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Kalea Hall

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Sep 16, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · By Kalea Hall

    GM's EV-first bet leaves it on sidelines of US hybrid boom (opens the original)

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    DETROIT, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Florida car dealer Bill Wallace says the majority of customers lately are asking about hybrid options, eager for relief from high gasoline prices. Salespeople at his 16 dealerships — including Hyundai, Kia and Mazda — have plenty to talk about. But not at his Chevrolet and Cadillac stores. Those ‌General Motors brands each have a broad selection of fully electric cars, but the automaker has only one hybrid model: the Corvette sports car. GM is sitting out a ‌hybrid b

  2. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Kalea Hall

    LG Energy, once fixed on EV batteries, jumps to Plan B (opens the original)

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    (Corrects to remove faulty hyperlink in paragraph 2) Aug 19 (Reuters) - A few years ago, battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution was racing to make cells for electric vehicles. Today, its focus has ‌mostly flipped to a new product: energy storage batteries. Most of LG Energy's North American factories are making ‌energy-storage batteries, or gearing up to, said Robert Lee, the company's president for the region. Demand for large battery cells to store power is booming ​from the buildout of AI da

  3. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · By Kalea Hall

    Battery cell production at Ohio plant to restart for GM EVs (opens the original)

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    DETROIT, Aug 12 (Reuters) - A factory jointly owned by ‌General Motors and LG Energy ‌Solution in northeast Ohio is scheduled to ​restart production of battery cells next week after a seven-month shutdown. On Monday, a majority of laid-off workers will ‌resume making batteries ⁠at the Ultium Cells joint-venture plant, Tom Gallagher, vice ⁠president of operations for Ultium, said in an interview. In total, 1,400 ​will be ​working at the ​facility. The company ceased ‌battery-cell production there

  4. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · By Kalea Hall

    GM renews China joint venture with SAIC for 20 years after restructuring (opens the original)

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    DETROIT, Aug 4 (Reuters) - General Motors said on Tuesday it had renewed its joint-venture agreement with China's SAIC Motor for 20 years after a lengthy restructuring in the ‌Chinese market that included plant closures and the elimination of some models. The extended 50-50 joint venture ‌between the automakers will result in more vehicle-development work being done in the world's largest auto market to appeal to local tastes. GM ​said the company would focus on its Cadillac and Buick brands in

  5. Article · Jul 30, 2026 · By Kalea Hall

    Why Americans are leasing fewer cars (opens the original)

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    DETROIT, July 30 (Reuters) - Vehicle leasing has declined in the United States in recent years, curbing what has long been a preferred route to new wheels for many car shoppers. Before the pandemic, leasing accounted for around 30% of the U.S. new-vehicle market, according to research firm ‌JD Power. That percentage fell to 17% during post-pandemic car shortages, and leasing has still not fully recovered: In the first half of 2026, leases accounted ‌for 23% of new car deals. A big reason for the

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