Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2020

Buick strengthened its sedan lineup in China with the launch of five new and enhanced vehicles: 2021 Excelle GT family sedan with mild hybrid (MHEV) technology; the new-generation Regal GS upper-medium sports sedan; new Verano GS midsize sports sedan; and optimized LaCrosse premium sedan and LaCrosse Avenir flagship sedan. air filter.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2020

In China, Buick launched the 2021 GL8 Avenir family featuring industry-leading vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology and the 2021 GL8 ES with advanced driver assist technology. Both multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs) are available at Buick dealers across China. connectivity. The GL8 debuted in China in 2000.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 17, 2023

Buick is busy rolling out its first EV in China, but here in the U.S., The 2024 Envista arrives to replace the Encore as Buick’s smallest SUV, bringing attractive styling and a more engaging driving experience than the tiny and not-so-Buick-like Encore. Image: Buick] Become a& TTAC insider. feet long.&

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2014

Shanghai GM announced that its all-new high-end midsize SUV, the Buick Envision, will make its premiere in China later this year. The fuel-saving start/stop technology will come standard across the line. The production model is inspired by the Buick Envision plug-in hybrid concept vehicle, introduced at Auto Shanghai 2011.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2017

Buick announced that it will shortly launch the Velite 5, its first extended range electric vehicle (EREV), in China. Last year, Buick launched the all-new LaCrosse Hybrid Electric Vehicle and hosted the world premiere of the Velite Concept, which served as the template for future new energy vehicles under Buick’s strategy in China.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2018

Buick has introduced the new-generation Excelle to its China lineup. The Buick Excelle has been among the most popular family sedans in China, with nearly 2.7 To meet the demand of younger buyers for enhanced connectivity, the all-new Excelle has introduced OnStar's 10th-generation full-time online assistant as standard.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

GM is continuing the deployment of the eAssist light electrification system ( earlier post ) as a standard across its platforms. Starting with the arrival of 2013 models, eAssist will be standard on the Regal with the discontinuation of the 2.4L base model. Both the Regal Turbo and Regal GS models will remain available.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2015

Buick introduced the 2016 Cascada convertible at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The Cascada will be the first Buick convertible offered in the United States in 25 years and the latest globally developed vehicle to join the brand’s growing portfolio. Cascada rolls on standard 20-inch wheels.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 6, 2017

When the 2017 Buick LaCrosse made its debut at the 2015 Los Angeles auto show, the eAssist mild-hybrid powertrain offered in the previous-generation model was noticeably absent. Buick has rectified the issue for the 2018 model year by announcing that its 2018 LaCrosse will come standard with a mild-hybrid powertrain.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Buick isn’t messing around with the Envision. Clean Fleet Report drove the 2021 Buick Envision Avenir FWD. Avenir in Buick-speak means it is the top-of-the-line model. The EPA rates the Buick Envision FWD at 24 mpg city/31 highway/26 combined miles per gallon. All-New Sleek Design with Premium Touches. Inviting Interior.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2017

The new Regal is the first Buick to offer the automaker’s standard active-hood pedestrian safety system, which senses the imminent impact of a pedestrian from 25-48 km/h and uses a pyrotechnic actuator to lift up the back of the hood by about 10 cm in milliseconds to lessen the impact and potentially reduce injury.

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Teslarati

APRIL 22, 2024

companies, including Tesla, Buick, Lincoln, and Ford. Tesla says its standard tech can save police departments over $4,000 “The difference to maintain a car on average between some brands can be thousands over a 10-year time frame,” said Steven Elek, Program Leader for Auto Data Analytics at Consumer Reports.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

For the 2013 model year, the Buick Verano (introduced in 2011), is offering buyers an Ecotec 2.0L The standard 2013 Regal four-cylinder engine also is equipped with eAssist. Fuel economy numbers are not final, but the Verano Turbo is expected to be in line with Buick’s other turbocharged models. Verano’s standard Ecotec 2.4L

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2011

General Motors launched the Buick LaCrosse with eAssist on August 25. liter SIDI intelligent direct injection engine along with advanced eAssist intelligent technology (light electrification, earlier post ), which work together to reduce fuel consumption by 20% compared with the standard model. The new model features a 2.4-liter

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2010

Less than a year after its launch in China, sales of the new Buick LaCrosse have reached 100,000 units. The LaCrosse was introduced as a redesigned model in the US in 2009, offering a standard, direct injected Ecotec 2.4L The LaCrosse is the fastest-growing member of China’s premium upper-medium sedan segment.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2011

GM introduced the Buick Envision plug-in hybrid SUV concept vehicle in China; it will appear on the Shanghai GM stand at Auto Shanghai 2011. The vehicle can be plugged into a standard outlet to recharge the battery. GM says that the Envision merges Buick’s global design language with Chinese aesthetics for the SUV segment.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2012

In February, one in four LaCrosse buyers chose the standard eAssist model, according to GM. in February, a month in which it was Buick’s top-selling nameplate. The eAssist powertrain is standard on the 2012 LaCrosse with a suggested starting price of $31,045 including destination. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The partnership will allow owners of Cadillac and Buick all-electric vehicles that are built on the Ultium platform to access Tesla’s Supercharger and destination charging stations. This will make SAIC-GM the first automotive brand in China to partner with Tesla for access to the Supercharger Network.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

