The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here. That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. Geo and Oldsmobile were already gone, with Pontiac and Saturn following in 2010.

VUE 90

VUE Saturn 2007 Green 90

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. As part of the culling, GM has the option to re-badge vehicles from the non-core brands, such as the Pontiac G8, Opel Insignia and Saturn Vue. With CAFE’s renewed emphasis on fuel economy, from 26 mpg in 2010 to 35.5 by Bill Cooke.

GM 262

GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

Plug In Partners

JANUARY 26, 2006

FIALKA Staff Reporter THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 25, 2006 DAVIS, Calif. -- In the 1950s, an aspiring Pasadena hot-rodder named Andrew Frank shocked the competition by powering his 1936 Ford with a Cadillac V-12 engine. "It Saturn and a 200-horsepower electric motor. It had gobs of torque," he recalls.

Gasoline-Electric 100

Gasoline-Electric Plug-in Plug Recharge 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. Ford Chairman and CEO Bill Ford at 2006 Shareholders Meeting ) GM top 12/31/07 [GM Vice Chairman Bob] Lutz, 75, is undergoing a green conversion in the twilight of his career. "I Plans Cadillac Converj, Opel Ampera, other versions.

Plug-in 45

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45