Green Car Congress
JUNE 13, 2009
University students from The Ohio State University earned top honors at the 2009 finals of the EcoCAR : The NeXt Challenge competition in Toronto, Canada for their design of a Extended Range Electric Vehicle (EREV). The next-generation design predicts a 300% increase in fuel economy over the production 4-cylinder vehicle.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 6, 2009
General Motors will debut its two-mode plug-in hybrid technology—originally intended to appear first in a Saturn VUE, prior to that brand’s sale—in a new Buick crossover vehicle in 2011. GM will announce final fuel economy estimates, as well as additional vehicle details such as name and pricing, later. V-6 flex-fuel engine.
Green Cars News
JUNE 15, 2009
Congratulations are due to the university students from Ohio State University, who earned top marks at the 2009 finals of the EcoCar: The NeXt Challenge Competition. The next generation design would feature a 300 per cent increase in fuel economy over the production four cylinder model.
Plug In Partners
FEBRUARY 15, 2008
This new energy economy is out there just waiting for somebody to pluck it from the vine ," Easley said in announcing the plan at a forum on energy at N.C. General Motors is also on the plug-in bandwagon with its Saturn Vue Green Line. I'm going to make sure that North Carolina gets its share. liter turbocharged gasoline engine."
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2009
The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac.
Plug In Partners
JANUARY 28, 2008
Authorizes $30 million per year 2009-2018 Secondary Application and Disposal of Electric Drive Batteries Directs DOE to carry out research, development, and demonstration of secondary application of vehicle batteries, and Research, development and demonstration of recycling, and disposal of batteries.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 10, 2010
A National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) project, funded by GM, found that an ultracapacitor-based energy storage system (ESS) in a Saturn VUE BAS (belt alternator starter) mild hybrid performed at least as well or better than the NiMH battery system in the production hybrid. Source: Gonder et al. Click to enlarge. Pesaran, A.;
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