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Chevy Traverse Will Reportedly Get GM’s New Hybrid Powertrain

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Chevy Traverse Will Reportedly Get GM’s New Hybrid Powertrain

The same goes for GM’s other mid-size family SUVs, the Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia.

Right now, the only hybrid model that GM makes is the Chevy Corvette, which is pretty wild when you think about it. However, that will change in the coming years, as the automotive giant today announced it's preparing the Lansing Delta Township assembly plant to build future hybrid models. What will those models be exactly? The highly popular Chevy Traverse, Buick Enclave, and GMC Acadia will get hybrid versions, according to Reuters, which cited anonymous sources familiar with the situation.

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While GM announced it plans to invest $1.25 billion in the factory, including over $2 billion in the Lansing area over the next several years, it didn’t explicitly confirm what models will receive the hybrid powertrain or disclose any details about the system. However, the Lansing Delta Township Assembly is where the Acadia, Enclave, and Traverse are all currently built, so it makes sense that they’ll be the first to get the hybrid treatment. Last year, GM reported the highest production numbers in the factory’s 20-year history, as more than 291,000 vehicles rolled off the assembly line.

The General’s strategic shift to hybrid powertrains comes after its big investments in fully electric vehicles failed to pay off due to a mix of tepid adoption rates and the Trump administration nixing federal tax credits for both EVs and plug-in hybrid vehicles. On top of that, gas prices in the United States have remained high, and GM’s metaphorical cupboard of fuel-efficient models is bare compared with other major automakers such as Honda, Hyundai, and Toyota, and even Ford.


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