Cars That Think

AUGUST 28, 2022

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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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

They could: Offer an electric version of an existing vehicle Give an electric model a new or additional identity Introduce a new electric model Create a new electric sub-brand Start a new electric car company. However, they make attractive second cars and commuter modules, especially when they’re used. A new old brand.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Saturn will remain in operation for the next several years, through the end of the planned lifecycle for all Saturn products. In the interim, if Saturn retailers or other investors present a plan that would allow a spin-off or sale of Saturn Distribution Corporation, GM would be open to any such possibility.

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Open Source Civic EV Kit

APRIL 7, 2008

After spending the past year and a half converting a Porsche 914 to an electric vehicle, I decided to expand my horizons by designing an open-source electric vehicle (EV) conversion kit for a commonly used car. This project started about a month ago when I became co-chair of the Oregon Electric Vehicles Association.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

General Motors presented an updated Viability Plan that accelerates and deepens the cuts in US brands and nameplates, dealers, manufacturing operations and employees intended to enable GM North America to breakeven (on an adjusted EBIT basis) at a US total industry sales volume of approximately 10 million vehicles. billion from 2010 to 2014.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

Monthly new vehicle market share for hybrids. Buoyed by the US government’s CARS (“Cash for Clunkers”) program, US auto sales slowed their decline in the US in July, dropping on 12.1% Passenger car sales dropped 10.6% GM dealers delivered 189,443 total vehicles in July, a 19.4% Click to enlarge. to 443, 297 units.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The news that General Motors would relaunch the infamous Hummer name—as an all-electric truck no less—broke a few days before the high-dollar, high-visibility 2020 Super Bowl ad that introduced that vehicle to the world. The electric Hummer has an important purpose: to reset the image of electric vehicles in US buyers’ minds once and for all.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. All the wind farms and solar panels in the world won’t do anything to lower the outflow of hundreds billions of dollars annually or decrease our pump-fueled funding of Islamic fundamentalism unless we build cars that can use that cleaner electricity.

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Green Cars News

MAY 21, 2009

Times are changing in the automotive industry as customers search for better fuel consumption and more environmentally friendly vehicles with lower emissions. However, as green cars become more mainstream could it mark the end for exclusive green car brands? However, this plan has now seemingly fallen by the wayside.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

AMP ), a company engaged in the conversion of new vehicles to full battery-electric drive, unveiled its latest all-electric conversion platform, the GM Chevrolet Equinox. AMP will use the Remy HVH250 electric motors in their custom electric vehicle conversions. Such a configuration also reduces the weight of the final vehicle package.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 9, 2010

Smart will be launching a test fleet of 250 electric cars in selected areas, including: Portland, San Jose, Indianapolis, Orlando, and the Washington, D.C. Read more in the article: Smart to Launch Test Fleet of Electric Cars. Smart also is joining a growing group of auto makers betting on electric vehicles. Nissan Motor Co.

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Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2009

The company will be divided into Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick following the decision to close Pontiac and sell Saturn. The two-mode hybrid would also have featured a battery powered driving range at a low speed of around 10mph which could double fuel economy compared to the conventional vehicle on short trips.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2012

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. Other factors used to determine the best material for manufacturing parts for vehicles include: Part performance. General Motors.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 16, 2007

Everything from light bulbs to organic food, to flex-fuel cars to a carbon freeze tax—no, make that a cap-and-trade program—clamors for attention. Putting renewable electricity into plug-in cars would move to the top of any such coherent enviro agenda, and of course ethanol moves down. Everyone is paying attention to green.

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2009

After months of doom and gloom for the auto industry in the USA, there is finally a ray of hope courtesy of hybrid cars. This meant that a total of 26,205 hybrid units were sold - some three per cent of all new vehicles, the highest monthly new vehicle share since April 2008. Reported sales of hybrids in the US increased by 5.2

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. GM is producing 2 vehicles a day with the goal of having a total of 76 vehicles available by the end of the summer; these vehicles will be used for validation testing ranging from fit and finish reviews, to durability testing to eventual crash testing.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida—a cavernous structure built in the 1960s for constructing the Apollo program’s Saturn V rockets and, later, for preparing the space shuttle—the agency’s next big rocket is taking shape. Inside the. It’s taller than the Statue of Liberty,” he said at an.

