SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), the second joint venture of General Motors in China that manages the Wuling and Baojun brands, announced that it has just surpassed the milestone of one million electric vehicles sold in the Asian country.
The automaker officially surpassed one million electric vehicles sold on Monday, August 8th, holding a short ceremony at its main plant in the Chinese city of Liuzhou. As such, SGMW becomes the fastest car company to do so in the country thanks to its market focus, unbeatable cost formula and enormous scale in the largest car market.
New Wuling MINI EV GameBoy Edition
Since the launch of the Baojun E100 as the manufacturer’s first all-electric vehicle, SGMW’s EV range has focused exclusively on entry-level minicars that meet customers’ mobility needs and contribute to reducing emissions in densely populated Chinese cities. Currently, the range is led by the Baojun KiWi EV and the best-selling Wuling MINI EV.
Baojun KiWi EV
Notably, the Wuling MINI EV has been the sales champion in the electric vehicle category in China for 22 consecutive months, establishing its lead shortly after its official launch in July 2020. In the first half of this year, the MINI EV sold 196,000 units which also made it the most popular car in the Chinese market with a monthly average of almost 33,000 deliveries, trailing only a few crossovers.
GM claims that the success of the Wuling and Baojun electric vehicles is based on the new Global Small Electric Vehicle (GSEV) platform developed locally by SGMW, which debuted in 2022 with the Baojun E300, later renamed KiWi EV. and the Wuling MINI EV, which offers significant economy of scale and high production flexibility. The next member of the range is the all-new Wuling Air EV, which made its world debut in June.
In addition, another key reason why SGMW can quickly overcome the barrier of one million electric vehicles sold is that it has one of the largest and most comprehensive dealer networks in China. It is reported that the Wuling brand alone has more than 2,800 sales and service outlets covering 98 percent of the country’s cities, allowing it to uniquely encompass the breadth and depth of the Chinese market.
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It’s official. GM is now controlled by CHINA. So sad!!!
LOL. Oh, wait… You’re serious?! How sad…
USA now 2nd fiddle 🎻 to GM.
USA is second fiddle to EVERY automaker. China is the biggest market on the planet.
All the globalists are happy (READ: everyone in Washington). Sports Team politics are a farce to engage drama-loving news watchers.
Those EVs look like rolling deathtraps.
In comparison it took Tesla 8 years to sell 1 million vehicles in the United States.
In 10 years GM sold about 150K volts whats your point… different time and car
The point is to compare the sales of the largest EV companies in their respective countries due to the growing competition in this industry. It’s important to understand where we’re all positioned. As for SAIC-GM-Wuling, they found a successful strategy of pursuing city cars rather than luxury vehicles. They hit the right balance of price and range for their market – something, IMHO, we’re still waiting to see occur in North America.
Chevrolet sold over 1 million Impalas for the 1965 model year alone.
Yes, the 1965 Impala 4 door hardtop (with the mid-year Caprice option package was the first Chevrolet my parents bought (replacing a 56 Ford Customline, engine replaced twice). 1970 I had my drivers license (my Dad saw the opportunity to buy a new Impala and bought the 65). I loved that Impala drove for many years and through college days. The local owner of the Chevrolet/Cadillac/AMC/Jeep, Tom said yes, 1965 was the best year GM had with all their brands. Tom said by 1980’s and the downsizing of the GM cars was the downhill slide and he put his dealership up for sale. & retired. Tom lived to age of 82, and Tom kept his view 1965 was GM’s very best year ever.
No wonder! I couldn’t sleep dreaming of that car when I first saw it in fall of 1964
This is the plan. The WHOLE WORLD in these $#!+ Boxes.
I think the plan is The whole world in mass transit