Green Cars News

MAY 6, 2009

Having already taken the decision to close its Pontiac brand, General Motors has now announced that it will proceed with the sale of Saturn. Annual sales for the group would be roughly at six million cars and trucks making it one of the top three automotive groups in the world.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2013

The facility is designed to supplement production for plants being retooled for new products or add production to meet sales spikes in real time. GM Spring Hill Manufacturing, home to the former Saturn brand from 1990 to 2007, operates as a fully integrated complex.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Cadillac was the first GM brand to offer dealers a buyout option if they were unwilling to invest in sales electrification and its associated investments. This is yet another reminder that GM can be a dysfunctional family of brands, to say the least (look at Saturn). Chevrolet Bolts on a dealership parking lot.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

Buoyed by the US government’s CARS (“Cash for Clunkers”) program, US auto sales slowed their decline in the US in July, dropping on 12.1% Passenger car sales dropped 10.6% to 554, 527 units, while light truck sales dropped 14.1% Hybrids had an especially good month, with reported sales jumping 31.8% Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2009

A limited amount of 2010 Malibu hybrids may be produced to fulfill fleet sales requests. The Malibu hybrid shares components with two other GM mild hybrids: the Saturn Aura and Vue hybrids. The Malibu hybrid shares components with two other GM mild hybrids: the Saturn Aura and Vue hybrids. 2008 Malibu hybrid. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2009

Reported sales of hybrids in the US increased 5.2% Reported US hybrid sales by month. Toyota posted sales of 16,744 hybrid vehicles in June, down 5.8% The improved performance (relative to recent months) was led by the Prius, which, with the 2010 model on sale, posted June sales of 12,998 units, up 10.5%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

The plans, updated in the context of a worsening sales outlook for the entire auto industry, outline a need for up to an additional $16.6 Following the steep decline in US industry sales in December 2008 and January 2009, GM responded by further lowering its forecast for 2009 US industry sales to 10.5 million units (57.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2009

Prototype Saturn Vue PHEV plugging in to a Coulomb Chargepoint ( earlier post ) in San Jose, CA. Based on the current restructuring plan, GM is accelerating the wind-down or sale of Saturn to the end of this year. Click to enlarge. of Energy (DOE) and nonprofit Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2014

As a result of new CEO Mary Barra’s request for a comprehensive internal safety review following the ignition switch recall, General Motors announced three separate recalls involving US production and sales of approximately: 303,000 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana from the 2009-2014 model years with gross vehicle weight under 10,000 pounds.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

General Motors presented an updated Viability Plan that accelerates and deepens the cuts in US brands and nameplates, dealers, manufacturing operations and employees intended to enable GM North America to breakeven (on an adjusted EBIT basis) at a US total industry sales volume of approximately 10 million vehicles.

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2009

Reported sales of hybrids in the US increased by 5.2 Indeed sales of hybrids have significantly out-performed the total light duty vehicle market, which dropped by 27.7 Honda: Total hybrid sales hit 3,662 units for American Honda, up 34.5 per cent by volume in June 2009 compared to the same month in the previous year.

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Green Cars News

MAY 4, 2009

Yesterday we told you how hybrid sales continued their downward trend in the US. Today we have more information with a breakdown of those sales. Overall, reported sales of hybrids dropped 45.5 Meanwhile, the Ford Escape and Mariner hybrids saw sales drop by 40.5 Toyota : Its’ combined hybrid sales dropped by 62.8

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Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

From the pricey ads in national magazines devoting serious space to the Volt to today's announcement about the plug-in hybrid Saturn Vue, GM is compelling me to take their expressed interest in plug-in cars seriously. As announced in Frankfort and reported in Detroit , GM hopes for a 2009 release of the first Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid SUV.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2009

GM began contacting its dealers today regarding its long term planning, and is advising approximately 1,100 “ underperforming and very small sales volume US dealers ” that GM does not see them as part of its dealer network on a long-term basis. Mark LaNeve, GM Vice President of Sales Service and Marketing. outside of GM’s control.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. During this same time GM created Saturn , a totally new brand, which arrived in 1990 with its own showrooms, advertising and vehicles. Some people (by design) probably never knew it was a GM brand.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

GM has simplified the two-mode hybrid system for application in front-wheel drive vehicles—the Saturn VUE being the first instance ( earlier post )—while retaining its functionality and capability, according to Mark Selogie, Senior Manager Power Electronics, GM Powertrain, speaking at the SAE Hybrid Symposium in San Diego (11-12 Feb).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

In its updated business plan submitted to the US Congress on 17 February, GM said it had offered Saab for sale, and had requested Swedish government support prior to any sale. The reorganization should have no impact on other GM operations. Earlier post.)

