GM shuns "hybrid" label for latest electric-assisted model: Buick Lacrosse 25/37 mpg

[euromodder]

Originally Posted by payne171

If we're talking about saving fuel on a grand scale, this may be a bigger game-changer than the Prius.

This appears to be a system that GM would be capable of putting into EVERY car they make with much less effort than any other carmaker's system.

Then why don't they already do it ?

It's not about all the great things they could possibly do.
It's about what they actually do.

GM repossessed then crushed their game-changer.
Honda and Toyota put theirs on the showroom floors.

[gone-ot]

...they (GM) are also going to a 7-speed transmission for better fuel economy:



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