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GM Will Apply Plug-in Hybrid Technology To One of Its Remaining Four Core Brands, Delivery Still in 2011

Green Car Congress

Prototype Saturn Vue PHEV plugging in to a Coulomb Chargepoint ( earlier post ) in San Jose, CA. 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. Click to enlarge.

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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. GM also gave a tour of the pre-production area where we could see production-intent Chevy Volts being assembled. Click to enlarge. On 11 August, GM invited approximately 75 journalists and auto analysts to spend a day learning about the new GM.

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Mercedes-AMG EQE53 4matic+ review

EV Central

Firstly, the Mercedes-AMG EQE53 is as ferociously quick as the company’s ICE-powered super-sedan equivalent, the famously fire-breathing E63 S, which uses a twin-turbo V8 to do its thing. Secondly, the EV is in some ways and on some days much better to drive. Rain is lashing down on the Vosges Mountains near France’s border with Germany.