The Truth About Cars
MARCH 18, 2024
Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here. That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. Geo and Oldsmobile were already gone, with Pontiac and Saturn following in 2010.
Plugs and Cars
DECEMBER 22, 2006
As underscored last month when GM announced it would build a plug-in hybrid version of its Saturn Vue, the logic of electric propulsion is compelling. The Europeans have placed their bet on the more efficient diesel engine, achieving mpg ratings in excess of the Prius without the complication and expense of hybridization.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2009
Non-core brand sales declined when compared with June as Pontiac dipped 7%; Saturn was down 21%, and HUMMER and Saab declined 26%. Toyota Motor Sales, USA (TMS) reported July sales of 174,872, down 11.4% Monthly sales of hybrids. Click to enlarge. General Motors. GM dealers delivered 189,443 total vehicles in July, a 19.4%
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2009
The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. As part of the culling, GM has the option to re-badge vehicles from the non-core brands, such as the Pontiac G8, Opel Insignia and Saturn Vue. With CAFE’s renewed emphasis on fuel economy, from 26 mpg in 2010 to 35.5 by Bill Cooke.
Plugs and Cars
AUGUST 18, 2007
The plug-in Priuses are almost doubling the fuel efficiency of Google standard Prius fleet, getting 74 MPG rather than 41 MPG. That's great, but because most driving down Silicon Valley way is on the freeway for rather short distances, the plug-ins don’t do much all-electric driving and the MPG isn't approaching the much touted 100MPG.
Plug In Partners
JANUARY 26, 2006
The current top seller is Toyota Motor Corp.'s By comparison, conventional hybrids must rely on gasoline-powered engines to recharge their batteries and get between 40 and 60 mpg. Saturn and a 200-horsepower electric motor. For that reason, he says Toyota isn't working on a plug-in hybrid. In June, U.C.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
How does this sound: 100+ MPG in a regular vehicle? At $3 for a gallon of gas, driving a non-hybrid car costs 8-20 cents/mile (depending on MPG). See CalCars-News for the latest news on PHEV development, and Where PHEVS Are for a chronological list of (mostly) Toyota Prius conversions. What Are Plug-In Hybrids?
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