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Report: GM struggling to market fuel efficient turbo technology

In the automotive realm, marketing can sometimes prove just as important as the actual product. Take, for instance, Ford's well-regarded EcoBoost technology, which couples turbocharging with direct injection to produce more horsepower and reduce fuel consumption. Would it surprise you to hear that General Motors has had similar technology on the market for over three years? It's true. GM's first turbocharged, direct injected powerplants hit the market with the company's 2007 models. The 2.0-liter Ecotec mills put down an impressive 260 ... Read more →

Quick Spin: Driving an Amp Sky shows there's real potential here Sebastian Blanco

What you see in the picture above is not a Saturn Sky. Well, OK, it is a Sky, but it's a Sky that has been converted to all-electric drive by Amp Electric Vehicles, a conversion company based in ...

AMP will use Remy's electric motors in Saturn Sky, Pontiac Solstice conversions Sebastian Blanco

Progressive Automotive X-Prize contender Advanced Mechanical Products, Inc. (AMP) will (probably) use electric motors from Remy International, Inc. for its converted Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice ...

GM to suppliers: Keep working on Two-Mode Hybrid PHEV Jeremy Korzeniewski

Now that General Motors has offloaded its Saturn brand and the once-planned Buick plug-in hybrid SUV failed to get off the ground after being roundly criticized by the press and public, GM needs ...

Saturn Vue 2-mode hybrid rated at 27/30 mpg by EPA, will never be built Sam Abuelsamid

One of our readers was was perusing the EPA's fuel economy listings and stumbled across a vehicle that we didn't even know had been rated. The two-mode hybrid version of the Saturn Vue had been ...

Quick Drive: Buick/Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid prototype 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

We had a chance for a quick drive of a development prototype for Buick's upcoming plug-in hybrid crossover this week at the GM proving ground. The prototype was still wearing its Saturn grille and badging as that was the original intent of the program. When Rick Wagoner announced in late 2006 ...

REPORT: Saturn Vue plug-in replacement SUV on track, GM considering electric city car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've known for a while now that the technology that was to power the Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid would outlive GM's ownership of the brand and be ported over to another brand. The two-mode hybrid powertrain from the Vue Hybrid will likely become available in another GM product sometime in 2011, ...

Enter the Rumormill: upcoming Buick CUV may get 2-Mode hybrid powertrain 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

For all those weeping and gnashing their teeth over the loss of the 2-Mode Hybrid Saturn Vue, a ray of hope may be on the horizon from a seemingly unlikely source. According to a posting on GM-Volt.com, there's a possibility that an upcoming CUV from Buick could be granted access to the ...

GM to discontinue mild hybrid Malibu, Vue, Aura for 2010 model year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It's being reported that among the models that General Motors has decided to discontinue going into the 2010 model year are its existing mild hybrids. The Chevy Malibu, and Saturn Aura and Vue have been available with GM's belt-alternator-starter (BAS) system since 2007 but have never sold in ...

Saturn Vue two-mode dead, Chevrolet Equinox hybrid unlikely to hit until 2011 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When word came in the last few days that General Motors had reached a tentative deal to sell the Saturn brand to Roger Penske, the obvious question then became, "What about product?" The Penske deal apparently includes an agreement to continue supplying some current Saturn products on an ...

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