# Anyone know how to get a PHEV Saturn Vue?
**URL:** https://community.electricforum.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-get-a-phev-saturn-vue/1159
**Category:** Electric Car Production
**Created:** [April 3, 2009, 7:21am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-get-a-phev-saturn-vue/1159 "2009-04-03T07:21:29Z")
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### Author:  [@uigrad](https://community.electricforum.com/u/uigrad)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2009, 7:21am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-get-a-phev-saturn-vue/1159/1 "2009-04-03T07:21:29Z")
[Wikipedia still says](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHEV) that the Saturn Vue will be the first PHEV on the market. Is this still true?
I’ve also heard that Jay Leno has now managed to get a PHEV Ford Escape for himself.
I’d really like to get a Vue or Escape (which ever is available first) as they come of the line. Does anyone have information about the schedule for these two cars?
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### Author:  [@zowl](https://community.electricforum.com/u/zowl)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-get-a-phev-saturn-vue/1159/2 "2009-06-08T12:35:47Z")
There’s a company that makes a Saturn Sky converted. it is about 50K
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### Author:  [@uigrad](https://community.electricforum.com/u/uigrad)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-get-a-phev-saturn-vue/1159/3 "2010-02-19T12:21:16Z")
Wow, I just came across my own post by way of a google search! I thought that mass marketed PHEV’s would be a hot topic on the web, but it seems completely impossible to find any information about any of them!
I’m going to try to make a timeline of announcements from the major car manufacturers. If anyone can actually find out how to get one in the U.S., please let me know!
General Motors
Dec 2006: GM announced at the LA auto show that the Saturn Vue would be the first commercially available PHEV, shipping in 2009:
[LA Auto Show: GM Announces Commitment to Saturn Plug-In Vue](http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/370/)
[GM Media Online](http://archives.media.gm.com/archive/documents/domain_39/docId_30892_pr.html)
Jan 2008: GM said that it was “almost ready”:
[From Detroit: Saturn Vue Plug-in Hybrid Nearly Released](http://www.ecogeek.org/component/content/article/1284)
Jan 2010: GM announced a PHEV version of the Cadillac XTS:
[http://origin-cadillac-prod-iad.pnangis.gm.com/assets/en/images/experience/landing/content/concepts/xts\_platinum/10\_NAIAS\_Cadillac\_XTS\_Platinum\_Concept.pdf](http://origin-cadillac-prod-iad.pnangis.gm.com/assets/en/images/experience/landing/content/concepts/xts_platinum/10_NAIAS_Cadillac_XTS_Platinum_Concept.pdf)
Ford
Dec 2007: The first 20 PHEV Ford Escapes hit the road for research purposes:
[Ford Plugs In Hybrid - Ford](http://www.ford.com/about-ford/news-announcements/featured-stories/featured-stories-detail/plugin-hybrids)
Jan 2009: Ford states that its first PHEV vehicle (Ford Escape PHEV) will be released in 2012, as it focuses first on BEVs (being released in 2010 and 2011):
[FORD?S ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE STRATEGY OVERVIEW | Ford Motor Company Newsroom](http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=29674)
[PHEV | 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid - Part 2](http://2009escapehybrid.com/category/phev/page/2)
One source says that there will be 5000 PHEV Ford Escapes in 2012:
[Ford says it will make 5,000 PHEV’s in 2012 - GreenHybrid - Hybrid Cars](http://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/f26/ford-says-will-make-5-000-phevs-2012-a-20945/)
Toyota
Toyota has a flash site for their PHEV vehicle, but it has just pretty pictures, and very little information:
[Plug-In Hybrids](http://www.toyota.com/about/environment/innovation/advanced_vehicle_technology/PHEV.html)
July 2007: Toyota says that 2 US universities are now making use of Toyota PHEV vehicles for research:
[@Toyota: Behind the Wheel](http://behindthewheelnews.toyota.com/?id=11)
Nov 2007 and Dec 2007: These sites state that PHEV test vehicles have been delivered to UC Berkeley and UC Irvine:
[https://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/toyota/PRN-TYT2007110961930.aspx](https://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/toyota/PRN-TYT2007110961930.aspx)
[About Toyota | Our News | Toyota Environmental Update - Forty-seventh issue, December 2007](http://www.toyota.com/about/news/environment/2007/12/01-1-update47.html)
This page says that they are planning to release 500 PHEV Priuses in late 2009 for testing purposes. There is no date on the article:
[Advanced Vehicle Technology](http://www.toyota.com/about/environment/innovation/advanced_vehicle_technology/)
June 2009: Toyota has made 200 PHEV vehicles available in Japan through leasing programs:
[Green Car Congress: Toyota to Lease 200 PHEVs in Japan Starting at End of 2009, 500 Globally; Gen3 Prius Plus Li-ion Pack](http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/06/tmc-200-phev-20090603.html)
December 2009: Toyota shows off the “2010 PHEV Prius” in the LA auto show:
[Toyota Vehicles : 2010 Prius Plug-in Hybrid Makes North American Debut at Los Angeles Auto Show / Toyota](http://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/toyota/2010-prius-plug-in-hybrid-makes-149402.aspx)
Now that everyone doubts the safety of Toyota hybrids, I wonder if these will be available for discounted prices… lol