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CAA honours GM's green initiatives for third year
Wheels
Feb 06, 2008 09:29 AM
By: ROBINSON/BEINTEMA AUTOFILES
The Canadian Automobile Association has recognized GM Canada's commitment to the environment for the third consecutive year with two 2008 Pyramid Awards for environmental initiatives.
This year's CAA green awards went to GM's new two-mode hybrid versions of the Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon. This next generation hybrid system is designed to optimize fuel efficiency in both city and highway driving and is expected to deliver up to a 25 per cent overall improvement in fuel consumption.
In fact, the two-wheel drive models deliver comparable fuel economy in the city to a mid-size sedan. A second award went to the all new Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid, GM's latest addition to our family of affordable hybrids, which also includes the Saturn Aura and Vue Green Lines, giving GM the broadest line-up of hybrids in the industry.
"GM remains focused on energy diversity, offering consumers a range of affordable green options from fuel efficient small cars and small utilities to options like cylinder de-activation technology and E85 flex fuels, more hybrids than any other manufacturer, and in the future, electric and hydrogen powered vehicles," said Marc Comeau, vice president sales, service and marketing for GM Canada.
"We would like to thank CAA for their leadership role in creating this environmental award program and for recognizing the importance of offering consumers more green choices to reduce the environmental impact of vehicles."
"General Motors has won CAA's Environmental Pyramid Award before, due to its multi- pronged approach to finding environmental solutions designed to help Canadians make environmentally-friendly choices whether commuting around town or crossing the country," said Tim Shearman, President of CAA.
"The fact that our judging panel chose two very different and unique green GM technologies demonstrates just how important eco-mobility is to GM."