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Penske Seeking to Buy Saturn

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and Penske Automotive Group confirmed details of a proposed transaction under which Penske would acquire the Saturn brand. If completed, the deal would save more than 350 dealerships and 13,000 jobs at Saturn and its retailers in the United States, and would preserve the Saturn brand. General Motors Corp. Earlier post.)

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NASA’s Artemis I Revives the Moonshot

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Looks like we’re looking back toward the Saturn V. But Nelson is right: The rocket is retro in many ways, borrowing heavily from the space shuttles America flew for 30 years, and from the Apollo-Saturn V. “When you look at the rocket, it looks almost retro,” said Bill Nelson , the administrator of NASA.

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What are you waiting for?

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However I have been busy buying parts and I building myslef a lab power supply for a old computer ATX power supply which I had lying around. I read somewhere about a guy using one as a 144DC to 12VDC convertor instead of buying some expensive DC to DC convertor? Also have to replace outer tie rod end on my Volvo XC90.

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ISU study finds large potential for biobased materials in auto industry, but with challenges

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Their report, “Biobased Automobile Parts Investigation”, was developed for the USDA Office of Energy Policy and New Uses. Because SUVs and trucks have a large number of parts, the authors suggested, they are good candidates to be the vehicle types with the largest amount of biobased material on a part number basis. Durability.

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2022 GMC Hummer EV: the biggest, baddest, butchest EV to hit the market?

Charged EVs

The brand died in 2009 as GM declared bankruptcy, restructured with US government backing, and jettisoned not only Hummer but also Pontiac, Saab and Saturn. The Hummer EV will get GM noticed by parts of the buying public that couldn’t care less about small hatchback EVs. After all, that’s exactly what Tesla did.

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AMP Unveils Electric Version of GM Equinox; Secret Sauce is the Drivetrain

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found that a lot of [OEM] hybrid parts are suitable for us. they are already automotive-grade tested, there are spare parts, that whole mechanism is in place, and they will be producing spare parts for hybrids for years to come. Our own secret sauce is how we house the motors, and of course the software is unique. Steve Burns.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. As part of the culling, GM has the option to re-badge vehicles from the non-core brands, such as the Pontiac G8, Opel Insignia and Saturn Vue. I was able to spend 10 minutes driving a Saturn Aura sedan with an (HCCI) engine system.

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