Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 6, 2011

In this case, "it" is the 2012 Buick Lacrosse with eAssist, the only four-cylinder model that Buick offers in its Lacrosse large luxury sedan. While large Buicks aren't known for their gas mileage, this one is rated by the EPA at 29 mpg combined--no, that's. We drove the prototype, and liked it. We still like it.

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Buick 2012 MPG EPA 94

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 22, 2013

More recently though, wider acceptance of the fuel--aided by rising gas prices--has seen other manufacturers dabble. One of these is General Motors, and luxury arm Buick.'

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Buick Diesel General Motors Gas 96

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Compact SUV Coupe with a Head-Turning Design The all-new 2024 Buick Envista makes its North American debut as the fourth Buick crossover SUV, becoming part of the family of—from smallest to largest—Envista, Encore GX, Envision and Enclave. Scheduled to arrive in late 2024, the all-new Envista will complete the all-SUV Buick family.

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Buick SUV MPG Miles 51

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Mild hybrid technology is a cost-effective way of improving the gas mileage of a car using a fairly simple electric motor and battery setup. That's the approach Buick is.

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Buick Hybrid 2013 Standards 74

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 5, 2018

Electric Auto Corporation receives that distinction for their car built in 1980, at the height of America's second gas crisis. It built the Silver Volt, a plug-in hybrid based on a contemporary Buick station wagon—16 years before the GM EV1. Chevrolet's Volt wasn't the original, or even the first Volt from GM.

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Volt Plug-in GM EV1 131

Green Car Reports

JULY 31, 2017

Today, it's mostly about the Tesla Model 3, but we also have a future electric SUV closely related to the Bolt EV, some startling and dire news for fuel-economy rules, and a change of heart from Fiat Chrysler. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The big news over the weekend and again today was the Tesla Model 3, officially launched into.

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SUV Buick Gas-Electric Chrysler 82

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 15, 2024

The need for improvement is underscored by the lower trust non-Tesla BEV owners have in dealers for complex repairs, compared to their gas-powered and plug-in hybrid counterparts. Innovations and Preferences in Service The study highlights the integration of technology in the service process as a key factor in enhancing customer satisfaction.

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Dealers Power Powered Buick 82

Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

Audi The cusp of all-electric Audi is converting all factories to produce all electric vehicles (EVs) as it phases out gas cars. Buick Wildcat EV. GM Buick dealers jumping on board The company demands that dealers spend at least ‘$300 to $400K’ each to market new EVs as the brand goes all-electric. Mercedes EV.

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Acura Buick Kia Audi 52

Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2012

The California Energy Commission recently approved funding of $8,554,000 to help bring natural gas- and propane-powered shuttle buses, cars and trucks to California’s roadways. Kenworth Truck Company (Kirkland, Washington) is awarded $884,000 for the buy-down of 34 natural gas vehicles of 26,001 pounds and greater gross vehicle weight range.

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California Gas Power Powered 186

Baua Electric

JUNE 2, 2023

million for GM overlaying 2016 and 2017, in line with NHTSA , which administers the Company Reasonable Gas Economic system program. ” GM, which sells Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac cars within the U.S., The record-setting consequences come with $235.5 million for Stellantis for the 2018 and 2019 type years and $128.2

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GM Gasoline Buick GMC 52

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2013

eAssist is available on the Buick Lacrosse and Regal, as well as the Chevrolet Malibu and 2014 Impala. Drivers of the EREV Volt visit a gas pump every 900 miles or about every 6 weeks and pay only about $950 annually in fuel—an annual savings of $1,450 over a similar gasoline powered car, according to GM data.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 20, 2016

Last week, GM issued a stop-sale order for the 2016 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, and GMC Acadia. DON'T MISS: Gas-mileage. General Motors will compensate owners of three large crossover SUV models for misstated fuel economy on window stickers.

