{"id":1914,"date":"2022-01-03T16:18:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T08:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2022-01-03T16:18:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T08:18:04","slug":"return-of-the-buick-electra-new-trademark-application-suggests-its-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1914","title":{"rendered":"Return of the Buick Electra? New trademark application suggests it&#8217;s on the way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/931\/524\/9f73f590-electra-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Test drive: 2021 Buick Envision\" data-v-13907676> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-13907676>Test drive: 2021 Buick Envision<\/h4>\n<p data-v-13907676>The 2021 Buick Envision is the second-generation of the China-made compact utility vehicle and Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu says it is very much a Buick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">File this one under &#8220;what took so long?&#8221; General Motors has applied for a new trademark on the Buick Electra name.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/9f73f590-electra-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The Buick Electra concept was revealed in China last year.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The Buick Electra concept was revealed in China last year.<br \/>\n      (Buick)<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The moniker was previously used on a series of Buicks built from 1959 to 1990, but has been dormant since.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/640\/320\/electra.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The Electra name was used on a series of models built from 1959 to 1990.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The Electra name was used on a series of models built from 1959 to 1990.<br \/>\n      (National Motor Museum\/Heritage Images via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>However, Buick debuted an all-electric Electra concept SUV in China last year that&#8217;s built on GM&#8217;s new Ultium platform, which will underpin all of its future battery-powered models.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/640\/320\/electra-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The Buick Electra concept is an SUV.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The Buick Electra concept is an SUV.<br \/>\n      (Buick)<\/p>\n<p>The name obviously lends itself to such a vehicle and GM also trademarked it in Canada, which is no guarantee one will enter production, but certainly suggests something is in the works.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>While GM has already announced plans for electric Cadillacs, like the Lyriq, and electric pickups from Chevrolet and GMC, it hasn&#8217;t yet offered any concrete information its plans for battery-powered Buicks.<\/p>\n<p>Buick&#8217;s current U.S. lineup is entirely composed of SUVs and includes the Envision, which is imported from China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Test drive: 2021 Buick Envision The 2021 Buick Envision is the second-generation of the China-made compact utility vehicle and Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu says it is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}