Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2014

For EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future, GM donated Chevrolet Malibus; for EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, GM donated Saturn Vues; and for Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility, the company donated Chevrolet Equinoxes. West Virginia University.

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West Virginia Los Angeles VUE Virginia 231

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2009

GM has cancelled its recently announced compact Buick crossover, which would have offered the plug-in hybrid system originally targeted for the Saturn VUE. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

On 11 August, GM invited approximately 75 journalists and auto analysts to spend a day learning about the new GM. The day was split between a morning session at the GM tech center in Warren and an afternoon session at the GM proving grounds in Milford, MI. GM’s identify in the US starts with its four core brands.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2009

Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for GM) Click to enlarge. General Motors will debut its two-mode plug-in hybrid technology—originally intended to appear first in a Saturn VUE, prior to that brand’s sale—in a new Buick crossover vehicle in 2011. The new five-passenger crossover will build on the success GM has had with the Buick Enclave.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 21, 2009

Just two weeks ago, we reported that GM's first plug-in hybrid vehicle--originally meant to be a Saturn Vue before GM decided to sell Saturn to Pennske--would become a Buick crossover. As GM said Wednesday on its Fastlane blog, "not all the feedback was positive.". My, how quickly things change in the new Internet world.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

GM) Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said Wednesday that the U.S. Wagoner said GM is using the Saturn Vue hybrid sport utility vehicle to develop a plug-in hybrid, which can be re-charged from a standard electrical outlet, and will offer biofuel-capable Hummer SUVs. Tags: GM plug-in hybrid Saturn. for complete story: [link].

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Saturn Hummer Plug-in GM 100

Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2009

In an online blog, General Motors’ (GM) vice chairman Tom Stephens stated that the company will apply plug-in hybrid technology to one of its four core brands followings its’ restructuring. GM is planning initial delivery of plug-in hybrid vehicles for use in fleets to the DOE and EPRI in 2011.

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VUE Plug-in Saturn GM 36

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2009

GM reported a total of 1,020 hybrid sales, down 25.5% Sales of the Saturn VUE mild hybrid were down 31% to 134 units, for 9.8% of all VUEs sold. Total sales were down 3% to 74,003 units. Sales of the Civic Hybrid were down sharply, dropping 77% to 243 units, for 1.8% of all Civic sales. from November 2008. to 150,676 units.

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Sale Hybrid VUE Saturn 210

Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

From the pricey ads in national magazines devoting serious space to the Volt to today's announcement about the plug-in hybrid Saturn Vue, GM is compelling me to take their expressed interest in plug-in cars seriously. Leaving wiggle room, "2009-ish" brand general manager Jill Lajdziak said Thursday.

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VUE Saturn Volt GM 100

Green Car Reports

MARCH 10, 2010

While the system is being tested in a discontinued Saturn Vue crossover, it now seems likely to appear in a version of either the GMC Terrain or Chevrolet Equinox compact.

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Plug-in VUE Saturn Plug 60

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

Reported sales of hybrids in the US reported by Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM and Nissan dropped 45.5% 338 units of the Saturn VUE hybrid, representing 11.3% of VUE sales. 338 units of the Saturn VUE hybrid, representing 11.3% of VUE sales. Monthly US sales of hybrids. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). of Malibu sales.

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Sale Hybrid LS 600H VUE 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2009

GM came in second for total hybrid sales in the month, with 1,807 units sold. The Saturn VUE hybrid posted 188 units, for 6.4% of all VUEs sold. The GS 450h posted 22 units, a 71.4% by volume year-on-year, representing 3.7% of all GS models. The LS 460h L also sold 22 units for an 80.4% drop, representing 3.1% General Motors.

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GS 450h VUE Sale Hybrid 170

Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

A123 Systems , a much larger company which is providing batteries to GM for possible use in the Vue and Volt, will be showing off a plug-in hybrid powered by its Lithium batteries. Will Bush get the first view of a plug-in Vue? The story makes clear the Big Three are not involved in the meeting.

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Plug-in VUE Phoenix Plug 100

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2009

The proposed transaction is part of GM’s rebuilding efforts outlined in the viability plan that was submitted to the US government earlier this year. GM would continue production, on a contract basis, of the Saturn Aura, Vue and Outlook. Earlier post.)

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Saturn Puerto Rico Buy VUE 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

GM reported a total of 923 hybrid sales in January, including: 599 2-mode full-size SUVs (Tahoe, 299; Yukon, 168; Escalade, 132), presenting 8.0% 153 VUE Green Line hybrids, representing 5.3% of all VUE sales. Total Accord sales fell 30.8% to 16,581 units. General Motors. of combined sales of those models. of all Malibu sales.

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LS 600H GS 450h VUE Sale 150

Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

Representatives of GM stoked the clamor for the Volt, and a Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid sat on the show floor. But neither car, GM execs made clear, will appear for sale on a showroom floor for more that two years. Put the bumper sticker and your car and let everyone know.).

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Plug-in Al Gore Plug Gore 100

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2009

The EcoCAR competition, along with its headline sponsors—the US Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors (GM)—challenges 17 universities across the US and Canada to redesign and reengineer a 2009 Saturn VUE to further minimize fuel consumption and reduce emissions. Earlier post.).

