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Saturn Hybrid Powertrain Will Live On

The death of the Saturn brand won’t slow down the rollout of General Motors’ plug-in hybrid power train, says Tom Stephens, vice chairman of GM’s global product development. After GM said on April 27 that it would stop building Saturns at the end of this year–not 2011, as previously planned–company sources said they knew of [...]

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Saturn Vue Plug-in Hybrid Will Live on as a New Brand and Model

Everything at GM is undecided at this point. At least almost everything.  GM has decided that the progress made on the 2-mode plugin hybrid powertrain and  is simply too much to lose. Though Saturn support will be ending, the engineering behind the planned Saturn VUE plug-in hybrid will live. The vehicle was set to debut [...]

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GM: Hybrid Drive A Good Fit For Pickups

In today’s falling market for full-size pickups, towing capability is more important than ever, General Motors Corp. believes. And that, it says, is one reason for its recent four point gain in market share, to 42 percent, in the segment. According to AutoTech Daily, GM figures more buyers will embrace the new hybrid-electric versions of [...]

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Parts Shortages Could Delay GM’s Plan to Offer 26 Hybrids by 2014

General Motors ambitious viability plan announced a fortnight ago called for up to $16.6 billion in additional aid and the reduction of more than 47,000 jobs across the company’s global resources, but there was another major announcement in the plan that went largely unnoticed. GM also pledged to increase the number of hybrid vehicles it [...]

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Ford Motor Planning Plug-In Hybrids for 2012

Ford Motor says it will have plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in showrooms in 2012, promising 30 miles on battery power before the gasoline engine kicks in. Ford plans to underscore that promise with an announcement here today that it has contracted for lithium-ion battery cells with Johnson Controls-Saft, a U.S.-French joint venture that manufactures the [...]

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