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SpaceX-launched Uranus mission a top priority of new decadal survey

Teslarati

In fact, a very similar concept ranked third in the Academies’ 2013-2022 decadal survey flagship recommendations, reiterating its central importance and potential value in the eyes of the survey’s dozens of contributors. ” In reality, there only appears to be one launch vehicle: Falcon Heavy.

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Ohio State University Takes Top Spot at 2009 EcoCAR Competition with EREV Design

Green Car Congress

The competition challenges university engineering students across North America to re-engineer a 2009 Saturn VUE to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions while retaining the vehicle’s performance and consumer appeal. In year two of the competition, teams incorporate their unique powertrains into the Saturn VUE.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

Ignoring the briefly popular commercial electrics around at the turn of the last century, EVs have been experimental concepts or limited edition runs until relatively recently. During this same time GM created Saturn , a totally new brand, which arrived in 1990 with its own showrooms, advertising and vehicles.

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ANL Project on Actively Coupled Ultracapacitor-Battery System for PHEVs Attracting OEM Interest

Green Car Congress

Results of an earlier simulation study of capacitor sizing for the system shows that a 75-100 Whr capacitor bank is appropriate for a Saturn VUE-sized PHEV. The project, which began in mid-2007, has so far completed hardware proof of concept testing.

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BrightDrop: GM’s silent push into electric commercial vehicles

Charged EVs

Thus, the restructured GM was composed of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac, while the Hummer, Pontiac, Saab and Saturn brands died. Buick, meanwhile, was vitally important for the Chinese market, where today more than four times as many Buicks are sold as in North America. The Task Force ultimately agreed.

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China Aims for a Permanent Moon Base in the 2030s

Cars That Think

The roughly 100-meter-long, Saturn V–like Long March 9 will be capable of launching around 50 tonnes of payload to translunar injection. Ideally, we would have an international coalition of countries working on a lunar base, such as the Moon Village concept proposed by former ESA director-general Jan Wörner. James Provost.

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Ohio State earns EcoCar honours

Green Cars News

The competition has challenged university engineering students to re-engineer a 2009 Saturn VUE to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions while retaining performance and consumer appeal. Mississippi State University scooped third place with another extended range vehicle fuelled by B20 bio-diesel.

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