Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 20, 2020

General Motors confirmed Tuesday morning that its Spring Hill, Tennessee, plant, which once served as the launch point for Saturn, will build the upcoming Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV starting late next year. As GM clarified in August, the Lyriq might be available for sale in another market—like China—before the U.S.,

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 4, 2007

GM today announced two contracts to "design and test lithium-ion batteries" for use in the Saturn Vue Plug-in Hybrid announced last month at the LA Auto Show. According to the press release, two variants of Lithium batteries will be "evaluated in prototype Saturn Vue Green Line plug-in hybrids beginning later this year."

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 21, 2009

Just two weeks ago, we reported that GM's first plug-in hybrid vehicle--originally meant to be a Saturn Vue before GM decided to sell Saturn to Pennske--would become a Buick crossover. My, how quickly things change in the new Internet world. As GM said Wednesday on its Fastlane blog, "not all the feedback was positive.".

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2014

Meanwhile, GM has decided to replace the ignition switch in all model years of its Chevrolet Cobalt, HHR, Pontiac G5, Solstice and Saturn Ion and Sky in the US, since faulty switches may have been used to repair the vehicles. About 95,000 faulty switches were sold to dealers and aftermarket wholesalers.

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Green Cars News

MAY 6, 2009

Having already taken the decision to close its Pontiac brand, General Motors has now announced that it will proceed with the sale of Saturn. Tags: Cars Latest news general motors Chrysler Fiat GM to sell Saturn Saturn. At this point, GM has declined to comment on a potential Fiat-GM tie-up.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2009

The Malibu hybrid shares components with two other GM mild hybrids: the Saturn Aura and Vue hybrids. Service and warranty of existing Malibu hybrids will be unaffected by the decision, as the company has an adequate supply of replacement components, including the 36/42V battery packs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2013

GM Spring Hill Manufacturing, home to the former Saturn brand from 1990 to 2007, operates as a fully integrated complex. Chevrolet Equinox production began at the site in the third quarter of 2012 to meet growing consumer demand and support GM’s Canada operations.

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Green Cars News

MAY 21, 2009

However, as green cars become more mainstream could it mark the end for exclusive green car brands? It appears that it is no longer viable for companies to designate one of their brands as green because advanced fuel efficient technology is expected across their range. However, this plan has now seemingly fallen by the wayside.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2014

For EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future, GM donated Chevrolet Malibus; for EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, GM donated Saturn Vues; and for Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility, the company donated Chevrolet Equinoxes.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 4, 2010

With the demise of Saturn, GM was left with only one model featuring its mild hybrid system, the 2009 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid sedan, but sadly even that green vehicle was dropped from the automaker's lineup this year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2009

Prototype Saturn Vue PHEV plugging in to a Coulomb Chargepoint ( earlier post ) in San Jose, CA. Based on the current restructuring plan, GM is accelerating the wind-down or sale of Saturn to the end of this year. Click to enlarge. of Energy (DOE) and nonprofit Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The 2013 Chevrolet Cruze may best live up to the promise that its former Saturn division never did: that an American car company could design and build small cars to rival Japanese competitors for both quality and value.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Our reader Jonathan P asks: I have a 1997 Saturn that, remarkably, is still running. If that Saturn were a hybrid, I'm guessing the battery pack would have died about four years ago, give or take. It probably has the book value of a large watermelon, so if anything major goes wrong with it, that's the end of that.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

He was deeply involved in developing clutch-to-clutch transmission controls for the Saturn Automatic and GM Allison transmissions used in Heavy Duty Trucks. His work in clutch-to-clutch control set the stage for other 6-, 8-, 9- and 10-speed transmissions at GM. In electrification, Mr.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 31, 2023

Saturn V, the most capable rocket ever flown, was fully expendable and could launch up to 118 metric tons (~260,000 lb) into orbit. With the first Florida Mechazilla now close to completion, it’s likely that Pad 39A’s Starship launch site will be ready and waiting as soon as NASA gives SpaceX the green light.

