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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. Our nameless reviewer felt , back in 2006, that the Vue's panel gaps made it the "automotive equivalent of a shotgun shack" and calculated that the Green Line version would require 90,000 miles of driving with $2.15/gallon

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GM recalling 656 Cadillac ELR extended range electric vehicles over calibration of Electronic Brake Control Module

Green Car Congress

Meanwhile, GM has decided to replace the ignition switch in all model years of its Chevrolet Cobalt, HHR, Pontiac G5, Solstice and Saturn Ion and Sky in the US, since faulty switches may have been used to repair the vehicles. About 95,000 faulty switches were sold to dealers and aftermarket wholesalers.

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GM boosting investment at Spring Hill by $167M for two future mid-size vehicles

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GM Spring Hill Manufacturing, home to the former Saturn brand from 1990 to 2007, operates as a fully integrated complex. Chevrolet Equinox production began at the site in the third quarter of 2012 to meet growing consumer demand and support GM’s Canada operations.

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GM Suspending 2010 Malibu Hybrid Production; Next-Generation Li-Ion Mild Hybrid Expected for 2011

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The Malibu hybrid shares components with two other GM mild hybrids: the Saturn Aura and Vue hybrids. Hitachi Automotive Products produced the integrated starter-generators and the power electronics for GM’s 2007-2009 mild hybrids. Jack Rosebro.

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Grist Writer Gets the URGE2 Electrify

Plugs and Cars

As Roberts' posits, 2007 holds out tremendous promise, the stars are aligned. Everyone is paying attention to green. As far as greens are concerned, everything that advances that goal should be supported. A green dream trifecta of energy independence, zero emissions, and zero carbon. But enviros are all over the map.

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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 wasn’t the first of GM’s new Ultium EVs to get the green light for production. The best year for a full three-model Hummer lineup was 2007, when it sold 72,000 units.

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ISU study finds large potential for biobased materials in auto industry, but with challenges

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The Saturn L300 and European-market Opel Vectra have package trays and door panel inserts made of a kenaf and flax mixture. In 2007, Mazda announced the development of a new fabric made entirely from plant fibers to be used for seat covers and door trim in the Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid car. General Motors.