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APRIL 18, 2011

GM introduced the Buick Envision plug-in hybrid SUV concept vehicle in China; it will appear on the Shanghai GM stand at Auto Shanghai 2011. GM says that the Envision merges Buick’s global design language with Chinese aesthetics for the SUV segment. The Envision concept plug-in hybrid. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The 2011 Buick Regal’s direct injection Ecotec 2.0L Basic component set of the Buick Regal’s 2.0L There are 12 controllers interacting with the ECM on the 2011 Buick Regal including transmission, body, climate, and brake controllers. MPC5566 Block Diagram. Source: Freescale. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 27, 2016

Today, we have a 2011 Nissan Leaf electric car with 150,000 miles on its odometer, another victim of strong SUV sales in the form of the Buick Verano, and why Tesla's Autopilot system does not make cars fully autonomous. A 2011 Nissan Leaf electric car achieves an impressive milestone, covering 150,000 miles.

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MARCH 11, 2012

gas engine in the 2012 LaCrosse lineup, which averaged 11% of 2011 sales. in February, a month in which it was Buick’s top-selling nameplate. Buick recently announced eAssist technology will be standard on the 2013 Regal luxury sport sedan. eAssist replaced a conventional 2.4L

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 20, 2010

This is not a Buick. At least, it's not a Buick if you haven't paid attention in the last three years. Before that time, Buick was the car for funeral directors, geriatric drivers, and Florida retirees who disliked the newly edgy styling of Cadillacs. Four years ago, its customers had an average age of 68.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2011

The 2011 Buick Regal Turbo will feature the first flex-fuel capable direct-injected turbocharged engine in a production car. turbocharged engine including the direct injection fuel system, continuous variable valve timing for both intake and exhaust valves and the turbocharger. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 11, 2009

Shanghai-GM will end production of its mild hybrid Buick LaCrosse Eco-Hybrid, introduced in 2008. The Buick hybrid shares the same first-generation mild hybrid system used in the Malibu hybrid (now also suspended, earlier post ). The second generation mild hybrid system is slated to debut in 2011. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 6, 2011

GM will reveal the new 2012 Buick Verano compact luxury sedan, the brand’s third new model in the past two years and first in the compact luxury segment, at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) next week in Detroit. Verano goes on sale in the fourth quarter of 2011. The 2012 Verano. Click to enlarge. An Ecotec 2.4L

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Buick 2012 Fuel Economy MPG 199

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Demand in China this year for the Buick brand has risen 24%, Chevrolet 18% and Cadillac 73%. Passenger cars and commercial vehicles are sold under the Baojun, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Jiefang, Opel and Wuling brands. On 4 November 2010, GM became the first global automaker in China to sell 2 million vehicles in one year.

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JULY 23, 2010

Owners of most new 2011 Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC vehicles will soon be able to control key vehicle functions from their smart phones via OnStar. Screenshot of one of the OnStar apps. Click to enlarge. The OnStar mobile app services are currently functional on the iPhone and Android systems.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 3, 2010

The first batch of 2011 Buick Regals that are set to go on sale this quarter will come with a gasoline-only 2.4-liter liter four-cylinder engine but eventually a new 2.0-liter liter turbo mill will be offered, by which time both engines will feature E85 flex-fuel capability.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 29, 2010

dealerships this November as the 2011 Chevrolet Volt will be sold in China as a Buick. General Motors may be trying to spread Chevrolet through Europe and Asia, but it won't put the Chevy bowtie on its Volt extended-range electric vehicle when that car goes on sale in China next year. Instead, the car that hits U.S.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 8, 2010

General Motors is yet to launch the local version of its 2011 Chevrolet Cruze sedan but instead of speeding up its arrival the automaker is working on a new Buick sedan based on the same platform.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

GM is applying its eAssist mild hybrid system to the 2012 Regal, making it the second Buick model after LaCrosse to feature the second-generation light electrification technology ( earlier post ), which is GM’s current default mild hybrid system for electrification applications of 20 kW power or less. Regal with eAssist.

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JULY 22, 2014

Shanghai GM previewed the all-new Buick Envision, announcing its Chinese name as “Ang Ke Wei” (???); The Envision is a completely new model that represents a convergence of Buick’s latest global design philosophy and technologies. the new high-end midsize SUV will go on sale across China later this year. Envision is equipped with a 2.0T

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2011

While the styling of Buick’s new compact sedan has been known for some time now (a version of the car was unveiled last year in China as the Excelle GT), we finally get a look at the North American model, which will be making its official debut next week at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show.

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JULY 4, 2012

by volume from the 561 units in June 2011. from 2,745 units in the first half of 2011. from the 1,708 units sold in June 2011. from the 3,148 units sold in June 2011. Combined sales of all seven Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac crossovers were up 30 % versus a year ago. The Prius sedan posted 11,514 units (60.1%

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APRIL 18, 2011

Its two mainstream brands, Buick and Chevrolet, will account for nearly half. Buick will introduce about 12 new and upgraded products. A drivable version will be introduced following Auto Shanghai 2011. Over the next five years, GM will introduce more than 60 new models and major product upgrades.

