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Buick Regal likely to be launch platform for next GM hybrid system

Last night, General Motors publicly unveiled the 2011 Buick Regal that goes on sale in North America in the first half of next year. The Regal will be Buick's new mid-sized sedan entry and is essentially just a re-grilled version of the Opel Insignia that went on sale in Europe last year. The North American Regal will be built at the Oshawa Ontario assembly plant in Canada beginning in calendar 2011 and will only be offered with a choice of direct-injected four-cylinder engines. However, the Regal is actually slated to go on sale in calendar ... Read more →

GM's Lauckner wishes for bigger incentives to get drivers out of gas-powered vehicles Sam Abuelsamid

At this point, it's no secret that the Chevy Volt and other plug-in vehicles are not going to come cheap. About the least pricey full-speed electric vehicle may very well be the Nissan Leaf, which ...

BREAKING: GM cancels Buick crossover before birth, will add PHEV drivetrain to another vehicle Jeremy Korzeniewski

Surprising news comes by way of General Motors today as the automaker has already canceled its recently announced Buick crossover, which in reality was little more than an ex-Saturn Vue emblazoned ...

GM rebuts Carnegie Mellon Chevrolet Volt slight Jeremy Korzeniewski

Time to get out the popcorn and sit back for a good argument. Remember Carnegie Mellon's recent study on the merits of plug-in hybrids like the Chevy Volt? According to the University, a PHEV ...

Report: BYD plans two more electric cars in 2009 Jeremy Korzeniewski

BYD, which stands for Build Your Dreams, is a Chinese company with huge ambition to become the world's largest automaker. If there's any chance of making that monumental task a reality, the company ...

Rumormill: Fisker planning four hybrid models 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the Fisker Karma Fisker Automotive is going to have its work cut out for it when it comes to meeting its self-imposed deadline of bring the Karma sedan to market by the fourth-quarter of 2009. To complicate matters even further, the automaker is now rumored to be ...

Detroit 2008: Saturn shows off Vue hybrids, plug optional 1 year ago on Autoblog

Update: Video of the live reveal of the Vue plug-in hybrid is available after the jump. click above for more high-res images of the Vue hybrids Saturn showed off the second and third hybrid versions of the Saturn Vue today at the Detroit Auto Show, both of which use GM's two-mode hybrid technology ...

Detroit 2008 Preview: GM goes mean and green! Schizophrenia rules! 2 years ago on Autoblog

We briefly interrupt coverage of the LA Auto Show for a moment to bring you a preview of what General Motors has planned for the '08 Detroit Auto Show. At dinner with a group of bloggers last night, GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz spilled the beans. GM is going for a full personality split in January ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.

 
 

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