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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. Ford launched the Escape Hybrid as a 2005 model (its Mercury Mariner and Mazda Tribute siblings showed up a bit later), so The General had some catching up to do in the green-car department. Even with $4/gallon gas ($6.13

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50 Years Later, This Apollo-Era Antenna Still Talks to Voyager 2

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In 1964 they built DSS-42—DSS-43’s predecessor—to support NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft as it performed the first-ever successful flyby of Mars in July 1965. Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory , in Pasadena, Calif., knew that communication with distant space probes would require a dish antenna with unprecedented accuracy.

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US Hybrid Sales in February Drop 29%; Lower Decline Than General LDV Market

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The Saturn VUE hybrid posted 188 units, for 6.4% The Saturn Aura posted 23 units, representing 1.5% Combined sales of the Escape and Mariner hybrids fell 25.8% of combined Escape and Mariner sales. Sales of the non-hybrid Escape and Mariner fell 47.8% of combined sales for all models of the two trucks.

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Reported US Sales of Hybrids Up 21% in November; New Vehicle Market Share of 2.7%

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The Escape/Mariner hybrids sold 960 units, down 30% year-on-year, for 5.6% of all Escape/Mariner sales. 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% Ford came in a strong second in the monthly hybrid tally, with 2,361 units sold, up 73.5%

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US Hybrid Sales in March 2009 Down 44% Year-on-Year; Monthly New Vehicle Market Share of 2.5%

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The Escape and Mariner hybrids sold a combined 1,351 units, down 32.7%, representing 9.3% of all Escape and Mariners sold in the month. Sales of the conventional Escape and Mariner models were down 12%. 362 units of the Saturn VUE hybrid (10.4% 26 units of the Saturn Aura hybrid (1.3% of total sales).

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US Hybrid Sales Down 45.5% in April

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Ford posted 1,134 units of the Escape and Mariner Hybrids, down 40.5% of Escape and Mariner sales. Sales of conventional Escape and Mariner models were down 13% year-on-year. 338 units of the Saturn VUE hybrid, representing 11.3% 31 units of the Saturn Aura hybrid, representing 1.7% Click to enlarge. of VUE sales.

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

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Soy-based polyurethane foams have been placed in the seat cushions and seatbacks of the Ford Mustang, Expedition, F-150, Focus, Escape, Escape Hybrid, Mercury Mariner, Lincoln Navigator, Lincoln MKS, and, most recently, 2010 Taurus. Soy-foam headliners were put in place for the 2010 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner. General Motors.