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[[Image:Vue_Front.jpg|frame|2007 Saturn Vue Green Line]] | [[Image:Vue_Front.jpg|frame|2007 Saturn Vue Green Line]] | ||
The 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line is the first [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] vehicle to utilize their new [[Belt Alternator Starter (BAS)]] hybrid system. Not as effective a configuration as a full hybrid system the Vue Green Line is considered a mild hybrid or a "start-stop" hybrid achieving a respectable 20% gain in fuel economy. A sophisticated system controls a motor/generator mated to the specially tuned 2.4-liter Ecotec four-cylinder engine to stop the conventional powerplant in idle or deceleration as well as offer added torque in certain situations. | The 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line is the first [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] vehicle to utilize their new [[Belt Alternator Starter (BAS)]] hybrid system. Not as effective a configuration as a full hybrid system the Vue Green Line is considered a mild hybrid or a "start-stop" hybrid achieving a respectable 20% gain in fuel economy. A sophisticated system controls a motor/generator mated to the specially tuned 2.4-liter Ecotec four-cylinder engine to stop the conventional powerplant in idle or deceleration as well as offer added torque in certain situations. | ||
This is [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] second measured step into the hybrid market, the first being the 2006 regional release of their Sierra/Silverado gas guzzlers which were fitted with similar mild hybrid systems. Future vehicles will be more aggressive towards fuel consumption using an improved two-mode hybrid system in the Tahoe/Yukon line for starters. | |||
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Revision as of 14:09, 6 July 2006
The 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line is the first General Motors vehicle to utilize their new Belt Alternator Starter (BAS) hybrid system. Not as effective a configuration as a full hybrid system the Vue Green Line is considered a mild hybrid or a "start-stop" hybrid achieving a respectable 20% gain in fuel economy. A sophisticated system controls a motor/generator mated to the specially tuned 2.4-liter Ecotec four-cylinder engine to stop the conventional powerplant in idle or deceleration as well as offer added torque in certain situations.
This is General Motors second measured step into the hybrid market, the first being the 2006 regional release of their Sierra/Silverado gas guzzlers which were fitted with similar mild hybrid systems. Future vehicles will be more aggressive towards fuel consumption using an improved two-mode hybrid system in the Tahoe/Yukon line for starters.
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