GM is revealing the 2011 Buick Regal sport sedan to customers in the Los Angeles area today. The 2011 Buick Regal. The Regal CXL includes the following as standard or available equipment: Standard 2.4L Both engines have a six-speed automatic transmission standard with driver-shifting control. Both the standard 2.4L

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2011

GM will reveal the new 2012 Buick Verano compact luxury sedan, the brand’s third new model in the past two years and first in the compact luxury segment, at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) next week in Detroit. Verano goes on sale in the fourth quarter of 2011. The 2012 Verano. Click to enlarge. An Ecotec 2.4L An Ecotec 2.4L

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2009

four-cylinder engine will be the third engine offered in the 2010 Buick LaCrosse luxury sedan. four-cylinder joins the lineup later this year as the standard engine in the LaCrosse CX. Buick expects about 25% of customers will opt for 2.4L-equipped V-6 is standard on the LaCrosse CXS model. A direct-injected Ecotec 2.4L

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In our last Eldorado entry , we discussed the exterior differences between Cadillac’s standard Series 62 convertible and the limited production Eldorado. Though the Eldorado came as standard with almost everything Cadillac could throw at it, there were still two standalone options: Air conditioning for $620(!) ($7,125 adj.),

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2009

The 8 kWh battery pack for the new 2011 Buick PHEV crossover vehicle is prepared for testing at the General Motors Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. General Motors will debut its two-mode plug-in hybrid technology—originally intended to appear first in a Saturn VUE, prior to that brand’s sale—in a new Buick crossover vehicle in 2011.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

That's the approach Buick is. It takes a lot of money and time to develop and produce hybrid cars and electric vehicles, but that's not to say regular gasoline cars can't benefit from some of their technology.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 18, 2023

Joined that year by the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Fiesta and Buick Roadmaster Skylark, the trio represented GM’s new high-cost, low-volume halo convertible experiment. The platform was mostly used for Cadillac and Buick vehicles, along with the largest Oldsmobiles, and a couple of Pontiac and Chevrolet wagons later in history (1970s).

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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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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2020

Buick has strengthened its commitment to electrification in China with the launch of the VELITE 7 electric vehicle and VELITE 6 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). The VELITE 7 is the first all-electric SUV in Buick’s new energy vehicle portfolio, offering 500 kilometers (311 miles) of range on a single charge. Buick VELITE 7.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2018

The Cadillac CT6 Plug-In, Buick VELITE 5 extended-range electric vehicle and Baojun E100 electric vehicle are among the models that have already been launched in the domestic market. Buick recently announced plans to introduce the VELITE 6 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, followed by the VELITE 6 electric vehicle.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 5, 2024

The 1957 sales slump was credited to refreshed styling at GM (Cadillac and Buick in particular) that looked dated next to Exner’s 1957 Forward Look on Chrysler and Imperial models. The new looks coincided with a US recession that sent sales tumbling across the board, and hit the bedazzled Cadillac and doomed Buick Limited models hard.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2018

The company benefited from record domestic sales by the Cadillac, Buick and Baojun brands. Buick, GM’s best-selling brand in China, had sales exceeding 1.18 Buick’s leading position in the mainstream passenger car market was strengthened by seven product launches in 2017. Retail sales totaled 4,040,789 units, which was up 4.4%

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The new research involves 2013-15 Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC brands. Twenty automakers representing more than 99% of the US auto market have agreed to make automatic emergency braking standard on virtually all new passenger vehicles by September 2022.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 17, 2023

BMW is the latest of many automakers to officially adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS), meaning future electric vehicles (EVs) built by the company will include Tesla’s charging port and get access to the vast Supercharger network.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2017

Buick posted record sales, supported by popular products like the Excelle GT sedan and Envision SUV. Its SUV portfolio includes the Buick Envision and Baojun 560, which were among the segment leaders with year-on-year growth of 52% and 116% respectively. By 2020, all Cadillac, Buick and Chevrolet models will be connected in China.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

GM is unveiling the 2012 Buick LaCrosse with eAssist—incorporating its second-generation belt-alternator-starter (BAS) hybrid technology—which increases fuel economy by 25% compared to the four-cylinder/six-speed powertrain in the 2011 LaCrosse. L/100km) city, and becomes the standard powertrain on LaCrosse starting next summer.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

These include the Cadillac CT6 Plug-In, the Buick Velite 5 extended-range electric vehicle and the Baojun E100 electric vehicle—all of which have been introduced in China within the past 12 months. By 2025, nearly all models from GM’s global brands in China—Buick, Cadillac and Chevrolet—will offer electrification technology.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 29, 2024

We spent our last installment reviewing the special and sometimes troublesome engineering that was standard on the Brougham. The grille had circular bullet type protrusions from the intersections of the grille vanes, and was a more subtle take on Buick’s Fashion-Aire Dynastar grille. No longer, customers preferred the hardtop coupe!

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Systems that didn’t give clear warnings to the driver to pay attention, such as Volvo’s, or that failed to keep the vehicle within its lane, even on fairly straight roads, such as systems from Buick, Mazda, and Land Rover, didn’t fare well in the overall scoring. NHTSA has not yet acted on the recommendations.

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