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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here. Our nameless reviewer felt , back in 2006, that the Vue's panel gaps made it the "automotive equivalent of a shotgun shack" and calculated that the Green Line version would require 90,000 miles of driving with $2.15/gallon

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GE to supply electric propulsion systems totaling 1,105 MW for 23 new LNG ships

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The scope of GE’s contracts includes MV7000 converters, induction motors, transformers, generators, main and cargo switchboards and propulsion control systems. GE’s motors and converter are designed and optimized to make the propulsion systems easy to maintain. The order was placed in 2002 for the vessel Gaz de France Energy.

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Report: GM, Isuzu to start talks on another capital, business tie-up

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The Nikkei reports that General Motors Co. will enter talks with Isuzu Motors Ltd. From 1999-2002, GM owned 49% of the company—a holding that subsequently was reduced. stake in Isuzu in 2006. on a capital and business alliance aimed at launching joint projects for commercial vehicles in Central and South America.

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Report: Isuzu, GM to partner globally on pickup trucks, engines

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The Nikkei reports that Isuzu Motors Ltd. and General Motors Co. From 1999-2002, GM owned 49% of the company—a holding that subsequently was reduced. Isuzu and GM dissolved their capital ties in 2006. will coordinate management of their pickup truck operations. Toyota currently holds a 5.9% stake in Isuzu.

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Hackenberg resigns from Audi Board of Management

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After graduating in mechanical engineering at Aachen RWTH University, Ulrich Hackenberg was employed as an assistant at the Institute for Motor Transport from 1978 until 1985. He was active in the Volkswagen Group from 1998 until 2002. —Audi’s Board of Management Chairman Rupert Stadler.

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Shell develops new concept synthetic lubricant for engines; up to 6.5% fuel economy benefit on urban cycle

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25 city car as the test bed, Shell engineers formulated an ultra low viscosity 0W-10 motor oil. In 2002, Shell acquired Pennzoil-Quaker State Company to become the No. Pennzoil motor oil has been one of the leading motor oil brands in the USA since 1985. improvement in fuel efficiency on an urban cycle, and a 4.6%

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Aura System’s Generator Incorporated into Azure’s Balance Hybrid for USPS

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Azure Dynamics Corporation incorporated Aura Systems ’s AuraGen motor/generator into its Balance Hybrid Electric vehicle delivered to the United States Postal Service fleet (USPS). The original founders left in 2002 and from 2002 to 2005, Aura had a number of new management teams. Tags: Hybrids Motors. The AuraGen.

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