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Fuel Economy Economy GM SUV 77

Teslarati

APRIL 13, 2022

Duncan Aldred, global VP of Buick-GMC, noted that the ads raised awareness around the Hummer EV. . “The more you think you can’t have something, the more you want it,” the Buick-GMC VP said. Another ad, which highlighted the Hummer EV SUV’s specs, was also shown during the NCAA college basketball tournament.

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Hummer GMC Buick General Motors 69

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2012

This set of awards supports a diversity of alternative fuel and vehicle types, including biodiesel production, natural gas vehicle technologies and incentives, hybrid and plug-in vehicles, and E85 fueling stations. million as a share of the cost to install 101 new E85 (ethanol) fueling facilities at existing gas fueling stations statewide.

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California Transportation Green Energy 240

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has built a demonstrator vehicle, based on a 2012 Buick Regal GS, incorporating the latest D-EGR (dedicated EGR) technology ( earlier post ), an outgrowth of SwRI’s HEDGE (High Efficiency Dilute Gasoline Engine) consortium projects ( earlier post ). In 2013, SwRI reported a 2.0-liter

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Fuel Economy Engine Fuel Economy 277

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

GM’s Orion Assembly, home of the Chevrolet Sonic sub-compact and Buick Verano luxury compact, and Pontiac Metal Center facilities are receiving a $200-million investment to support production of the next-generation electric vehicle. Start of production and additional details will be announced later. 200-million investment in production.

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Chevrolet Range Detroit GM 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

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. Focus on fuel economy.

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GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2011

GM’s eAssist light electrification system—currently offered as the base powertrain in the full-sized 2012 Buick LaCrosse and offered on the 2012 Buick Regal—uses a 115V, 0.5 Source: Hitachi Review. Click to enlarge. kWh lithium-ion battery system built with Hitachi third-generation power-optimized cells.

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Li-ion PHEV Power Powered 210

Baua Electric

JUNE 9, 2023

“They’re feeling like EVs are at parity with a gas-vehicle counterpart.” The automaker’s Cadillac and Buick manufacturers each plan to be all-EV by means of 2030 and feature required sellers to speculate loads of 1000’s of greenbacks on tooling and coaching to promote and repair while EVs.

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Charging Re-Charge GM Conversion 52

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2010

will introduce HFO-1234yf air-conditioning refrigerant in 2013 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac models in the US. General Motors Co. This could be the first passenger vehicle application of the new refrigerant in the US, which has 99.7% lower global warming potential (GWP) than the current refrigerant. Earlier post.).

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GM 2013 Climate Change Buick 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2014

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced preliminary test results of its Dedicated-Exhaust Gas Recirculation (D-EGR) demonstration vehicle ( earlier post ) at the SAE 2014 World Congress in Detroit. The D-EGR demonstrator is a converted 2012 Buick Regal with a 2.0-liter liter gasoline direct injection engine. Chadwell et al.

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Gasoline Emissions Diesel Exhaust 317

Green Car Reports

APRIL 12, 2010

We said it on Friday: Smaller, more efficient engines are going to be the main way we increase gas mileage in the next few years (in that case, a four-cylinder 2010 Buick LaCrosse).

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Ford Engine Buick 2010 63

Baua Electric

JUNE 22, 2023

Buick and Chevrolet rounded out the manage 5, month GMC and Cadillac completed some of the manage 10. It also says a lot about the efforts of the entire GM team to design, build, sell and service a diverse selection of gas and electric vehicles.” Ford Motor Co.’s

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Automobile Energy Tundra Dodge 52

Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 3, 2009

. “I’ve used my fame to push crappy, highly polluting Buicks and Cadillacs and I was getting ready to use it once again to help Chevron greenwash some more. “I don’t deserve to live and that’s why I drove headfirst into that fire hydrant.

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Chevron Climate Change Global Buick 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2014

The absence of turbulent metal flow, aided by the high applied pressure, can suppress gas porosity, notes Ohio State University Professor Alan Luo in a 2013 review of magnesium casting technologies. kg magnesium IP beam casting for Buick LaCrosse. 6(b) shows a 6.9-kg —Luo (2013).

