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With a first record registered a few months ago, Toyota is once again imposed on General Motors reaching the highest number of sales in the first 9 months of this year , as reported by Reuters . The Japanese company, which has managed to maintain itself very well despite the problems in the supply chain experienced by the automotive sector, has managed to surpass the American giant, one of the manufacturers most affected by the shortage of chips in the world . According to the numbers, the difference between both companies is at least 80, 000 vehicles in favor of Toyota, a figure that hit the track record of General Motors again, famous for staying at the top of sales in the United States since 1931.
Regarding this fact, Jim Cain, a spokesman for General Motors, said : “We certainly wish we had a few more semiconductors and I bet Toyota would like to have a few more trucks and SUVs. No one should make long-term judgments about the market. ” His opinion was supported in some way by a Toyota spokesman, who assured that the Japanese company has never focused on overthrowing General Motors or another company from its position. For the latter, all this is the result of the deep shortage that the sector is experiencing and that, according to the forecasts of the experts, will last at least one more year.
Despite being one of the companies most beaten by this problem, as Ford has been, General Motors continues its path as one of the most solid manufacturers not only in the country, but in the entire world. In addition to all the successes that it has achieved by itself and through its subsidiaries, it has stood out for being part of several innovative projects : the first of them, related to electric vehicles, is about the creation of a rover together with Lockheed Martin so that the astronauts of the Artemis mission 2024 NASA can explore the lunar surface.
The second, not least, has to do with autonomy, a characteristic that the company aims to achieve from the hand of Momenta, an emerging company specialized in this sector that seeks to develop this type of technology with which General Motors intends to surpass other companies such as Tesla, but also conquer the future of the automotive industry .
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