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Mercedes-Benz ML450 Hybrid 4Matic not for sale, lease only

This week brings the official launch of the first European-branded vehicle equipped with the two-mode hybrid system that was co-developed between General Motors, Daimler, BMW and Chrysler. The Mercedes-Benz ML450 edges out the BMW X6 ActiveHybrid in getting to showrooms but it actually shares much with the BMW. Mercedes is building the re-packaged two-mode transmission that is being installed in both vehicles. And while the vehicles bear German nameplates, both are actually built in the southeastern United States. Unlike the BMW, ... Read more →

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

According to The Detroit News, the big joint development program formed several years ago between General Motors, Daimler, Chrysler and BMW to develop a two-mode hybrid system for light duty ...

From the Clutches of the Grave: Saturn Vue 2-Mode Hybrid rated at 27/30 mpg by EPA Sam Abuelsamid

While perusing the EPA's fuel economy listings, one of our readers stumbled across a vehicle that we didn't even know had been rated. The 2-Mode Hybrid version of the Saturn Vue had initially ...

Badge-engineering at its finest? Rolls-Royce Phantom spotted in Manhattan with GM hybrid emblems Sam Abuelsamid

If there is any car that seems to be well suited to either hybridization or outright electrification, the Rolls-Royce Phantom would seem to be logical candidate. Many of them are used ...

Saturn Vue two-mode dead, Chevrolet Equinox hybrid unlikely to hit until 2011 Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

AutoblogGreen tries out Chrysler's new Aspen Hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click the above image for a hi-res gallery at AutoblogGreen Later this month Chrysler will finally launch the Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango hybrids. These are the first non-GM products of the 2-Mode hybrid partnership that also includes GM, Daimler and BMW. Chrysler hopes that the hybrid models ...

Chrysler lowballs price of its SUV hybrids, starting at $45,340 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of Chrysler's hybrid SUVs Apparently hoping to avoid the ignominious fate of the full-size hybrid SUVs from two-mode hybrid partner General Motors, Chrysler is getting aggressive with the pricing of its new Durango and Aspen hybrids. At launch this fall, the ...

USA Today way behind the times on GM Hybrid SUV mileage 2 years ago on Autoblog

Here at Autoblog and especially over at our sister site AutoblogGreen, we've written quite a bit about the new two-mode hybrid system that General Motors is launching this fall on the Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon. We even got to drive the trucks back in early May. USA Today is just now catching up ...

GM, DaimlerChrysler, BMW debut new full hybrid system 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Global Hybrid Cooperation partnership - a joint venture of General Motors, DaimlerChrysler and BMW - took the wraps off its new state-of-the-art "full hybrid" system Thursday. The system integrates electric motors with a fixed-gear transmission into a unit comparable in size and ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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