GM to launch Buick plug-in hybrid crossover in 2011
General Motors Co. this morning announced plans to introduce an all-new plug-in hybrid Buick crossover sport-utility vehicle in 2011.
The Detroit automaker also has scheduled an event Aug. 13 to officially announce its investment in the automaker’s new Brownstown Township battery pack assembly facility at 20001 Brownstown Center Dr., Trenton.
The facility will produce the lithium ion battery packs for the Chevrolet Volt and other future extended range electric vehicles.
The yet-to-be named Buick SUV will launch in late 2010 with a direct-injected gasoline engine and then be followed in 2011 with a plug-in hybrid model, the company said.
“Buick will get our first plug-in hybrid, which will put the brand front and center in the advanced technology game,” Tom Stephens, GM’s vice chairman of global product development, said during a speech at the Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City.
The company said it expects its vehicle to be the first commercially available plug-in hybrid SUV produced by a major automaker.
The new vehicle will depend upon new battery technology being developed for the Chevrolet Volt, an electric drive car slated for late next year.
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The Detroit automaker also has scheduled an event Aug. 13 to officially announce its investment in the automaker’s new Brownstown Township battery pack assembly facility at 20001 Brownstown Center Dr., Trenton.
The facility will produce the lithium ion battery packs for the Chevrolet Volt and other future extended range electric vehicles.
The yet-to-be named Buick SUV will launch in late 2010 with a direct-injected gasoline engine and then be followed in 2011 with a plug-in hybrid model, the company said.
“Buick will get our first plug-in hybrid, which will put the brand front and center in the advanced technology game,” Tom Stephens, GM’s vice chairman of global product development, said during a speech at the Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City.
The company said it expects its vehicle to be the first commercially available plug-in hybrid SUV produced by a major automaker.
The new vehicle will depend upon new battery technology being developed for the Chevrolet Volt, an electric drive car slated for late next year.
GM to launch Buick plug-in hybrid crossover in 2011 | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