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All Cars Electric

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

General Motors displayed the all new 2011 Buick Regal just days ago in Los Angeles. The vehicle will be one of the first GM products to be propelled by their second generation mild-hybrid powertrains.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 18, 2011

There was yet another debut at this year’s Auto Shanghai 2011, as General Motors (GM) introduced the Buick Envision plug-in hybrid SUV concept.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

General Motors may be well versed in producing flex-fuel models – it has been responsible for five million models in the last 15 years – but that doesn’t make its achievement with the 2011 Buick Regal Turbo any less ground-breaking. The release of the Buick Regal Turbo will mark the first time that a production [.].

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JULY 5, 2011

General Motors and its joint ventures sold a record 1,273,502 vehicles in the first half of 2011 in China, receiving a boost from all-time June sales of 193,878 vehicles. In the US, GM delivered 1,261,633 vehicles in the first half of 2011, up 16.8% Buick sales rose 28.2% Buick sales rose 48.4% by volume.). year on year.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

General Motors and its joint ventures in China set an August sales record en route to the third-best sales month in 2011. For the first eight months of 2011, GM and its joint ventures sold a record 1,652,693 vehicles in China, which was up 5.4% Demand for Shanghai GM’s Buick lineup grew 22.6% Domestic vehicle sales rose 13.4%

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MARCH 7, 2012

from February 2011 and were the third highest for any month in GM’s history in China. Buick sales rose 31.1% from February 2011 to 23,564 units. from the same month in 2011 to 20,662 units. from the second month of 2011 and was an all-time February high. In 2011, GM sold more than 2.5 Sales rose 30.4%

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

Like the light electrification powertrain of the Buick LaCrosse upon which it is based, the Alpheon eAssist features a 2.4-liter General Motors launched the Buick LaCrosse with eAssist in China on 25 August. liter spark ignition direct injection (SIDI) engine (max. N·m electric motor generator.

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Fuel Economy GM Economy Buick 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The new spending includes $23 million that would add 30 hourly jobs to increase production beginning in the first quarter of 2011 of the current-generation Ecotec engine used in popular products like the Chevrolet Equinox, Buick LaCrosse and GMC Terrain. The Ecotec 2.0L The Ecotec 2.4L

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2012

In 2011, it recycled or reused 2.6 In conjunction with its suppliers, GM recycles scrap cardboard from various plants into a sound absorber on the Buick Lacrosse and Verano interior roof. In 2011, GM reduced total waste generated per vehicle by 5% at its global manufacturing facilities.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2009

In a post on GM’s FastLane blog, Vice Chairman Tom Stephens said that the company will apply plug-in hybrid technology to one of the four core brands remaining after the restructuring: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC. of Energy (DOE) and nonprofit Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 4, 2013

by volume from 1,529 units in December 2011. from the 7,671 units in 2011, giving it a dominant lead among the major OEMs in the nascent plug-in vehicles market for the year. from the 2011 results. (NNA) posted sales of 1,489 units of the LEAF in December, up 56.1% from the 2011 results. from the 2,503,820 sold in 2011.

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JUNE 13, 2010

Shanghai GM has outlined the next phase of its “Drive to Green” product strategy—launched in 2008 ( earlier post )—for 2011-2015. Engine technologies such as SIDI (spark ignition direct injection) and turbocharging, as well as new transmissions such as the S6, will be applied in Buick, Cadillac and Chevrolet products offered by Shanghai GM.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The announcement was made Monday as part of General Motors’ participation in Auto Guangzhou 2011. Two of GM’s joint ventures, Shanghai GM and SAIC-GM-Wuling, are displaying more than 30 vehicles from the Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac and Baojun brands. It will be priced at RMB 498,000 (about $78,000).

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JUNE 5, 2012

from the same month in 2011 and 1.7% from May 2011 to 99,113 units. Buick sales totaled 51,360 units in May, down 1.2% Demand was up 21.3% from April of this year. Shanghai GM’s domestic sales rose 7.1% SAIC-GM-Wuling sold 127,749 vehicles in China, an increase of 35.9% year on year. from last May.

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

With domestic sales of 260,018 vehicles in November, GM’s sales in 2012 reached 2,593,642 units in the first 11 months compared with 2,547,171 vehicles sold in China for all of 2011. from November 2011. (By Buick once again led the way for Shanghai GM, as sales increased 17.4% from November 2011 to 22,216 units.

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GM China Sale 2011 231

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2012

from the same month in 2011. Buick sales reached 54,013 units, an all-time high for April and an increase of 1.7% from the same month in 2011 to 15,914 units. General Motors and its joint ventures in China set a new domestic sales record for April of 227,217 vehicles. Demand was up 11.7% on an annual basis. year-on-year.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

The first event this year was held in Kunming in June with 9 owners of Buick Encore SUVs equipped with 1.4-liter The annual GM China Consumer Fuel-Saving Challenge began in 2011. The economical 1.5-liter liter P-TEC DVVT engine generates 82 kW (110 hp) of power and 146.5 liter turbocharged engines on a 132-kilometer route.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2012

from the same month in 2011. Demand for Buick products rose 3.7% General Motors and its joint ventures in China sold 257,944 vehicles in March and 745,152 vehicles in the first quarter of 2012, setting March and quarterly records. GM’s domestic sales in March were up 10.7% SAIC-GM-Wuling’s sales in China increased 11.6%

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

During October 2011, sales by GM in China surpassed 2 million, reaching 2,113,274 units. Buick sales rose 3.1% Sales were up 10.4% on an annual basis as domestic demand for vehicles from Shanghai GM rose 4.3% year-on-year to a new October high of 103,309 units and domestic sales by SAIC-GM-Wuling jumped 19.2%

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