Posts Tagged ‘pr representative’

Cadillac Provoq concept evolves into 2010 SRX

Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2010 Cadillac SRXIf the vehicle pictured above looks vaguely familiar, it should. We basically saw it last January at CES and the Detroit Auto Show as the Cadillac Provoq concept. Replace the slatted grille with a standard Cadillac unit and the E-Flex fuel cel......

Saturn drops Green Line name from hybrids

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
The Saturn Green Line is no longer. In its stead, the planetary brand's hybrid models will simply be known as hybrids. We think this is a good idea considering that the word 'hybrid' is much more readily associated with saving gas than the Green Line moniker. According to Mike Morrissey, a Saturn sp......

Toyota pledges plug-in hybrid with Li-ion batteries by 2010

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
My fiance and my parents are both in the market for a new car, and they both want the Prius. Too bad, I told them, because there's a global shortage of nickel-metal hydride batteries that's crippling the supply of Toyota's feel good go machine. I didn't bother telling them that the Prius is essentia......

General Motors plans to purchase Cobasys outright

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Shortly after reports of leaky batteries coming from Cobasys, which greatly slowed the production of GM's mild hybrid vehicles, such as the Saturn Vue and Aura hybrids and Chevy Malibu hybrid, comes a report from Automotive News which suggests that General Motors may just purchase the troubled batte......

Doh! Battery leakage hurts GM hybrid production

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
As much as General Motors would like to sell more hybrids, we'd imagine it would be pretty tough to do so without having the batteries on hand. It turns out that since December of last year, GM has had to recall some nine-thousand battery packs produced by its supplier, Cobasys, which were due for i......

$2.3 million VUE would get GM back in black in a hurry

Friday, May 16th, 2008
Typos...they happen. Sometimes, however, they're pretty funny and this is one of those times. Saturn of Oxford Valley, a Pennsylvania dealer, has apparently (and unwittingly) decided to either lead the GM mothership into a new profit renaissance or set a new standard for dealer markups, as this list......

Saturn officially hip, launches blog and social networking site

Thursday, April 17th, 2008
GM is working hard to ensure that its newest automotive division, Saturn, is considered cool, hip and edgy. In this day and age, that means the interwebs, specifically a blog and social networking site. According to a post by Saturn General Manager Jill Lajdziak on GM's FastLane blog, www.ImSaturn.c......

Beijing ‘08 Preview: Geely to show sharply styled NL Concept

Friday, April 11th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the Geely NL ConceptGeely's Beijing Motor Show concept parade rolls on, and the latest preview from our counterparts at Autoblog Chinese focuses on the NL concept. As has been the case with many of these Beijing-bound concepts, details are scarce, and we can't vou......

CARB backs off a bit on ZEV Mandate, orders 66k PHEVs sold by 2014

Monday, March 31st, 2008
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted last week to revise its ZEV (zero-emissions vehicle) Mandate that was first adopted in 1990 and has since been changed five times now. The newest revisions ease up on automakers, now calling for 7,500 zero-emission vehicles to be sold in California be......

2006 Saturn Vue Red Line: Sporty Style at Half the Price

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
In truth, we’re right now in the midst of the greatest resurgence of automobile performance since the late 1960s. Some obscure set of factors has finally re-converged to encourage a climate which enthusiasts find temperate; above fuel efficiency concerns, emissions worries, or new design direction......