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New York 2009: GMC Terrain gets all-DI engine lineup
Like its mechanical twin, the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox, the new GMC Terrain is getting an engine lineup that consists entirely of direct injected engines. The base 2.4-liter EcoTec four cylinder is expected to give the Terrain an EPA highway fuel economy of 30 mpg and get cleaner cold-start emissions. Cold starts are when engines produce the vast majority of emissions and GM is using a two pulse strategy with it's direct injection system to help warm up the cylinder walls and catalytic converter faster. A richer primary pulse is injected ... Read more →
New York Preview: GMC adds Yukon Denali hybrid and Terrain SUVs Jeremy Korzeniewski
General Motors is planning to add another SUV to its hybrid vehicle fleet, in this case wearing the Yukon's top-level Denali trim. There's not much new to report here, as the Yukon Denali Hybrid will ...
Twitter Embargo Leak: 2010 GMC Terrain to manage 30 mpg highway Jeremy Korzeniewski
Click above for a high-res image gallery of GMC Terrain spy shots In what may be the first recorded instance of an embargo break in Twitter's short but influential history, General Motors has ...
First Drive: 2009 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid and GMC Sierra Hybrid Jeremy Korzeniewski
Click above for high-res gallery of the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra Hybrid The more things change, the more they stay the same. Once again, this time-honored dictum is proving true as pickup ...
Next gen GM hybrid pickups to get 50% better towing, Voltec possible Sam Abuelsamid
click for a high res gallery of GM's hybrid pickups General Motors is currently in the midst of launching its hybrid full-size pickup trucks and our man Jeremy is in San Antonio this week to try ...
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VIDEO: New charging post juices old electric GMC van 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above and scroll down to watch the video While perhaps not as spectacular as San Francisco getting a fancy Smartlet charging station in front of City Hall, the addition of two charging posts at Truckee Meadows Community College in Northern Nevada are a welcome addition to the nations ...
Hybrids dominate the Intellichoice Best Overall Value of the Year Awards 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a gallery of the Ford Escape Hybrid IntelliChoice used the Chicago Auto Show to announce its Best Overall Value of the Year Awards, and, lo and behold, it's loaded up with hybrid and eco-friendly vehicles. Included in the list of winners for 2009 are: Honda Civic Hybrid for ...
Yes the GM Two-Mode hybrids can tow, but what of MPG? 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
We've had numerous opportunities over the last two years to drive various SUVs and pickup trucks equipped with the two-mode hybrid system spawned from GM, Chrysler, Daimler and BMW. Among the claimed advantages of the two-mode hybrid system is the ability to dramatically improve fuel efficiency ...
GMC Yukon hybrid featured in Macy Parade 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
General Motors is the Official Vehicle Supplier for the Macy Thanksgiving Day Parade. There, now you've learned your requisite something new for the day. This year, The General decided to trot out hybrid versions of the full-size GMC Yukon to pull various parade floats and giant balloon-things. ...
2009 GMC Sierra Hybrid gets priced at $39,365 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the Sierra hybrid for a high res gallery General Motors has announced pricing for the first of its new two-mode hybrid pickup trucks, the GMC Sierra and they've apparently learned at least one lesson from the roll-out of the Yukon and Tahoe hybrids earlier this year. The starting price for ...
Obama to be transported in GMC Topkick "Cadillac" 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
There's no doubt that the President of the United States needs a safe vehicle to be transported in. Various assassination attempts prove that case rather easily. President-in-waiting Barack Obama will be getting a brand-new armored "car" that will look like a Cadillac, but will really be based on ...
Hybrid tech won't save the full size SUV as new Tahoe/Yukon cancelled 8 months ago on AutoblogGreen
It looks like the theory behind the creation of full-size hybrid SUVs may not hold water, at least from a marketing perspective. Certainly adding a hybrid drivetrain to a big truck will save more gas for a given number of miles driven than doing the same to a smaller more efficient car. At the same ...
GM moves nearly 2,000 hybrids in September 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
In yet another dismal sales month here in the U.S., General Motors actually did better than many companies with only a 15.8 percent drop in September compared to last year. There were even some bright spots in the numbers with the Malibu being up 192 percent and the Vibe jumping 91.1 percent. GM's ...
GM Hybrid sales slowly picking up some steam: 1,629 deliveries in August 10 months ago on AutoblogGreen
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/GM_Hybrid_Sales_Slowly_Picking_Up_Some_Steam'; General Motors is finally starting to regularly break out the sales figures for its hybrid vehicles and while the numbers are improving, they still look very weak compared to the competition. August was the ...
ABG First Drive: 2009 Chevy Silverado Hybrid and Silverado XFE 10 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Let's get something out of the way right now. Not every vehicle we write about here is going to be as efficient as a Prius or have a plug or require pedal power. There is a huge market place of vehicles out there. None of those vehicles are for everyone. Not everyone needs or wants a Prius or a ...
GM to add XFE models to full-size pickup and SUV, 15 mpg city/21 mpg hwy 10 months ago on AutoblogGreen
In a bid to try and salvage some sales from the rapidly deflating full size truck market, General Motors has decided to add XFE models to its big pickups and SUVs. As with the Cobalt XFE the new label is short for Xtra Fuel Economy. While the new XFE models don't come close to matching the mileage ...
Chevy Silverado hybrid gets official with the EPA 21mpg city/22mpg hwy 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The EPA has posted the official mileage numbers for the new Two-Mode hybrid variants of the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size pickup trucks. The open bed crew-cab hybrid trucks scored the same numbers as their full bodye SUV siblings. The rear wheel drive models came in at 21/22 mpg city/hwy ...