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Hydrogen Florida Congress Engine 128

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

It tentatively consists of missions numbered ILRS-1 through 5 and relies on heavy-lift launch vehicles to establish command, energy, and telecommunications infrastructure; experiment, scientific, and IRSU facilities; and Earth- and astronomical-observation capabilities. James Provost. The utilization phase will begin in the early 2030s.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 15, 2009

Their design of an extended range electric vehicle took first place out of 17 universities in the US and Canada that competed in the first milestone of this three-year competition. Second place went to the University of Victoria, which created another extended range electric vehicle that runs on E85 ethanol.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 28, 2008

Here is the outline of what the bill intends to do: SECTION 131 TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION SEC 131 Transportation Electrification DOE to establish competitive grants for electric vehicles and PHEVs to encourage early widespread use and advance production of electric (And PHEV) vehicles in USA. $90

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Green Cars News

MAY 4, 2009

per cent year-on-year to 21,735 even though it incorporated a full month’s sales for new vehicles such as the Honda Insight, as well as the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan Hybrids. Together the two cars sold 2,299 units. Overall, reported sales of hybrids dropped 45.5 per cent year-on-year - there were a combined 1,165 units sold.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 23, 2007

Wait Don’t Tell Me” this past Saturday.The GM product boss said the vehicle he is most excited about, and the one he thinks will be the most significant for GM, is the Chevy Volt. The Volt is the plug-in hybrid car GM showed at last January’s Detroit Auto Show. Apply that principal to cars , and that pretty much explains the Volt.

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Governor Announces New Energy Program For Plug-in Hybrid Cars RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina State University plans to launch a research hub for the development of plug-in cars, a project that has attracted the interest of both energy and automobile companies. Duke Energy Corp. and Progress Energy Corp.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 6, 2009

The two-mode plug-in hybrid technology that was originally supposed to appear in the Saturn VUE will now make its debut in a new Buick crossover vehicle in 2011. According to Tom Stephens, GM vice chairman of product development, the vehicle is capable of electric only propulsion for more than 10 miles at low speeds.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

MAY 29, 2009

Gathered there were Citicars, the most-produced electric car in American history. Citicar owners from all over the country got together to celebrate these cute little electric vehicles, and meet with the man behind the car, Bob Beaumont. Other electric vehicles were invited to the EVent as well.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 30, 2023

It’s intended to find ways of using computers in command and control…in mobile vehicles, in ships at sea, and in airplanes. And in March 1973, he contacted Cerf. I’ve started this program called internetting,’” Cerf recalls Kahn telling him. How are we going to hook those all together?’” “When people ask, ‘How could you let that happen?’

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2006

In December, Nissan announced its "Green Program 2010," projecting a line of hybrids, plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars utilizing lithium-ion batteries of its own manufacture. We are at a tipping point according to Neil: "Let's bookmark this moment in the history of cars, because what is emerging is something like consensus.

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

We may need ICE vehicles to get there (gas cars will serve for long distance travel even as EVs come to market, I believe) but they should be parked and forgotten. Their Rechargeit.org campaign really makes the connections between renewable power and plug-in cars. nk Global , the reinvigorated Norwegian electric car maker.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 11, 2023

There are certain categories of discarded vehicles that I search for before all others during my junkyard travels. French cars and extreme-high-mile machinery are on my list, of course, plus Sawzall roadsters / pickups , art cars and oddball special editions. Was it cheaper than a similarly-equipped Frontier?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 23, 2009

04/23/2009 Foxs Bill OReilly Challenged to Live Up To His Words and Buy An Electric Car Fox News commentator, show host, and radio talk show host Bill OReilly has been. Reviews, News And More 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid The Cadillac Escalade is the vehicle that made GMs luxury brand relevant again among. FREE, No obligations!

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2009

As it bids to break even at a US total industry sales volume of approximately 10 million vehicles, General Motors has updated its Viability Plan which will deepen the cuts in its operations. This revised plan also moves up the resolution of Saab, Saturn and Hummer to the end of 2009 at the latest. -

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 26, 2006

He yanked big engines out of American cars and replaced them with electric motors that worked in tandem with much smaller gasoline engines. He called his new configuration the "plug-in hybrid" because it allowed homeowners to recharge the car's batteries by plugging into an electrical outlet. Hybrid automobiles work with two engines.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

Comutacar : Scott HullsC-cars and upgrades DaihatsuFellow Van : Interesting Japanese conversion. No picturesof his car yet though.) PlymouthHorizon : RLewits Home Page, car was for sale but he sold it. Citicar :John Buckman has sold his Citicar but he still has some great info on Citicarparts.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. How does this sound: 100+ MPG in a regular vehicle? But when you do, your car essentially becomes an electric vehicle with a gas-tank backup. Lifetime service costs are lower for a vehicle that is mainly electric.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. and Chrysler. .’s

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 The Volt is, and always has been, more than than an electric car. Lutz, who retired earlier this year, called the car Detroits "moon shot" and an attempt to wrest the mantle of innovation back from the Japanese.

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