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REPORT: Saturn Vue plug-in replacement SUV on track, GM considering electric city car

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, but what about the PHEV version? According to a report in Reuters, the vehicle may have changed but the timeline for GM's launch of a plug-in SUV remains the same. GM Vice Chairman Tom Stephens told the news service that, "I can tell you that I won't ... Read more →

Saturn's future under Penske: electric cars might move to front of the line Sebastian Blanco

Now that Penske has agreed to buy Saturn from GM, the big question is what will happen to the brand's vehicles. The agreement between the two companies stated that GM would keep building the ...

Plug-in Saturn Vue not dead, will be revived (sorta) by 2011 Sebastian Blanco

For all the jokes about how Americans now own GM, it turns out that AutoblogGreen readers and GM executives think alike. In a poll we ran yesterday, the most popular choice for what to do with the ...

GM hopes to sell Saturn by the end of 2009 Sebastian Blanco

That GM would sell Saturn has been floating around for what seems like ages now, but the most recent word from GM on the fate of the brand was that the "resolution" had been bumped up in the schedule ...

GM ends Saturn brand in restructuring; PHEV Vue, we hardly knew ye Sebastian Blanco

As part of the big and updated Viability Plan that GM released today, GM has moved up the "resolution" of three brands - Saturn, Saab and Hummer - to the end of 2009. That means that some of the ...

Saturn drops the Green Line moniker 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Two-Mode Vue Ever since the initial hybrid version of the Saturn Vue, the "different kind of company" chose to go its own way by badging its fuel-saving wares as Green Lines. This designation will be going the way of the Dodo in favor of the much more ...

U.S. General Services Administration buys 55 Saturn Aura Green Line hybrids 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the photo of the Aura hybrid for a huge high-res gallery The U.S. General Services Administration GSA announced this week that it has updated 55 cars in the Federal fleet by taking delivery of that many Saturn Aura Green Line hybrids. The cars are destined for the Air Force, Army, Marine ...

How the GM mild hybrid drive-train works 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Auto Electronics magazine has good rundown of the mild hybrid system in the Saturn Vue and Aura Green Line models. The system basically functions like a battery powered turbo-charger, providing some extra oomph to the engine when needed. The motor is not connected directly to the drive-line, but ...

LA Times says the Saturn Vue Green Line hybrid is really more chartreuse 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

When is a hybrid not really a hybrid? When it's a "mild" hybrid, with a battery pack that can slightly improve fuel economy, but cannot drive the car on its own. The Saturn Vue Green Line is one of these mild hybrids, and the LA Times' Dan Neil was certainly unimpressed with it. He calls the Vue ...

Kansas plant will start making Saturn Aura Green Line hybrids this week 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Derrick got a peek at the new Saturn Aura hybrid at the NextFest a few weeks ago, and for those of you interested in GM's latest mild hybrid, the good news is that production on the test vehicles will start this week and the cars should be available early next year. GM's plant in Fairfax, Kansas ...

Available now: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line hybrid in California 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

AutoblogGreen reader Christopher Howell wrote in the other night to say he'd just picked up "the first Vue hybrid in Southern California". Perhaps he'd like to give a quick review of how it drives in the comments below. Until then, here are some earlier posts on Saturn's first hybrid offering and ...

Quick review of new Vue Green Line Hybrid 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

All right, GM's now in the "affordable" hybrid game. So, how does the company's new Saturn Vue Green Line Hybrid drive? The Saturn Vue isn't a hybrid in the same way a Prius is (the electric motor can't drive the Vue on its own, for example), but the electric side of things does increase fuel ...


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