Next Chevy Equinox to be equipped with a 2.3L DI 4 cylinder 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The automotive world will be getting a new Chevy Equinox bestowed upon it for the 2009 model year, and news from General Motors now places a 2.3L direct-injected four-cylinder engine underhood. Currently, the Equinox comes equipped with a boat-anchor of a base engine in the form of a 185-horsepower ...
GM to cut truck production by 300K units by 2009, cuts V8 development 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for more images of the 2007 Chevy Silverado We have been covering the amazing decline of the pickup truck in America over the past few months, but General Motor's recent announcement that it will be cutting truck production by some three-hundred-thousand units by next year puts quite a ...
New GM ads focus on fuel economy 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
GM has decided that the fuel economy of its vehicles should be the main focus in its advertising, rather than attempts to merely buff its battered brand image. Even the luxury line, Cadillac, is talking up miles per gallon in its new ads. Take the CTS, for instance. Please. It is capable of a ...
GM hybrid finally starting to get a little traction, 1,149 in June 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
With five hybrid models on the market now and at least four more coming before the end of the year, General Motors' hybrid sales are looking less ugly than they did in the first three months of 2008. GM is still no threat to Toyota or even Ford, but sales have been steady (if slow) for the last ...
GM to proceed with plans to build hybrid pickups in Oshawa 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
In spite of the recent announcement by General Motors that it will close the Oshawa, Ontario truck plant in 2009, the company will proceed with production of hybrid pickup trucks there this fall. GM has already installed equipment and trained assembly workers to assemble the Two-Mode hybrid GMC ...
GM delays introduction of next generation large trucks 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
With sales of full size pickup trucks and SUVs shrinking far faster than even the most pessimistic industry projections one year ago, GM has decided to delay the successor to the current GMT900 models. The current generation of large trucks debuted in 2007 and were scheduled to be replaced in 2013. ...
Top 5 hybrid SUVs available today, number 5: Chevy Tahoe/GMC Yukon 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the Tahoe hybrid for a high-res gallery There are plenty of dissenters who believe that the full-size hybrids from General Motors don't deserve any sort of green recognition at all. We can understand their argument, especially considering that the fuel mileage of these monsters is less than ...
Full-size SUVs from GM to get lighter 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for more high-res shots of the Chevy Tahoe Hybrid It was only a few years ago that General Motors was bullish on the U.S. market for full-size, body-on-frame sport utility vehicles. Today? Not so much. These days, the bottom has fallen out of the big truck market, as even the once ...
HGTV gives away a "Green Home" and a GMC Yukon hybrid 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Green Home and GMC Yukon hybrid winner Marsha Coulthard (left) with HGTV host Chi-Lan Lieu. Perseverance paid off for Marsha Coulthard. The 43-year-old medical billing clerk and HGTV fan said she "entered almost every day" in the HGTV Green Home Giveaway 2008, which offered a new green home and a ...
GM launches big incentives on hybrid SUVs 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the Tahoe hybrid for a high-res gallery To go along with the advertising push that General Motors is planning on for its large hybrid SUVs is news that the automaker will increase incentives on its largest models, including its full-size hybrids for the first time ever. Current owners of a ...
GM to begin pushing its hybrid SUVs hardcore 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the Tahoe hybrid for a high-res gallery Marketing is extremely important when launching a new vehicle. The idea that you can "Build it and they will come," doesn't actually work in the real world, even when the vehicle is designed to save money at the pump. Such is the case with General ...
BREAKING: HUMMER may die, 4 GM plants to close, Volt approved for production 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Gas prices in excess of $4 a gallon and a collapsing market for new home construction is triggering General Motors to undertake yet another round of restructuring and plant closings. The latest victim of the rapidly changing American automotive marketplace may be perpetual green whipping boy, the ...
Here are a few dumb reasons why hybrids are bad for us... sigh 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
There may be a legitimate complaint levied against hybrids and the lack of sound that they produce. It's possible that pedestrians with poor eyesight might not notice a vehicle running on electricity if that person normally equates a specific sound with an approaching automobile. According to a ...
GM considers the future of the full-size pickup truck 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
It's no secret that the pickup truck market is shrinking, with high gas prices as one obvious culprit. In fact, Toyota's ridiculously popular Camry midsize sedan is nipping at the heels of full-size truck stalwarts such as the Chevy Silverado and Ford F-Series. So far this year, General Motors has ...
No more body on frame SUVs likely from GM 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
The current GMT920 full-size SUVs from General Motors are very likely to be the last of their kind from the Detroit automaker. Even though new fuel economy standards give the big trucks a break based on their footprint, radical changes are likely for the next-generation models. A fully-equipped ...
Hybrid sales at GM looking slightly less barren in April 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
A month ago during GM's monthly sales conference call, it was revealed that the company had sold a measly 843 hybrid vehicles in the first three months of 2008. Although I don't partake in the most recent sales call, one of the readers over at TTAC did listen in this month and someone specifically ...
Softening demand hits GM full-size truck production 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
The continuing ramping up of fuel prices and ramping down of the real estate market has taken a toll on sales of big trucks. GM has announced their response with plans to cut production shifts at four factories that build big trucks. With gas at and beyond $4 a gallon and credit getting tighter, ...
Earth Day: How far must you drive your hybrid before it pays off? 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Hybrids help you save gas at the pump, this is something we all know. We also know why burning less gasoline is good: fewer greenhouse gases are emitted to the atmosphere, it reduces our dependence on foreign oil and we spend less money at the pump. However, there is always the question about what ...
GM idles Texas plant 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
In a further sign of weakening demand for large, gas-guzzling SUVs, GM has announced it is idling its 54-year-old Arlington, Texas plant for three weeks. This comes only two weeks after a GM spokeswoman said this about Arlington: "We are currently running at full production and foresee continuing to ...