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EPA VUE Saturn General Motors 150

Green Cars News

AUGUST 6, 2009

The two-mode plug-in hybrid technology that was originally supposed to appear in the Saturn VUE will now make its debut in a new Buick crossover vehicle in 2011. According to Tom Stephens, GM vice chairman of product development, the vehicle is capable of electric only propulsion for more than 10 miles at low speeds.

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Plug-in GM Plug Buick 32

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2009

GM reported a total of 1,454 hybrid vehicles delivered in the month, up 26.5% GM hybrids currently comprise the Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Aura and Vue BAS hybrids; and the Tahoe, Silverado, Yukon, Sierra, and Cadillac Escalade two-mode hybrids. Overall, GM light-duty vehicle sales in June were down 33.4% General Motors.

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LS 600H Camry Hybrid GS 450h Sale 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

GM sold a total of 1,612 hybrids in March: 609 units of the Tahoe, Yukon and Escalade two-mode SUVs (7.3% 362 units of the Saturn VUE hybrid (10.4% Sales of the conventional Escape and Mariner models were down 12%. of total sales). 68 units of the Silverado and Sierra two-mode pickups (0.22% of total sales). of total sales).

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2009 LS 600H GS 450h Sale 170

Plugs and Cars

JULY 25, 2007

It want CARB to authorize aftermarket conversions of hybrids with its Lithium batteries.

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Nickel Metal Hydride Plug-in Conversion NiMH 100

Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 28, 2007

GM's Vue and Volt plug-ins have no firm date to appear in showrooms. If Think can begin making thousands of cars per year in 2009, I suspect there won't be much competition for years. Subaru's snail's pace production plans are far from ambitious.

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VUE Turkey Thailand Think City 100

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

Results of an earlier simulation study of capacitor sizing for the system shows that a 75-100 Whr capacitor bank is appropriate for a Saturn VUE-sized PHEV. GM has verbally committed to apply this technology on the Chevy Volt energy storage system and to perform lab evaluations. This unit is under test Mar-June 2009.

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PHEV Li-ion Batteries Battery 247

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

will convert three of DTE Energy’s fleet Saturn VUE SUVs to battery electric powertrains. AMP, a company engaged in the conversion of new vehicles to full battery-electric drive, unveiled its all-electric conversion of the GM Chevrolet Equinox earlier this year. AMP Holding Inc. Earlier post.)

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VUE Saturn Convert Energy 218

Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

General Motors is also on the plug-in bandwagon with its Saturn Vue Green Line. The Vue Green Line will get a two-mode hybrid powertrain later this year and a plug-in variant will be introduced in 2009. GM's much-hyped Chevrolet Volt will also feature plug-in capabilities. liter turbocharged gasoline engine."

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Transportation North Carolina VUE Plug-in 100

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2009

At the recent SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit, General Motors engineers presented the first front-wheel-drive (FWD) iteration of their two-mode hybrid transaxle, termed the 2MT70 ( earlier post ), scheduled for its first application in the Saturn 2009 VUE 2-Mode Hybrid light sport-utility vehicle later this year ( earlier post ).

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GM Saturn Hybrid VUE 257

Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2006

As underscored last month when GM announced it would build a plug-in hybrid version of its Saturn Vue, the logic of electric propulsion is compelling. Ford and GM, it would seem, need to throw a Hail Mary pass to get back in the game. Perhaps, at long last, truly what's good for GM might be good for America.

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Altima Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Lithium Ion Plug-in 100

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

A National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) project, funded by GM, found that an ultracapacitor-based energy storage system (ESS) in a Saturn VUE BAS (belt alternator starter) mild hybrid performed at least as well or better than the NiMH battery system in the production hybrid. Source: Gonder et al. Click to enlarge.

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NiMH Energy Storage VUE Saturn 299

Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

And with Google's clout, they could make the cars a reality GM Getting Lots of PHEV Ink; Rolls Out 100 H2 FCVs – Huh? GM has been getting a lot of attention with its plug-in intentions. Contracts for lithium batteries for the plug-in hybrid Saturn Vue and the Chevrolet Volt have received much press.

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NiMH Google Prius EPRI 100

Plug In Partners

JANUARY 28, 2008

Green lights for drivers in Detroit Toyota Will Offer a Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle by 2010 AFS Trinity Perfects Plug-in Hybrid Saturn Vue 2008 Detroit Auto Show: Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid Volvo ReCharge Concept Plug-in Hybrid DOE pledges $30M for plug-in hybrids Ford, Toyota, GM get charged up for hybrid plug-ins Race to develop plug-ins charges up National (..)

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PHEV Energy Energy Storage Saturn 100

Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2009

GM hybrids currently include the Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Aura and Saturn VUE BAS; as well as the Tahoe, Silverado, Sierra, Yukon and Cadillac Escalade two-mode hybrids. General Motors: A total of 1,454 hybrid models were delivered in the month, which is a rise of 26.5 per cent year on year.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet." See Chevy Volt for latest.

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