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GM and GE Go All-In for Chinese Subsidies | National Legal and Policy Center
Not surprisingly the new partner - in a 50-50 joint venture with the state-run auto industry - is China. And also unsurprisingly, General Electric will join GM in a related partnership in the communist nation.
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Instead, in order to be able to grab the eye-popping $19,300-per-car incentives, automakers must share their technology with Chinese counterparts and produce the vehicles over there. So we now have the GM China Advanced Technical Center in Shanghai, adjacent to the company's local headquarters and in a 50-50 partnership with Chinese state-run SAIC Motor Corporation. And rather than call it the Volt, the combined venture will likely develop and implement the electric technology in the Shanghai GM Chevy Sail model, which was introduced late last year.
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The charging station installations replicate the infrastructure build-up efforts in the U.S., via grants from the Department of Energy, which subsidize the costly chargers for GE and other companies.