Publication: Cariboo Press
ByLine: Kelowna Capital News - Lifestyles
Date: Fri 02 May 2008
Can you have your full-size SUV cake and eat it too at a time when pundits are hinting at $1.50/litre this summer for gas?
General Motors, in conjunction with Chrysler and BMW, is working on what is called a two-mode Hybrid System currently found in the GMC Yukon and Sierra, Chevrolet Tahoe and Silverado and Cadillac Escalade.
This is a ‘full’ hybrid system in that it can operate on electric power, gasoline power or a combination of both for a claimed saving of up to 25 per cent.
While the GM Hybrid system is one of several affordable hybrid technologies, it is the most capable for large vehicles. Read more…
When GM introduced the previous generation Saturn Vue Green Line in 2006, it was the General’s first crack at a production hybrid. While the old Vue was nothing to write home about, the mild hybrid system it carried did provide a new and relatively inexpensive (if less effective) option to those looking for a bit more mileage out of a crossover. The original Vue Green Line had a relatively short life as it debuted during the last model year of the old CUVs life-cycle. Read more…
This thrilling video demonstrates the brute raw power of the new Corvette ZR1, with its LS9 V8 producing 638 horsepower and 604 pound-feet of torque, you would expect the most powerful Corvette ever to be the fastest ever built.
From the article: More attractive styling and an improved interior makes the 2009 Pontiac Vibe a better car than the outgoing model, for sure. Both GM and Toyota did a nice job modernizing the Vibe/Matrix and the update couldn’t have come at a better time. Gas prices are at historic all-time highs and smaller, more utilitarian vehicles are becoming more popular.
Publication: The Vancouver Province
ByLine: Bob McHugh
Date: Wed 23 Apr 2008
A 2008 Chevrolet Impala lies behind that attention-grabbing paint job on my test drive this week. The other interesting thing about this vehicle is that it came with an almost full tank of E85 (85-per-cent ethanol) fuel.
The reason that’s unusual is that there are only three E85 filling stations in Canada and all of them are in Ontario. From a B.C. perspective, why would you buy a vehicle that runs on E85 fuel? And for that matter, what’s the point in even trying to sell them? Read more…
Sometimes it’s good to have your back against the wall. That might be the only chance for General Motors Corp., whose bankruptcy prospects were rumoured as recently as two years ago, to restore not only its health but its status as the world’s leading automaker.
Later this month, a team of GM engineers will begin putting the industry’s first plug-in hybrid car, the Chevrolet Volt, through its paces on company test tracks. The Volt is the industry’s first plug-in vehicle. With a likely sticker price of $35,000 and due in showrooms in 2010, it’s GM’s biggest-ever technological gamble.
Who would have thought a few years ago not only would a GM vehicle be car of the year in the ultra-competitive mid-size market in 2007, but its biggest rival would be another GM vehicle?Read more…