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 9, 2010

After a fast start in which sales outstripped supply in 2008, Smart has fallen on hard times. in 2008, but its sales fell to 14,595 in 2009. In the first five months of this year, sales are down 63%. In the first five months of this year, sales are down 63%. Smart sold 24,622 cars in the U.S.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

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. Ditto the smaller H3, priced to be the sales leader. That was the Cadillac Lyriq, a five-seat luxury crossover SUV that will go on sale in China and the US during 2022.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

Representatives of GM stoked the clamor for the Volt, and a Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid sat on the show floor. But neither car, GM execs made clear, will appear for sale on a showroom floor for more that two years. Put the bumper sticker and your car and let everyone know.).

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Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

Thus, the restructured GM was composed of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac, while the Hummer, Pontiac, Saab and Saturn brands died. It lets Chevy focus on passenger vehicles and SUVs, along with fleet sales for its pickups. The Task Force ultimately agreed.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2009

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. (Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for GM) Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. As one of the GM employees at the event told me, “ We can make each car great, we don’t have to worry about cannibalizing sales from a sister vehicle. ”. I was able to spend 10 minutes driving a Saturn Aura sedan with an (HCCI) engine system.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2009

At the recent SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit, General Motors engineers presented the first front-wheel-drive (FWD) iteration of their two-mode hybrid transaxle, termed the 2MT70 ( earlier post ), scheduled for its first application in the Saturn 2009 VUE 2-Mode Hybrid light sport-utility vehicle later this year ( earlier post ).

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Cars That Think

APRIL 30, 2023

He weathered years of business turmoil—mergers begun and abandoned, MCI’s acquisition by WorldCom, and finally a declaration of bankruptcy in 2003 and sale to Verizon in 2005. As senior vice president for data architecture he worked to help the company expand the Internet side of its business. Hi Eric, would you like some help?”

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2009

As it bids to break even at a US total industry sales volume of approximately 10 million vehicles, General Motors has updated its Viability Plan which will deepen the cuts in its operations. This revised plan also moves up the resolution of Saab, Saturn and Hummer to the end of 2009 at the latest. -

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Hired in 2002, it’s entirely possible that SpaceX wouldn’t have survived if her sales acumen hadn’t convinced NASA to take a billion-dollar bet on the company in 2008.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

PlymouthHorizon : RLewits Home Page, car was for sale but he sold it. Saturn :Ken Norwicks online conversion diary Saturn: conversiondiary Solectria E-10 : Tom Husons new project SolectriaForce : Tom Hudson doesnt let cold weather stop him. Micro :Electronics, Kits, Surplus, Online Catalog Cand H Sales Co.:

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

General Motors has announced its intention to mass-produce two PHEVs -- a Saturn VUE SUV, and the Chevy Volt, a series hybrid (where only the electric motor powers the wheels and the gasoline engine recharges the batteries). See the press release , EPRI announcement and Daimlers description (with graphics).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. See Chevy Volt for latest.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

April 18, 2009 1:40 am Link I drive a Saturn SL1 that has over 300K miles on it. How about using a competition sailplane for comparison, instead? Or if you don’t want to go into details, just compare the Volt to the Aptera :-) — James 15. It is completely falling apart.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

They only have that many models because they use the same chassis and drivetrain to build 3 different cars, one branded as a Chevy, the next a Pontiac, then a Saturn, etc. Posted by: tons of | Apr 13, 2009 8:23:08 PM When Toyota first sold the Prius in the US, they were losing money on every sale. GM doesnt have a chance.

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