Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2015

Buick introduced the 2016 Encore Sport Touring crossover, a more sporty take on the brand’s popular crossover. turbocharged engine with direct injection and stop/start technology. The engine is part of the new, global family of small, power-dense engines developed to balance performance and efficiency with refinement.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

To some, Buick is a name synonymous with cars for grandparents that had little-to-no personality and left much to the imagination. But to others, Buick is the name of a manufacturer pushing the boundary beyond a singular-segmented past, implementing exciting cues from the Wildcat concept. Buick is focused on broadening its horizons.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

In addition to the debut of the 2011 Sonata Hybrid ( earlier post ), Hyundai unveiled its first four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline direct-injection (GDI) engine with the Sonata 2.0T four-cylinder more power than many V6 engines, all on regular fuel. Buick Regal. at the New York International Auto Show. and Competition.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2014

In a paper presented at the recent SAE 2014 World Congress, the ORNL team and colleague from Sandia National Laboratories reported on the chemistry of an NVO in-cylinder reforming process as experimentally determined from a single-cylinder engine. The SwRI D-EGR demonstrator—a converted 2012 Buick Regal with a 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2011

GM’s eAssist light electrification system—currently offered as the base powertrain in the full-sized 2012 Buick LaCrosse and offered on the 2012 Buick Regal—uses a 115V, 0.5 kWh lithium-ion battery system built with Hitachi third-generation power-optimized cells. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The 2013 Malibu Eco is the first Chevrolet vehicle to feature eAssist, GM’s light electrification system already introduced in the Buick lineup. engine; GM estimates highway fuel economy of 37 mpg US (6.4 The system also enables the Ecotec engine to shut down fuel delivery in certain deceleration conditions, which saves fuel.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 14, 2024

This 1995 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon is all that and more. There's a new battery, new exhaust, subwoofer, and custom head unit. Apparently the air-shock lines have a slow leak and the ABS and service engine soon lights are on, and that latter might be related to an EGR issue. Wood paneling! 1990s General Motors!

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2011

Earlier this year, General Motors signed a definitive agreement with ABB Group to identify joint research and development projects that would reuse Chevrolet Volt battery systems, which will have up to 70% of life remaining after their automotive use is exhausted. —Sandeep Bala, ABB Power Electronics R&D Engineer.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 29, 2024

We spent our last installment reviewing the special and sometimes troublesome engineering that was standard on the Brougham. The grille had circular bullet type protrusions from the intersections of the grille vanes, and was a more subtle take on Buick’s Fashion-Aire Dynastar grille.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Back then, the companies were relegated to trade show basements — situated next to amateur design contests intended for children and collegiate conceptual engineering projects. They were sized all wrong, often underpowered, and featured things like fake exhaust tips. But the world has continued to change.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 7, 2022

The big engine packs a punch. The 2022 Genesis GV70 has two engine options with all-wheel drive (AWD) standard. In 386 miles driving through Southern California, aided by the start/stop (where the engine shuts off when not needed), we averaged 23.7 The base engine on the GV70 is a turbocharged 2.5L A striking silhouette.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 25, 2023

We discussed the engineering underneath 1953’s trio of high-end halo convertibles from Buick, Oldsmobile, and Cadillac last week. Both cars indicated their luxury status to onlookers via integrated exhaust outlets into the corners of the pointed bumper.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 20, 2024

liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine producing 174 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque, a slight hp boost from last year. The twin faux exhaust ports on the lower rear fascia actually dont look too bad, and the star patterned 17-inch, 18-inch and 19-inch machined aluminum-alloy wheels look great. All have a 1.5

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. Managed by the large wheel on the center console, selecting one of the modes integrates specific driving dynamics that affect the throttle response, steering, suspension dampers, and the exhaust note. Road Test: 2021 Buick Envision. A few tweaks for Acura’s best-seller. Turbo Power.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 15, 2023

Power and Range The XC60 Recharge PHEV combines a turbocharged and supercharged inline 4-cylinder engine with 312 horsepower (hp) and an 18.8-kilowatt Supercharged, turnbocharged and paired with a 143 hp electric motor Range and fuel economy are rated by the EPA 28 mpg city and highway combined for the hybrid engine. Very clean.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

coefficient of drag (C d ), which is a technical measure of how slippery the Atlas Cross Sport goes through the air, and the engine stop/start feature that turns-off the engine at a traffic light or stopped in rush hour traffic, then restarts when you release the brake pedal. Road Test: 2019 Buick Enclave.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 23, 2022

Clearly, that’s no lazy Rover diesel chugging below the hood—or even a Chevrolet V-8, a current go-to engine for vintage-car fans seeking a contemporary edge. About 60 percent of those cells go into the front engine bay; the rest reside below the cargo hold. This Defender, known for raiding tombs , has raided Tesla’s temple of tech.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 22, 2021

Clean Fleet Report’s CX-9 Signature, painted in Snowflake White Pearl, had a color-keyed shark fin antenna and a power moonroof, with the dual, bright exhaust tips completing the graceful and attractive design. liter four-cylinder engine producing either 227 horsepower (hp) with 87 octane fuel or 250 hp running on 93 octane.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

When veteran Wall Street Journal reporter Mike Colias began writing about the automotive industry in 2010, the internal-combustion engine still served as the beating heart of legacy carmakers. Since then, the hard pivot to electric vehicles has sidelined engine design and upended a century of internal order at these companies.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 19, 2024

But styling and lineup changes weren’t the only new features in 1957: Cadillac was also eager to tout its Standard of the World engineering, safety, and engine advancements! All Cadillacs breathed easier via a new dual exhaust in 1957. Driving refinements continued with a new coupling for the Hydra-Matic four-speed automatic.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Cadillac also made some engineering changes, in hopes to quiet some pesky customers and lawyers who kept bringing up safety. The frame expanded in usage to Chevrolet and Pontiac in 1958, and finally to full-size Buicks in 1961. The exhaust was also sonically balanced (by scientists), and had a completely new design.

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