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GM says plug-in hybrid coming by early 2011 even if Saturn brand goes away DETROIT - May 5, 2009: The AP reported that General Motors' new product development chief says it will have a plug-in hybrid sport utility vehicle The SUV was supposed to be a Saturn Vue Green Line, but GM has announced it will sell or phase out Saturn by the end of this year. Vice Chairman Tom Stephens says GM will still produce the vehicle under one of its four remaining core brands -- Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC. He would not identify the vehicle or say when the hybrid would be in showrooms. A plug-in hybrid can be recharged with a home outlet and be powered by electricity or a conventional engine. Stephens says the new SUV will get about double the city gas mileage of any other conventional SUV |
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