The 2022 Buick Envision will no longer be available with an In-Vehicle Air Ionizer system, GM Authority can confirm.
In the redesigned 2021 Buick Envision, the In-Vehicle Air Ionizer system was included as standard equipment on the Essence and Avenir trim levels and could also be applied to the Preferred trim level by ordering the Comfort and Convenience Package (RPO code PS1). In Canada, the air ionizer was offered as standard equipment on the 2021 Envision – even in the entry-level Essence trim.
The Air Ionizer was also offered on the previous-generation Buick Envision for the 2019 model year, where it was included with the range-topping Premium and Premium II trim levels.
The In-Vehicle Air Ionizer system for the Buick Envision helps to filter out airborne viruses, dust, debris and pollen from the cabin air. This feature can also actively measure cabin air quality. All the user has to do to view the current cabin air quality level is select the ‘Air Quality’ tab on the infotainment homepage. Additionally, it can also filter bad odors from the air before they make their way into the vehicle’s cabin.
It’s not clear why General Motors has elected to remove the In-Vehicle Air Ionizer from the 2022 Buick Envision. This may be related to the various equipment austerity measures it has taken to reduce the number of semiconductor chips it uses per vehicle, however. The automaker has also pulled other electronic equipment from certain vehicles amid the global chip shortage, including removing the HD Radio and Active Fuel Management/Dynamic Fuel Management from its full-size truck models.
The 2022 Buick Envision will be assembled by GM China (SAIC) at the Jinqiao plant in Shanghai, China. Pricing for the compact premium crossover has yet to be announced.
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You have to wonder if management is getting paid to sit in their chair and do nothing. You would think by now GM would approach Ford and Toyota to build their own chip fabrication plant for a few billion dollars
One more reason not to buy a GM upscale product
Sounds like chip shortage rather than bean counters.
That’s one of those things that – in 55 years of driving, I have managed to live without.
I imagine if it works it makes Ozone and is against the law in California. De content, always a way to make more money and build a poor reputation. Mediocrity should not be a company policy.
Who cares. I won’t buy Chinese gM products.
Hey gM. If you make them in China, keep them in China.
The American taxpayers saved your ass and you pay them back by offshoring jobs.
I am a buick owner 4 times over and I did not nor will I ever buy an American named vehicle from a comunist country. Its insane.
I started driving GM products in 2000 with a used 96 Park Ave. What an amazing car. I used to be a Ford family. Got tired a fixing things with Ford products. As the name Fix-Or-Repair-Daily. I am loyal to Buick Enclave and GMC Denali. I refuse to drive something made in China. Why support a country that stabs us in the back every chance they get. There are idled plants in this country. Because american auto companies are giving the sedan class to the Japs, Korean and Chinese. Giving up most of the sedans. The Impala was a amazing vehicle.
Dave Ross
Ever consider Cadillac? Every vehicle Cadillac sell’s in the U.S. is built in the U.S, and they still have a few sedans in their lineup.
The discontinuation of the air ionizer feature was announced 4 or 5 months ago. This is not news. It was a gimmick feature at best. GM realized that and figured they could remove it and slightly increase profit margins.