Buick LaCROSSE—the 2.4L  ECO-Hybrid electric hybrid car was on the market last week, the market price of 269,900 ￥. Buick LaCrosse ECO-Hybrid electric hybrid car could not only achieve more than 15 percent of the fuel efficient performance, emissions can be reduced more than 15 percent. Shanghai GM also announced that the hybrid system components related to the enjoyment of four years or 120,000 km warranty of quality.

LaCROSSE-ECO-Hybrid by the independent motor - nickel-hydrogen battery power-assisted system, with the Year “Top Ten World Engine” and “China’s Top Ten engine” of 2.4 LECO intelligent engine-driven vehicles, fully meet the public and business users with the power of environmental protection Double demand.

“Smart stands” and “intelligent energy recovery” reflects the advanced green technology charm. Deceleration in the vehicle and static state, automatically cut off fuel supply, to achieve “zero emissions, zero pollution”, such as red light or caught in traffic jam, no wasted energy and money, exclude users to enjoy idling engine vibration and noise after the Quiet and comfortable. Vehicles started climbing, acceleration or need high-power output, the motor with the engine can work together, both to ensure a more powerful power output, and can save fuel consumption. The cabin cars, battery charging status indicators table, instant hybrid simulation shows the status of plans, as well as in fuel consumption is less than 4 L/100km at the turn on the “ECO” green light, such as saving a number of human settings, can help drivers Master green fuel economy driving skills, to develop good saving driving habits.

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The hybrid-LaCROSSE the threshold effect

Trespassing to the market, Shanghai GM launched the hybrid-LaCROSSE, saving 15 percent can be achieved, and the price of it is only more than conventional models 20,000 ￥.

LaCROSSE hybrid models by an independent electrical power - nickel-hydrogen battery-assisted system, with 2.4-liter engine ECO, “smart parking” and “intelligent energy recovery” is its use of two advanced technologies. Vehicles started to speed up or climbing, provide supplementary motor driving force vehicles to stop, the engine off to stop oil; vehicle deceleration, engine oil off, the electrical power supply, energy recovery. Fly in the ointment is that the battery capacity and charging rate is still constrained braking energy recovery, intelligent parking time limit for two minutes, overtime after the engine automatically starts to charge the battery.

Honda CivicHybrid1.3 in November 2007 to introduce the Chinese market sales, manufacturers suggesting price for 269,800 ￥, has not completed the goal of  sale of 200 cars. July 16 Honda Executive Vice President Liu  said that considering manufacturing costs, national policies, and many other factors, originally scheduled for China in 2009 after CivicHybrid1.3 plan will be postponed.

Navigation version of the Toyota Prius price of the deal has exploration to 280 thousand ￥, on the market at the suggesting price down 20,000 ￥. According to China Association of Automobile Manufacturers statistics, 2006 FAW Toyota Prius (Prius) sold only 2152, the country’s total passenger car sales of 0.04 percent.

Clearly, in addition to the Government to provide policy guidance, and battery charging technology advances, the price is still  the major factors constrained hybrid for consumers to accept.

October 2000, Shanghai GM launched the “100,000 ￥ car” concept, it’s just the comfortable price of the people of the yearning for a better life, have a desire themselves, their own cars.

Shanghai GM, “100,000 ￥ car” concept is a catalyst - Sail on the market first year, sales of which more than 50,000. The Chinese auto market, “100,000 ￥ car” is the concept of nitrogen, since December 2002 to sail off the assembly line in LaCROSSEe 2002, almost the solidification rate in the other car segment sales.

Executive-level models of market capacity, energy-saving technology demonstration effect, it is the key factor undoubtedly to Shanghai GM production-LaCROSSE made the decision Hybrid . Product prices and oil conservation is the effect of Shanghai GM for the other vendors to set the threshold.