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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. 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.

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GM Pulls the Plug on New Buick Compact Crossover; Plug-in System to Be Applied to Another Vehicle

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GM has cancelled its recently announced compact Buick crossover, which would have offered the plug-in hybrid system originally targeted for the Saturn VUE. And we decided that the important plug-in hybrid technology would be applied to another vehicle, at no delay, that we’ll discuss in the very near future.

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Battery Company Buys Plug-in Hybrid Converter?

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InsideGreentech reports that Toronto Star reporter Tyler Hamilton posted on his personal blog that battery maker A123 Systems has acquired Canadian plug-in converter Hymotion. It would certainly be a good thing for A123 to have a reason beyond its relationship with GM to be interested in making batteries for plug-in cars.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. On 11 August, GM invited approximately 75 journalists and auto analysts to spend a day learning about the new GM. GM also gave a tour of the pre-production area where we could see production-intent Chevy Volts being assembled.

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Webchat with Volt Engineers Doing Cold Weather Testing in Kapuskasing, Ontario

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GM is holding a live webchat tonight at 7:30 PM ET with Andrew Farah, Volt vehicle chief engineer, and Pam Fletcher, global Voltec and plug-in hybrid electric powertrain chief engineer, from Kapuskasing, Ontario, where they are cold-weather testing the Chevrolet Volt. So at night, we plug-in some vehicles and some we don’t.

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Mississippi State University Takes First in Year Two of EcoCAR Competition With Biodiesel EREV

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The Mississippi State University EcoCAR team chose to design an EREV hybrid with a 21.3 The Mississippi State University EcoCAR team chose to design an EREV hybrid with a 21.3 GM turbodiesel engine and 75 kW UQM generator in a series plug-in configuration. Click to enlarge. It’s also equipped with a 1.3L

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GM cancels Buick hybrid plans

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General Motors (GM) has pulled the plug on plans to introduce in the US a new Buick SUV which would have included a plug-in hybrid version following negative feedback during a showcase to employees, potential customers, dealers, media and analysts. The cancellation comes just two weeks after the plans were announced.

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