Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 16, 2007

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. Tags: union of concerned scientists electric cars urge2 plug-in hybrid chevy volt Saturn grist NRDC vue Sierra Club. electrification has got to be the end goal.

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VUE Saturn Sierra Plug-in 100

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Earlier in February, AMP and Remy International, Inc. AMP, which currently up fits Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice vehicles, is targeting the Nissan Leaf, with its 100 mile range, as its closest rival. Close-up of the drive system showing gearing. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Steve Burns.

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GM Conversion Saturn Li-ion 199

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. In February, Remy International, Inc. AMP Holding Inc. Earlier post.) million Michigan homes and businesses.

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VUE Saturn Convert Energy 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

The ultracapacitor bank actively coupled via the power electronics allows the use of an energy optimized battery by reducing peak loads and minimizing internal battery heating. 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.

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PHEV Li-ion Batteries Battery 247

Plug In Partners

MAY 23, 2007

At that point, the internal combustion engine kicks in and recharges the battery while you are driving. The Volt will even make people forget that it was Lutz who gave us the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky. The Volt is the plug-in hybrid car GM showed at last January’s Detroit Auto Show. It runs down. I know the Volt isn’t here yet.

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Volt GM Saturn Cleaner 100

Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2006

As underscored last month when GM announced it would build a plug-in hybrid version of its Saturn Vue, the logic of electric propulsion is compelling. Electric motors are clean, lightweight, maintenance-free and powerful. The latest lithium-ion batteries are energy-dense, durable, compact and recyclable. Toyota had a different take.

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Altima Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Lithium Ion Plug-in 100

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2014

As part of the agreement, set forth in a Consent Order signed with NHTSA, the agency also ordered GM to make significant and wide-ranging internal changes to its review of safety-related issues in the United States, and to improve its ability to take into account the possible consequences of potential safety-related defects.

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GM Saturn 2007 Chevrolet 199

Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

As Burning Man attempts to go green, here's to hoping they become the first American City to ban the internal combustion engine within its borders. Contracts for lithium batteries for the plug-in hybrid Saturn Vue and the Chevrolet Volt have received much press. GM has been getting a lot of attention with its plug-in intentions.

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NiMH Google Prius EPRI 100

Teslarati

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Saturn V, the next most capable expendable rocket, could launch up to 118 tons (~260,000 lbs) to LEO and cost $1-2 billion per launch. Constructed piece by piece over dozens of launches, the International Space Station weighs about 420 tons (~925,000 lbs). And Starship’s expendable capabilities are significant.

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Saturn Engine Building Cost Of 145

Cars That Think

APRIL 30, 2023

Fifty years ago, on 14 May 1973, a modified Saturn V rocket launched from the Kennedy Space Center carrying Skylab, the United States’ first space station. Without the sun shield, which also protected against small meteoroid damage, the internal temperature of the module would rise to uninhabitable temperatures.

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Australia Solar Saturn Engine 93

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2009

Saturn Sky Red Line. Saturn Outlook. Saturn Sky Red Line. Saturn Outlook. The cylinder head has integral cast oil passages that feed a set of internal oil control valves that activate cam phasers, enabling variable valve timing. MY 2010 (announced to date). Pontiac Solstice GXP. Chevrolet HHR SS. Cadillac STS.

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Gasoline Engine Oil-Sands Saturn 170

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The comparison keeps being raised, though studies are conclusive: The "well-to-wheel" emissions of electric vehicles are lower than those from gasoline internal combustion vehicles. See the press release , EPRI announcement and Daimlers description (with graphics). See CalCars-News Archive for updates.

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

Saturn :Ken Norwicks online conversion diary Saturn: conversiondiary Solectria E-10 : Tom Husons new project SolectriaForce : Tom Hudson doesnt let cold weather stop him. EV Discussion List : THE international EV email discussion group EVMailing List : This is the EV Discussion List archive.

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Conversion Midget Motors Taylor-Dunn Frazer-Nash 28

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. Lutz said GM is pushing to have Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid on the road by 2009. -- ( Autoweek ). "I 4/06/07 GM spokesman Jeff Holland said Friday that its Saturn Vue sport-utility vehicle will be available as a plug-in by the end of 2009. (

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Also maintenance on these (no oil changes to speak of) etc will cost much less than an internal combution propelled car. And if the cap-and-trade legislation ever gets passed and we have to internalize the costs associated with GHG emission, then the all-electric capability of the Volt might be even more beneficial.

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