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On July 3, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Environmental Protection Agency) reported that the investigation found that about 5.9 million vehicles in the United States General Motors had excessive emissions, mainly in 2012-2018 models, whose average carbon dioxide emissions exceeded 10% of the initial compliance report data.

It is understood that GM has about 5.9 million vehicles with excessive emissions, including 4.6 million full-size pickups and SUV in 2012-2018, and about 1.3 million medium-sized SUV in 2012-2018, involving three major Chevrolet, Cadillac and GMC brands, including Chevrolet Tahoe, Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Silverado, etc., a total of about 40 GM models.

It is understood that GM sells Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, GMC and other brands in the United States, and has never paid a fine in the course of fuel economy development in the past 40 years. To that end, General Motors agreed to pay a $145.8 million fine and cancel more than 30.6 million fuel economy credits for 2008-2010 models to address problems found in the EPA light vehicle test program.

In response to the problem of excessive emissions, GM said in a statement that it has always complied with all applicable laws and regulations in the certification and use testing of vehicles. But GM also said, "I believe this is the best way to quickly resolve this problem with the federal government."

Different from the "emission gate" that broke out by Volkswagen Group in 2015, it not only involved many global markets and its automobile brands, but also many heads of the group resigned. Volkswagen Group paid a heavy price for this because of the "emission gate" scandal. Volkswagen has faced a number of huge claims and a number of criminal proceedings. The EPA did not accuse GM of deliberately using inefficient devices to reduce carbon dioxide emissions during tests, nor did it require GM to recall vehicles with excessive emissions. Compared with Volkswagen, GM is lucky.

However, NHTSA proposed in 2023 to raise fuel economy standards from 2027 to 2032, which GM is expected to spend $6.5 billion. GM could face a fine of $906 million by 2031, according to final rules issued by NHTSA last month.

GM recently released its best quarterly sales figures in the United States in more than three years, delivering 696086 vehicles in the United States in the second quarter, up 0.6% from a year earlier and the highest level since the fourth quarter of 2020. However, GM's US sales fell 0.4 per cent year-on-year to 1290319 vehicles at the end of June.

It is worth mentioning that according to CBS NEWS, CDK Global, a major supplier of software to US car dealers, was attacked by hackers, resulting in the temporary shutdown of most systems (IT systems, phone systems, applications). The most direct result of the accident is that about 15000 car dealers are unable to sell. General Motors dealers, for example, rely on CDK's system. GM said in a statement that its "dealers using the CDK platform are working to meet strong customer demand under difficult circumstances, and delivery of some products may be delayed until the third quarter".

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