 3rd world country now, just wait until it loses the status of world reserve currency. No more massive borrowing.
Bailouts and government cheques is pure socialism. What are we at now for this year? 5 trillion?
The election of the current POTUS was a sign of weakness for the US, not strength. The US is now poorer, more sick and weak as a result.
It is not true and you know it.
Its not true and you know it —WHAT !
What cant you see ?
Every free trade agreement within the world entered into by the US companies was their choice.
Its called Capitalism and led by greed !
Like I have said before, Capitalism ONLY works when the best rises to the top and when your own government regulation and corruption for the money stops the innovation from leading the way, Capitalism no longer works !
Free market Capitalism starts with the word FREE !!
In the USA we could say we have Government corrupt Capitalism !!
So I will try to make it simple for those who need it that way.
Say the US is a jar and only 100 vehicles fit into the jar, when the US auto industry filled the jar, done, very few needed replacing so no more needed to be made !
At this time the corporate America and the US government said we need more jars to fill, FREE TRADE was the tag name !!
Yet the USA has never been able to lead the world on anything other than WAR !
Sure we have had great innovation, cutting edge stuff, yet the FIRST thing after the innovation is GREED !!!
Example, the man Tesla, and the man Edison, Tesla was the doer !!!! We ALL know that now ! Edison was the white wealthy man, who knew the right banker and politician and we ALL know the greed story !
Even on this site, look at how many people comment on the cost of doing the right thing.
The sun shines and is FREE !
The wind blows and is FREE !
Yet the small minded squash FREE with it will just cost to much to do and never work !
What does cost have to do with FREE !!!
We have to pump the oil out of the ground !
The sun shines for FREE !!
The wind blows for FREE !!
Everything after that is a COST that was created for GREED and NOT innovation !!!!
We entered into the world, global trade, as if we could compete !!
Again the USA has never been able to compete in FREE market Capitalism, and the world could care less about our governments corrupt regulation !!
Yes I do think we need to worry about the dollar as the wanted world currency. Yet China has taken a huge amount of our currency and basically bought us with our own money !
And again, the old wealthy, white guy, US government thinks it can corruptly regulate China with tariffs, and sanctions, ” we will show them, inflict pain ” This will no longer work !!!
China is the higher power now and needs US less than the world, the globe, needs them !!
We once worked back and forth with Europe and others to make the western world great !
China is now working with Europe to make the western world great !!
And the mighty USA is falling and fast, into anarchy, and into third world status !!
The USA needs to inject MONEY into our system, REAL money that gets to the DOERS, innovators, thinkers.
The 5 trillion or what ever, from this last four years went to the wealthy, old, white guy, AGAIN, for WHAT, WHAT are they doing with it ?
Look if you take the number of US people over the age of 18 – 209,128,094, and divide that 5 trillion, you get $23,908.00 into our system ( the US economy ). And how much wore the stimulus checks ? $1,200.00, Ha, Ha, Ha !
Simple math for you smart guys !
$1,200.00 X 209 million people = 250 billion !
Take that away from 5 trillion, leaves you with 4 trillion 800 billion !!
Where the h3ll did 4 trillion 800 billion go ?
POOF
Now that same money spent on all of this innovation cost ( blame ) you get something other than
POOF
If whoever wins in a week, gets the same 5 trillion, and leaves off the very people who got the 4 trillion 800 billion,
and divides it into the rest of the USA who is doing things or want to do things yet did not get given 4 trillion 800 billion to do it, you watch !!
Rioters get got paid to stay home !
Innovators just got paid to start innovating !
Doers just got a pay increase, who will spend it NOW, as they ALWAYS do !
And the people who got the last 4 trillion 800 billion, will STILL get over 90% of what is spent, do to the corrupt regulation of the current US government ! ( old wealthy, white, guys ) will still be old, wealthy, white guys !
But the rest of the USA will be BOOMING !!
And if it does not work.
WE ARE THERE TODAY !!!!
Quoting TRUMP, what in the h3ll do we have to lose !
NAFTA and all others are unfair trade agreements that screw the American worker and destroy American sovereignty
Wrong again. American wealth was created by trading with other countries. Isolationism and xenophobia will take you back to the stone age.
The US haven’t been innovative IMO in the past 20 years rather than the late 20th century.
Example while the Netherlands is installing a national highway that gets road vehicles on/off their islands we can’t make a bridge/tunnel to get off Long Island despite a nearly $2 trillion gdp because we love parks, “Bambi”, the jackscrew roach or some nature crap also not enough brains because we’re selective on who we educate.
The US haven’t been innovative IMO in the past 20 years rather than the late 20th century.
Example while the Netherlands is installing a national highway that gets road vehicles on/off their islands we can’t make a bridge/tunnel to get off Long Island despite a nearly $2 trillion gdp because we love parks, “Bambi”, the jackscrew roach or some nature crap also not enough brains because we’re selective on who we educate.
The US deficit has now surpassed 21 trillion and is quickly heading to 25-30.
No new infrastructure anywhere despite promises. No leadership.
Correction: My number didn’t factor in the insane debt generated this year. Trump is no piling-up debt just like he did bankrupting his casinos.
We are now past 27 trillion.
https://www.usdebtclock.org/
And both political parties are to blame for this, Rand Paul is right.
and thank you for liking my comment, people are brainwashed sheep, quit listening to msm, it hurts your brain.
Again Guestt,
BLAME !!
All I see in your statement is !!!!
!!!! BLAME !!!!
I love to tell the story of a government grant, back in history, to study wood peckers.
The industrialists said what a waist of money studying wood peckers.
Turns out the study cost less than the high line poles it saved from wood peckers in the first year !
Investment in innovation !!!!!!!!!!
Not
!!!! BLAME !!!!!!!!
on the woodpecker !!!!!
And from what I know of the Netherlands, having a cousins daughter living their, they for sure are not destroying their natural environment building anything over their !
And I do agree 150 % that we are selective on who we educate !!!!!
And what we teach them !!!!
!!!GREED !!!