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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

Saturn currently sells two hybrid vehicles (VUE and Aura with GM Hybrid System) and was scheduled to begin initially offering a two-mode hybrid Vue ( earlier post ), with a Vue plug-in two-mode hybrid version ( earlier post ) due in 2011 for use in a cooperative demonstration test fleet with the US Dept. Earlier post.).

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Earlier post.).

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Mercedes-AMG EQE53 4matic+ review

EV Central

Connected to a powerful-enough DC fast charger, the 328-volt 91kWh battery pack can take up to 170kW through the CCS plug found under a flap near its right rear wheel. Hooked up to a 3-phase 16 amp 240 volt wallbox power supply that can deliver the full 11kW, a complete recharge will take almost 10 hours.