GM do Brasil Milestones: 1940 - 1949

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1942

April 2 
GM starts Etna Battery production, later Delco.


1947

June 
The battery plant produces its 100,000th unit.


1948

GM do Brasil Chevrolet assembly line in 1948, the first postwar year when the São Paulo plant was able to resume CKD production on a large scale basis
GM do Brasil Chevrolet assembly line in 1948, the first postwar year when the São Paulo plant was able to resume CKD production on a large scale basis


1949

February 
200,000th Chevrolet car produced in Brazil rolls off the assembly line.



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