11-29-2006, 12:59 PM
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GreenHybrid Founder
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Real Name: Jason Siegel
Location: Houston, TX
Hybrids: 2004 Toyota Prius
Posts: 4,530
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GM unveils new hybrid models for 2008 and announces plan to develop plug-in hybrid
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With eco-friendly Los Angeles as a backdrop, General Motors Corp. on Wednesday made its most aggressive push yet into the market for hybrid vehicles.Following an environmentally-themed speech from GM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rick Wagoner, who said the automaker would begin work on a plug-in version of the Saturn VUE Green Line hybrid, the automaker unveiled three new hybrid models for the 2008 model year at the L.A. Auto Show media preview.
The hybrid versions of the Saturn Aura sedan and GMC Yukon sport utility vehicle bring to eight the number of vehicles in GM's hybrid fleet. GM also unveiled its redesigned 2008 Saturn Vue Green Line SUV hybrid, which Wagoner said will be the launch platform for GM's two-mode hybrid system.
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