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BMW to launch third hybrid model within the next 12 months

Our leader Sebastian was down in Miami on Friday for international media launch of the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 and we'll have his review shortly. During the event, AutoCar's Greg Kable spoke with BMW project leader Peter Tünnermann about the company's hybrid plans. The X6 and the new ActiveHybrid 7 are just the first two hybrid models from Munich. BMW will apparently focus on the mild hybrid system for its higher volume cars because it's easier to implement with minimal modification. The two-mode strong hybrid will go into vehicles like ... Read more →

Two-mode hybrid joint development disbanded; Ram hybrid coming in 2010 Sam Abuelsamid

The big joint development program formed several years ago between General Motors, Daimler, Chrysler and BMW to develop the two-mode hybrid system for light duty vehicles is over. With all four ...

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 ...

VIDEO: BMW ActiveHybrid X6 inside Sam Abuelsamid

BMW's first – and very possibly only – application of two-mode hybrid technology will be the new ActiveHybrid X6. The gas-electric crossover will go into production late this year and ...

REPORT: GM working on four mode hybrid system Sam Abuelsamid

Our friend Mike Levine over at PickupTrucks.com spent some time talking to General Motors' John Turzewski about the future of the company's hybrid trucks last week and came away with some ...

Two-Mode hybrid may be a one hit wonder for Daimler, BMW 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

What started as a very promising collaboration between General Motors, DaimlerChrysler and BMW is looking increasingly like a technological dead end. The two-mode hybrid system originally developed by General Motors' former Allison division for transit buses was to be adapted to light-duty ...

Saturn Vue two-mode dead, Chevrolet Equinox hybrid unlikely to hit until 2011 5 months 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 ...

New York Preview: World debut of the Mercedes Benz ML450 hybrid 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Next week at the New York Auto Show, we'll be getting our first up close look at a German production vehicle with the two-mode hybrid system. Among the vehicles that Mercedes Benz will publicly show for the first time is the production ML450 hybrid. The ML450 uses a new version of the two-mode ...

Is the Saturn Vue Two-Mode hybrid DOA? Not yet 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

We got a comment from a reader the other day on a post we published back in December indicating that the Saturn Vue 2-mode hybrid had been canceled. Our reader had placed an order for one of the new hybrid crossovers last summer but received a call from his dealer this week. The aspiring Vue ...

What will be the fate of the two-mode hybrid Saturn Vue? 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Just before the current financial crisis cropped up, General Motors sent out invitations to the media to come and drive the new Saturn Vue two mode hybrid. That event was supposed to happen this past week. But, just like GM's LA Auto Show press conference, the Vue drive was canceled to save money. ...

Saturn Vue Two-Mode hybrid delayed a few months 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've been eagerly anticipating the launch of the two-mode hybrid version of the Saturn Vue but it now appears we'll have to wait a little longer. The Vue marks the first implementation of GM's two-mode hybrid in a smaller, more reasonably-sized vehicle. The existing mild hybrid Vue has always ...

Chrysler launches full production of Aspen/Durango hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Aspen Hybrid for a high-res gallery This week Chrysler launched full scale production of the new Aspen and Dodge Durango hybrids at the Newark, DE assembly plant. The SUVs are Chrysler's first production hybrid vehicles and they use the same Two-Mode hybrid system that's installed in GM's ...

ABG First Drive: 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click for a high-res gallery As of this month GM is adding a third model to its family of Two-Mode hybrids as the Cadillac Escalade hybrid becomes the first luxury SUV so equipped. The Escalade is of course built on the same GMT900 platform as the Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon. As such much of what ...

ABG First Drive: 2009 Chrysler Aspen/Dodge Durango 2-Mode hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Aspen Hybrid for a high-res gallery This summer, Chrysler hits the market with the 2-Mode hybrid Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen. Chrysler and former owner Daimler partnered with General Motors and BMW back in 2006 to help bring the 2-Mode hybrid system to light-duty vehicles. The setup ...

Chevy Silverado hybrid gets official with the EPA 21mpg city/22mpg hwy 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The EPA has posted the official mileage numbers for the new Two-Mode hybrid variants of the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size pickup trucks. The open bed crew-cab hybrid trucks scored the same numbers as their full bodye SUV siblings. The rear wheel drive models came in at 21/22 mpg city/hwy ...

Chrysler adds integrated temperature humidity sensors on hybrid SUVs 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In the course of developing hybrid vehicles, automakers typically try to minimize parasitic losses wherever possible to maximize the fuel efficiency numbers. For Chrysler's first production hybrids, the Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen, the struggling automaker has incorporated a new sensor that ...

Which Chryslers will follow the Durango/Aspen into hybrid territory? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Now that Chrysler is getting ready to launch the Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen hybrids into the world in a few months, the question of what's next arises. We already know about the Dodge Ram getting the Two-Mode hybrid system in 2010. About this time last year at Chrysler's 2008 model year ...


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