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click to enlargeEven the radio is going hybrid. As part of the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week, GM has donated some vehicles for the festivities. There are four 2009 Chevy Tahoe Hybrids all decked out in political garb and XM logos (note that the XM logo is higher on the SUV than ...

Click the Tahoe hybrid for a high-res galleryThere are plenty of dissenters who believe that the full-size hybrids from General Motors don't deserve any sort of green recognition at all. We can understand their argument, especially considering that the fuel mileage of these monsters is less than ...

Click the Saturn Vue Hybrid for a high res gallery.The other day, we found out that GM was having problems with the Cobasys batteries in the automaker's mild hybrid vehicles. The hybrid versions of the Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Vue and Saturn Aura are affected and around 9,000 batteries were ...

I missed covering this tidbit of information last week while I was traipsing through Europe, but some interesting information emerged when GM released their March sale results. GM has been making an awful lot of noise about their two-mode hybrid system with lots of announcements about all the ...

GM will make a "Major Technology Announcement" related to hybrids at the Geneva Motor Show tomorrow. We invite your speculations on the nature of the announcement in the comments below, and we promise full coverage early tomorrow morning. You can watch a live webcast of the announcement by GM ...

General Motors has apparently placed Cobasys on their list of distressed suppliers, a move that could be very bad news for some of GM's hybrid programs. Cobasys is the battery company jointly owned by Energy Conversion Devices and Chevron Technology Ventures. Cobasys supplies the nickel metal ...

Driving the soon-to-be-released Chevy Malibu around the Anaheim Convention Center wasn't earth-shattering. Then again, I don't think that earth-shattering is what GM has in mind with this mild hybrid. For one thing, this car won't be all that widely available when it goes on sale for around ...

Even Mexican President Felipe Calderon is excited about the Saturn Vue hybrid. Today, Calderon announced the start of production of the vehicle in Mexico, Automotive News reports. The plant is in Ramos Arizpe and has an annual capacity of 6,500 hybrid Vues. GM employees have been making standard ...

Previous rumors that GM might price their new Two-Mode hybrid SUVs in the low $40K region to grab market share have proven untrue as the company has finally revealed the pricing. The rear-wheel-drive Tahoe will weigh in at a base price of $50,490 with the four wheel drive GMC Yukon topping out at ...

Click the Silverado hybrid for a high-res gallery var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/GM_announces_new_hybrid_full_size_pickup_trucks'; Now that General Motors has launched production of their full-sized SUVs with the Two-Mode hybrid system, it's time to spread the wealth. Along with the ...