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GM China Fuel Economy 2013 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

In the US, GM will focus on its core brands; Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC. Pontiac will serve as a focused brand with fewer entries, within the Buick-Pontiac-GMC channel. These industry planning volumes are more conservative than those being used by most other industry sources. GM Fuel Economy plans. Click to enlarge.

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Chrysler GM Saturn Production 150

Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 31, 2023

Mazda has been repositioning itself into the premium category, and the CX-90 will give it a larger SUV to compete with the Acura MDX , Buick Enclave , Kia Telluride , Hyundai Palisade , Subaru Ascent and Toyota Highlande r. We also feature those efficient gas-powered vehicles that are among the top mpg vehicles in their class.

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Mazda Plug-in Fuel Economy SUV 91

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2022

We can only speculate, but expect there to be a battery electric version of almost all the Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC makes. We also feature those efficient gas-powered vehicles that are among the top mpg vehicles in their class. The first was the 2023 GMC Hummer EV , next will be the Cadillac Lyriq.

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Silverado Chevrolet GMC Hummer 84

Baua Electric

MARCH 4, 2024

That price puts the compact SUV at around the same price as ICE rivals including the Honda XR-V, the Buick Envision Plus, and the Volkswagen T-Cross. The post BYD slashes price on its best-selling SUV to $16K to compete with gas cars appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. Get started here.

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BYD Price SUV Gas 52

Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We also feature those efficient gas-powered vehicles that are among the top mpg vehicles in their class. Our road tests are based on this one-week drive of a new vehicle. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels.

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Honda MPG Fuel Economy 2020 78

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 7, 2022

The GV70 competes against premium small SUVs including the Acura RDX , Audi Q3, BMW X3, Buick Envision , Lexus NX , Lincoln Corsair, Mercedes-Benz GLC, Tesla Model Y and the Volvo XC60. Road Test: 2021 Buick Envision Avenir. We also feature those efficient gas-powered vehicles that are among the top mpg vehicles in their class.

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SUV Clean Cleaning Fuel Economy 90

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2014

Currently greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector in India and China are a smaller piece of the pie compared with other sectors. But vehicle ownership is going to skyrocket in these countries. The reason for creating a hypothetical version was to isolate the improvement from hybridization and measure only that benefit.

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India China Hybrid Fuel 252

Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

Understeer was non-existent, so it was possible to get back on the gas quickly when hitting corners hard. Road Test: 2021 Buick Envision. We also feature those efficient gas-powered vehicles that are among the top mpg vehicles in their class. Story and photos by John Faulkner. [ Road Test: 2020 BMW X3 xDrive30e PHEV.

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Acura MPG Fuel Economy SUV 77

EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The 15 years in the future 2035 aspiration to stop selling gas- and diesel-powered vehicles is clearly a long way off and a lot can change in that timeframe. Some of the EVs we saw in GM’s Design Dome (Cadillac Celestiq and probably the unnamed Buick crossover) are clearly targeted for China.

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GM Market Cadillac Acura 116

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 3, 2023

We also feature those efficient gas-powered vehicles that are among the top mpg vehicles in their class. Photos by John Faulkner and Mazda. [ Our road tests are based on this one-week drive of a new vehicle. In addition, we aim to offer reviews and news on advanced technology and the alternative fuel vehicle market.

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Mazda PHEV San Francisco Plug-in 91

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 15, 2023

We also feature those efficient gas-powered vehicles that are among the top mpg vehicles in their class. Photos by John Faulkner and Volvo. [ Our road tests are based on this one-week drive of a new vehicle. In addition, we aim to offer reviews and news on advanced technology and the alternative fuel vehicle market.

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Recharge Volvo Plug-in SUV 78

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2013

Hold mode allows owners to direct when the ELR uses its gas-powered electric generator, reserving the remaining battery charge for later use. General Motors’ exclusive Z-link design is a refinement of that technology, and is applied on a number of vehicles, including the Buick Verano and the Chevrolet Cruze.).

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Extended Range Cadillac 2014 Range 244