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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

The Truth About Cars

That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. In fact, fuel prices went insane right around the time that review was written. The system replaced the starter motor and alternator with a belt-driven motor/generator rig that generated five horsepower and 48 pound-feet.

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GM to Debut Two-Mode Plug-in Hybrid Technology in New Buick Crossover in 2011; LG Chem to Supply the Li-ion Cells

Green Car Congress

The 8 kWh battery pack for the new 2011 Buick PHEV crossover vehicle is prepared for testing at the General Motors Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. 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.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. Fritz Henderson, GM’s President and CEO: “ We had a couple of Audi and BMW customers sit in an Equinox and say ‘this vehicle should be priced well above what it is’—Chevrolet should blow people away for what they get for their money. ”. by Bill Cooke.

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The Beast in the Rumble Seat

Plugs and Cars

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. Electric motors are clean, lightweight, maintenance-free and powerful. As it stands now, Toyota can incrementally improve their gasoline-only hybrids, staying out front in the mpg wars.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

Feet, pedals and electric motors only will make for a much more pleasant and greener event. The plug-in Priuses are almost doubling the fuel efficiency of Google standard Prius fleet, getting 74 MPG rather than 41 MPG. At a price, of course, but a state rebate of $2000 for Zero Emission Vehicles will apply.

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Wall Street Report

Plug In Partners

He yanked big engines out of American cars and replaced them with electric motors that worked in tandem with much smaller gasoline engines. The current top seller is Toyota Motor Corp.'s This year, however, as hybrids have gained in popularity amid high gasoline prices, Dr. Frank, now 72 years old, is getting some traction: A U.S.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

How does this sound: 100+ MPG in a regular vehicle? And were gratified that General Motors recognizes this study as validation of its decision to evolve to the electrification of transportation. PHEVs Are Cheaper to Run and Cheaper to Maintain [ to top ] 1/4 the Price? What Are Plug-In Hybrids?

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