Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

I'm told that the music video is about how the idealized version of a forest is somewhat at odds with technology, and that bringing your fancy fleece jackets and robots along with you into nature can kind of ruin the experience. There's really nothing I can say to prepare you for this German music video, which features Spot for some reason.

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Los Angeles Google Philippines Saturn 78

Cars That Think

APRIL 18, 2024

A plaque recognizing the technology is now displayed at the complex.

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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

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

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

The first two vehicles available for AMP conversions are the GM Saturn Sky and the GM Pontiac Solstice. HVH) Technology. By comparison, a full hybrid application yielded only a 5 °C difference between the two motor technologies over the same drive cycle. AMP uses a Li-ion pack from an as-yet undisclosed supplier.

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Conversion Motor Motors Motoring 218

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2017

The master collaboration agreement announced in July 2013 established the co-development arrangement for a next-generation fuel cell system and hydrogen storage technologies. GM and Honda are acknowledged leaders in fuel cell technology with more than 2,220 patents between them, according to the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index.

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Honda GM Michigan Manufacturer 150

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. And we decided that the important plug-in hybrid technology would be applied to another vehicle, at no delay, that we’ll discuss in the very near future. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

APRIL 20, 2022

Additionally, the survey indirectly states that if it weren’t for the existence of one specific technology, it would have been a wash between a mission to Uranus or Neptune. That keystone: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket. Ok let's talk top line #PlanetaryDecadal – The Uranus Orbiter & Probe.

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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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EPA VUE Saturn General Motors 150

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. The plan assumes a 19.5% share in 2009, with share stabilizing in the 18.4

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GM Saturn Hummer 2008 150

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Objectives include science, exploration, technology verification, resource and commercial exploitation, astronomical observation, and more. This phase, CNSA says, will feature lunar research and exploration, technology verification, and expanding and maintaining modules as needed. lava tubes as potential alternative areas for habitats.

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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. Bower says he hopes incorporating the RCCI engine technology into a vehicle will encourage industry leaders to adapt it for vehicles and even stationary power generators. —Glenn Bower. One hurdle, though, will be the fuel infrastructure.

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Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2009

In an online blog, General Motors’ (GM) vice chairman Tom Stephens stated that the company will apply plug-in hybrid technology to one of its four core brands followings its’ restructuring. The company will be divided into Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick following the decision to close Pontiac and sell Saturn.

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VUE Plug-in Saturn GM 36

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

The project is led by Argonne; Maxwell Technologies Inc. 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. GM has verbally committed to apply this technology on the Chevy Volt energy storage system and to perform lab evaluations.

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PHEV Li-ion Batteries Battery 247

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. For North America, the electric Hummer is the first of a promised 20 or so GM EVs based on the company’s new Ultium battery and powertrain technology.

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Hummer GMC GM Market 105

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2012

The Saturn L300 and European-market Opel Vectra have package trays and door panel inserts made of a kenaf and flax mixture. Goodyear has developed tires using BioIsoprene technology, which is made from a renewable resource. General Motors.

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Green Cars News

MAY 21, 2009

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. Tags: Green cars Latest news Toyota general motors green car brands Saturn Toyota Prius.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 28, 2008

95 million per year authorized (2008-2012) Electric Drive Transportation technology high school and college level education program established by DOE including a “ Dr. Andrew Frank PHEV Competition ” and financial assistance to support engineering degree programs.

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PHEV Energy Energy Storage Saturn 100

Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

Thus, the restructured GM was composed of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac, while the Hummer, Pontiac, Saab and Saturn brands died. We leverage the best of two worlds: the innovation, agility, and focus of a technology startup with the engineering and manufacturing might of GM.”. The Task Force ultimately agreed.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 30, 2023

Judith Estrin, a serial entrepreneur and former chief technology officer of Cisco Systems , has known Cerf as a family friend, a research supervisor, and a fellow networking industry executive. National Medal of Technology and Innovation , Presidential Medal of Freedom , the Japan Prize 1965, mathematics, Stanford ; M.S.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida—a cavernous structure built in the 1960s for constructing the Apollo program’s Saturn V rockets and, later, for preparing the space shuttle—the agency’s next big rocket is taking shape. Inside the. To achieve that, NASA extensively repurposed shuttle hardware.

