MEXICO CITY (AP) - The Mexican division of General Motors Corp. on Friday unveiled the first hybrid vehicle to be manufactured here for export to the United States and possible future domestic sales.
The Saturn Vue, a medium-size sports utility vehicle operated with gasoline and electric power, has already rolled off the assembly line of a plant in the northern state of Coahuila and is being readied for export, GM officials said at a joint news conference with President Felipe Calderon.
The company will have the capacity to export about 6,500 units a year, company President Kevin Williams said.
GM will test 10 to 15 models of a slightly modified version of the vehicle in Mexico under the name Chevrolet Captiva Sport. The company expects to determine its domestic marketability by mid-2008, General Motors de Mexico spokesman Mauricio Kuri said.
Altogether, the company has invested $500 million to manufacture both the hybrid vehicles and gasoline versions of the Captiva Sport.
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