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Penske Seeking to Buy Saturn

Green Car Congress

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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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Saturn Vue Returns As Chevy Captiva

Green Car Reports

The shuttered Saturn brand is quickly fading from memory, but now GM plans to bring back one former Saturn model to live on in a new incarnation. But even if you're a Saturn fan, you won't be able to buy one--unless you're a business.

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2010 Coda Sedan: Exclusive Video Gives Electric-Car Details

Green Car Reports

Launching a brand-new car make is a tough task; just ask General Motors (RIP Saturn). I can't buy one outside California?). But if you're electric-car startup Coda Automotive, you have at least one plus (it's a pure electric car, which is sexy) to offset several potential minuses (who's Coda? it's made in China? Video exclusive!

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2022 GMC Hummer EV: the biggest, baddest, butchest EV to hit the market?

Charged EVs

The brand died in 2009 as GM declared bankruptcy, restructured with US government backing, and jettisoned not only Hummer but also Pontiac, Saab and Saturn. The Hummer wasn’t the first of GM’s new Ultium EVs to get the green light for production. The 34-month project. After all, that’s exactly what Tesla did.

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AMP Unveils Electric Version of GM Equinox; Secret Sauce is the Drivetrain

Green Car Congress

AMP, which currently up fits Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice vehicles, is targeting the Nissan Leaf, with its 100 mile range, as its closest rival. Pre-conversion, the Chevy Equinox is an outstanding vehicle in its own right—winner of the Consumer Digest Best Buy award and a five-star frontal and side-impact crash safety ratings.

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ISU study finds large potential for biobased materials in auto industry, but with challenges

Green Car Congress

The ability to market the use of biobased in automotive manufacturing is important in having the customer accept or appreciate the use of biobased materials without sacrificing performance or characteristics of the automotive vehicle they choose to buy. General Motors.

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Plug-In Prius Goes Up to 12 Miles on Electricity Only - AllCarsElectric.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

04/23/2009 Foxs Bill OReilly Challenged to Live Up To His Words and Buy An Electric Car Fox News commentator, show host, and radio talk show host Bill OReilly has been. Part of HighGear M E D I A Welcome to LuxuryCarReport.com!

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