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Hydrogen Florida Congress Engine 123

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. Cadillac conveys the philosophy of “ Art and Science ” globally, with “Art” representing an appeal to aesthetics while “Science” indicates advanced technology. I was able to spend 10 minutes driving a Saturn Aura sedan with an (HCCI) engine system.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

We knew who was involved, we knew the legions of people who had fought so hard for electric cars, we knew the technology was possible (hell, we had both driven GM’s EV1 for five years of flawless performance), and now we could see the future. Final delivery happens at Noon tomorrow in Tesla’s Los Angeles showroom.

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Los Angeles EV1 Tesla Saturn 100

Plug In Partners

MAY 23, 2007

The Volt will even make people forget that it was Lutz who gave us the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky. But I can’t help thinking that this technology will make the current crop of hybrids like the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape look like Ford Excursions. Good, sexy cars and a great price. But the Volt could be in a class by itself.

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

I t's fair to say that the plug in hybrid ( watch video ) was born in California at UC Davis through the vision and tenacity of Andy Frank; but now, as the idea and the technology begins to mature and spread, another State and another University is joining the effort: Here's the story from Channel Nine news : N.C. NCSU Chancellor James L.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 6, 2009

The two-mode plug-in hybrid technology that was originally supposed to appear in the Saturn VUE will now make its debut in a new Buick crossover vehicle in 2011. It will use the same technology that will debut in the Chevrolet Volt extended range vehicle in late 2010.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2009

At the recent SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit, General Motors engineers presented the first front-wheel-drive (FWD) iteration of their two-mode hybrid transaxle, termed the 2MT70 ( earlier post ), scheduled for its first application in the Saturn 2009 VUE 2-Mode Hybrid light sport-utility vehicle later this year ( earlier post ).

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GM Saturn Hybrid VUE 257

Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2009

This revised plan also moves up the resolution of Saab, Saturn and Hummer to the end of 2009 at the latest. - During the course of the plan, GM will look to make significant investments in future products and new technologies with development and testing of the Chevy Volt to remain on track with production to start by the end of 2010.

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General Motors Motor Motors Motoring 36

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

A National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) project, funded by GM, found that an ultracapacitor-based energy storage system (ESS) in a Saturn VUE BAS (belt alternator starter) mild hybrid performed at least as well or better than the NiMH battery system in the production hybrid.

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NiMH Energy Storage VUE Saturn 299

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2011

Under van Wijk’s concept, a plant would produce methanol from natural gas on the North Slope using the proposed GigaMethanol technology. van Wijk sold Saturn to Methanex in 2000 due to funding issues. Atlas uses Lurgi’s MegaMethanol technology, which allows the cost-effective production of methanol from natural gas.

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

Contracts for lithium batteries for the plug-in hybrid Saturn Vue and the Chevrolet Volt have received much press. If GM truly believes what it’s saying about the electrification of cars and the future of plug-in technology, it ought to announce the shelving of its fuel cell program for the time being.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

More likely than not, they will be used to test other crucial Starship technologies like orbital refilling and cryogenic fluid management. 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.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2009

In addition, the control of the injection event, via direct-injection technology, is very precise and results in better combustion efficiency and fuel consumption at all throttle openings. Saturn Sky Red Line. Saturn Outlook. Saturn Sky Red Line. Saturn Outlook. A higher compression ratio (11.4:1 Chevrolet HHR SS.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 26, 2006

Saturn and a 200-horsepower electric motor. market-research firm, says the battery problem means plug-ins will appear first as commercial vehicles: "Stop-and-go city driving really takes advantage of this technology." Frank explains, showing how he and the students filled that space with batteries.

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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. Part of a continuing series looking at historical artifacts that embrace the boundless potential of technology.

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Australia Solar Saturn Engine 84

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

For people looking for the most effective way to end our addiction to oil, PHEVs have made sense because carmakers can build them now, with todays technology and using todays infrastructure. Scientist have confirmed that unlike gasoline cars, plug-ins will get cleaner as they get older -- because our power grid is getting cleaner.

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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 conversions in Canada CommuterCars: Builders of the "Tango" tandem EV Currie Technologies: Homeof US ProDrive Electric Scooters and Electric Bicycles.

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