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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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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2014

million Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia models from the 2008-2013 model years, Chevrolet Traverse from the 2009-2013 model years, and Saturn Outlook from the 2008-2010 model years. GM is aware of two engine compartment fires in unsold vehicles at dealerships and two cases of melted components.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 16, 2007

Everyone is paying attention to green. As far as greens are concerned, everything that advances that goal should be supported. The simple fact all greens need to internalize is that it's easier to find clean, renewable sources of electricity than it is to find clean, renewable liquid fuels. But enviros are all over the map.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2011

The first, a Saturn Vue called the eMOOve, will be a series hybrid, to be completed in 2012. The MOOVADA, which is currently running as a parallel hybrid with an ethanol engine, will be on display this weekend at the Green Drive Expo, part of the Dane County (Wisconsin) Fair. —Glenn Bower.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Sales of the Saturn VUE mild hybrid were down 31% to 134 units, for 9.8% The Saturn Aura sold 29 units, down 17%, for 2.0% Sales of the two-mode Sierra and Silverado pickups dropped 52% to 156 units, for 0.51% of models sold. of all VUEs sold. The Malibu mild hybrid sedan posted 212 units, up 371% from the year before, for 1.9%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2009

The Saturn VUE hybrid posted 188 units, for 6.4% The Saturn Aura posted 23 units, representing 1.5% The two-mode Sierra pickup joined the Silverado two-mode pickup for 47 units representing 0.2% of combined sales for all models of the two trucks. of all VUEs sold. The Chevy Malibu Hybrid posted 197 units for 1.7% of all Malibus sold.

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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. However, with the wind down of Saturn as part of GM’s restructuring plans, Stephens has reiterated that plug-ins remain a “key element in GM’s reinvention&#.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2009

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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

As part of the new plan, GM will accelerate the wind-down or sale of HUMMER, Saturn and Saab to the end of 2009, and phase out Pontiac by the end of 2010. The revised plan moves up the resolution of Saab, Saturn, and Hummer to the end of 2009, at the latest.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

362 units of the Saturn VUE hybrid (10.4% 26 units of the Saturn Aura hybrid (1.3% GM sold a total of 1,612 hybrids in March: 609 units of the Tahoe, Yukon and Escalade two-mode SUVs (7.3% of total sales). 68 units of the Silverado and Sierra two-mode pickups (0.22% of total sales). of total sales). of total sales). of total sales).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

338 units of the Saturn VUE hybrid, representing 11.3% 31 units of the Saturn Aura hybrid, representing 1.7% General Motors sold 1,534 hybrids in April, comprising: 523 units of the two-mode SUVs (Tahoe, Yukon, Escalade), representing 4.5% of combined sales of those models. 547 units of the Malibu hybrid, representing 3.7%

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2009

GM has cancelled its recently announced compact Buick crossover, which would have offered the plug-in hybrid system originally targeted for the Saturn VUE. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 1, 2010

Launching a brand-new car make is a tough task; just ask General Motors (RIP Saturn). But if you're electric-car startup Coda Automotive, you have at least one plus (it's a pure electric car, which is sexy) to offset several potential minuses (who's Coda? it's made in China? I can't buy one outside California?). Video exclusive!

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 10, 2010

While the system is being tested in a discontinued Saturn Vue crossover, it now seems likely to appear in a version of either the GMC Terrain or Chevrolet Equinox compact.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2017

GM and Honda earlier collaborated in a powertrain cross-supply arrangement in 1999 under which Honda manufactured 50,000 V-6 engines for the Saturn VUE and Honda received diesel engines from GM’s Isuzu affiliate for use in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

The first two vehicles available for AMP conversions are the GM Saturn Sky and the GM Pontiac Solstice. AMP has developed an all-electric high performance, high efficiency drive train for installation into select modern passenger vehicles. The end product is an all-electric vehicle with a range of up to 150 miles per charge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

GM has simplified the two-mode hybrid system for application in front-wheel drive vehicles—the Saturn VUE being the first instance ( earlier post )—while retaining its functionality and capability, according to Mark Selogie, Senior Manager Power Electronics, GM Powertrain, speaking at the SAE Hybrid Symposium in San Diego (11-12 Feb).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2009

The EcoCAR competition, along with its headline sponsors—the US Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors (GM)—challenges 17 universities across the US and Canada to redesign and reengineer a 2009 Saturn VUE to further minimize fuel consumption and reduce emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2009

In a statement issued today, GM also said that it will be updating about 470 Saturn, HUMMER and Saab dealers on the status of those brands and will be discussing how the remaining dealers will support our retail plans going forward. The actual number of dealers could vary given levels of attrition, etc. outside of GM’s control.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

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 wasn’t the first of GM’s new Ultium EVs to get the green light for production. The 34-month project.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 15, 2009

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. Tags: Green cars Latest news EcoCar EcoCar: The NeXt Challenge Ohio State University.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

will convert three of DTE Energy’s fleet Saturn VUE SUVs to battery electric powertrains. The all-electric DTE Energy fleet Saturn Vues will be powered by Amp’s exclusive modular electric powertrain system. AMP Holding Inc. Earlier post.) million Michigan homes and businesses.

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