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Penske Seeking to Buy Saturn

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and Penske Automotive Group confirmed details of a proposed transaction under which Penske would acquire the Saturn brand. If completed, the deal would save more than 350 dealerships and 13,000 jobs at Saturn and its retailers in the United States, and would preserve the Saturn brand. General Motors Corp. Earlier post.)

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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. Service and warranty of existing Malibu hybrids will be unaffected by the decision, as the company has an adequate supply of replacement components, including the 36/42V battery packs.

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US Hybrid Sales in February Drop 29%; Lower Decline Than General LDV Market

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The Saturn VUE hybrid posted 188 units, for 6.4% The Saturn Aura posted 23 units, representing 1.5% of all Auras sold. The two-mode Sierra pickup joined the Silverado two-mode pickup for 47 units representing 0.2% of combined sales for all models of the two trucks. of all VUEs sold. of all Malibus sold.

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

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Prototype Saturn Vue PHEV plugging in to a Coulomb Chargepoint ( earlier post ) in San Jose, CA. Based on the current restructuring plan, GM is accelerating the wind-down or sale of Saturn to the end of this year. Click to enlarge. of Energy (DOE) and nonprofit Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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US Hybrid Sales Down 45.5% in April

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338 units of the Saturn VUE hybrid, representing 11.3% 31 units of the Saturn Aura hybrid, representing 1.7% of Aura sales. General Motors sold 1,534 hybrids in April, comprising: 523 units of the two-mode SUVs (Tahoe, Yukon, Escalade), representing 4.5% of combined sales of those models. of Malibu sales. of VUE sales.

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Reported US Sales of Hybrids Up 21% in November; New Vehicle Market Share of 2.7%

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Sales of the Saturn VUE mild hybrid were down 31% to 134 units, for 9.8% The Saturn Aura sold 29 units, down 17%, for 2.0% Sales of the two-mode Sierra and Silverado pickups dropped 52% to 156 units, for 0.51% of models sold. of all VUEs sold. The Malibu mild hybrid sedan posted 212 units, up 371% from the year before, for 1.9%

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Revealed: Jupiter’s Secret Power Source

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It's too early to say, but scientists will want to replicate the findings and then see if they also explain the heating they see on the other gas giants in the solar system—Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Wong/University of California, Berkeley/OPAL/ESA/NASA; Gemini Observatory/AURA/NSF/UC Berkeley; J. Photos, from top: A.

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