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. Johnson Controls/SAFT, the huge battery company at which President Bush first publicly announced his support for plug-in hybrids, received one contract.
Clean Fleet Report
MAY 13, 2021
I’ve always wondered how Harley would market its silent motorcycles. But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. Five Ways To Market EVs. market; many other options await in Europe and Asia. Not an H or D in sight.
Plugs and Cars
NOVEMBER 29, 2006
1 auto maker is accelerating its efforts to meet the challenge by being the first to offer a plug-in hybrid and by expanding its production of biofuel vehicles. He didn't give a time frame for the plug-in, but said it will take "several years" to bring one to market. Tags: GM plug-in hybrid Saturn.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
There is no transmission or differential, and the result, says Burns, “ from what we can gather is the most efficient drivetrain in the market. ”. 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. Click to enlarge. Steve Burns.
Green Car Congress
MAY 20, 2009
Work on a research project developing an actively coupled ultracapacitor-battery system targeted at plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) applications is attracting interest from a variety of OEMs both at a component and a system level, according to Argonne’s Ted Bohn, in his presentation at the Department of Energy Merit Review this week.
Revenge of the Electric Car
FEBRUARY 12, 2010
Not long before, the plug-in movement was small enough that not only would we have known about something like this before it happened, we would have been the ones out there with the signs freezing our butts off. I haven’t heard about them since (though the former Saturn plant in the area is slated for Fisker ) but the image stuck with me.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2009
The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. Going forward, GM plans to spend proportionally less of its marketing budget on the corporate identity and more on the vehicle brands. Fritz Henderson emphasized: “ the only way we’re going to make GM great again is to win in the market.
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