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Junkyard Find: 2009 Suzuki Equator RWD Crew Cab

The Truth About Cars

The Equator was a Smyrna-built Nissan Frontier with a slightly different grille and Suzuki badges, period. Saab dealers were issued rebadged Trailblazers and Subaru Imprezas , because what the hell, and Saturn offered Opels that few wanted. So, it was a single Grant cheaper than its twin from the same Tennessee assembly line.

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2022 GMC Hummer EV: the biggest, baddest, butchest EV to hit the market?

Charged EVs

The brand died in 2009 as GM declared bankruptcy, restructured with US government backing, and jettisoned not only Hummer but also Pontiac, Saab and Saturn. The Hummer EV will get GM noticed by parts of the buying public that couldn’t care less about small hatchback EVs. It’s big, bold, brassy, and in your face—an EV for truck people.

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AMP Unveils Electric Version of GM Equinox; Secret Sauce is the Drivetrain

Green Car Congress

AMP, which currently up fits Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice vehicles, is targeting the Nissan Leaf, with its 100 mile range, as its closest rival. Pre-conversion, the Chevy Equinox is an outstanding vehicle in its own right—winner of the Consumer Digest Best Buy award and a five-star frontal and side-impact crash safety ratings.

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

Representatives of GM stoked the clamor for the Volt, and a Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid sat on the show floor. Nissan and Renault have now promised tens of thousands of EVs on three continents by 2011. But neither car, GM execs made clear, will appear for sale on a showroom floor for more that two years.

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Plug-In Prius Goes Up to 12 Miles on Electricity Only - AllCarsElectric.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

04/23/2009 Foxs Bill OReilly Challenged to Live Up To His Words and Buy An Electric Car Fox News commentator, show host, and radio talk show host Bill OReilly has been. 04/22/2009 Review: 2010 Toyota Prius Ride & Drive There, tucked in a corner of the basement at Cobo Arena in Detroit, sat the.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. Nissan Includes PHEVs in its long-term development program. Focusing on all-electric, Nissan-Renault partnership with Better Place for EVs. People wont buy a full car. Plans Cadillac Converj, Opel Ampera, other versions.

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