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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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. Battery-gasoline hybrids go back more than 20 years to the first Toyota Prius, but real mainstream battery-only electric EVs are only in their second decade. It debuted in the U.S.

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DIY Electric Car

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

It's a 2002 Saturn SL1 with 220,000 miles and a rough engine, however it still runs. I am presently stuck on batteries? I have bought my donor car. The price was $900 which was OK I think? I have been looking for ages on Craigslist for the right car and toyed with all sort of cars. I am driving to Pittsburgh today to pick them up.

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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. Individual cells can be replaced on an as-needed basis without replacing the entire battery pack. AMP expects the battery packs to retain 80% of their capacity up to 100,000 miles. Thermal Advantage of Bar Wound (e.g.,

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Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

They’ve seen Super Bowl ads for the GMC Hummer EV , or heard news about the lengthy, painful Chevrolet Bolt EV battery recall. Thus, the restructured GM was composed of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac, while the Hummer, Pontiac, Saab and Saturn brands died. Battery size, motor power and most other details remain unknown.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2009

The 8 kWh battery pack for the new 2011 Buick PHEV crossover vehicle is prepared for testing at the General Motors Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. General Motors will debut its two-mode plug-in hybrid technology—originally intended to appear first in a Saturn VUE, prior to that brand’s sale—in a new Buick crossover vehicle in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2017

FCSM will operate within GM’s existing battery pack manufacturing facility site in Brownstown, Michigan, south of Detroit. The co-developed new generation stack builds on the compact size and high-performance of Honda’s current generation stack in the Clarity ( earlier post ) by achieving significant cost reductions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

AMP ), a company engaged in the conversion of new vehicles to full battery-electric drive, unveiled its latest all-electric conversion platform, the GM Chevrolet Equinox. 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.

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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. By 2013, the team will also convert its Chevy Equinox, called MOOVADA, to be a parallel hybrid, in which the battery and the engine work together. The team is converting two of its former competition vehicles for this purpose.

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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. AMP, a company engaged in the conversion of new vehicles to full battery-electric drive, unveiled its all-electric conversion of the GM Chevrolet Equinox earlier this year. AMP Holding Inc. Earlier post.)

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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. The two-mode hybrid would also have featured a battery powered driving range at a low speed of around 10mph which could double fuel economy compared to the conventional vehicle on short trips.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 9, 2010

kilowatt-hour battery pack produced by Tesla Motors Inc., The pack is less than half the size of the Mini E’s battery pack, but the Smart also weighs about 1,000 pounds less. Daimler is already working on a next generation battery pack developed with Evonik Industries AG. The Smart electric will carry a 16.5-kilowatt-hour

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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. 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

Plug In Partners

JANUARY 28, 2008

SEC 134 Loan Guarantees for Fuel Efficient vehicles including electric and PHEVs SEC 135 Advanced Battery Loan Guarantee Program Guarantees of loans for construction of battery manufacturing facilities including electrical systems and software. Sign the On Line Petition News Summary I HOME.

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

said they have both pledged to participate in the project and are already developing a grid system that would allow drivers to charge their car batteries while away from home. may also join the program as researchers seek to develop lighter and safer vehicles that the batteries can power. Duke Energy Corp. and Progress Energy Corp.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 23, 2007

The Volt , provided GM can get the lithium battery right , will go about 40 miles on an electric charge. At that point, the internal combustion engine kicks in and recharges the battery while you are driving. Imagine using your laptop computer on a battery. While you are working, the battery is also recharging.

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Volt GM Saturn Cleaner 100

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. As part of the culling, GM has the option to re-badge vehicles from the non-core brands, such as the Pontiac G8, Opel Insignia and Saturn Vue. I was able to spend 10 minutes driving a Saturn Aura sedan with an (HCCI) engine system. by Bill Cooke.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2006

In December, Nissan announced its "Green Program 2010," projecting a line of hybrids, plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars utilizing lithium-ion batteries of its own manufacture. 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.

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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. According to Tom Stephens, GM vice chairman of product development, the vehicle is capable of electric only propulsion for more than 10 miles at low speeds.

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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. Power dominates cost in HEV (high P/E ratio) batteries.

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

The founders of Google have made personal investments in Tesla as befits dotcom billionaires, and they're converting Priuses to plug-in hybrids for the company fleet with battery maker A123. Contracts for lithium batteries for the plug-in hybrid Saturn Vue and the Chevrolet Volt have received much press.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 23, 2009

The upcoming plug-in Prius will use the traditional nickel metal hydride battery system, but future versions will likely see the addition of a lithium ion battery pack. The fleet models will be part of a test bed for Toyota and future development of the plug-in Prius may at some point lead to a consumer model.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 26, 2006

He called his new configuration the "plug-in hybrid" because it allowed homeowners to recharge the car's batteries by plugging into an electrical outlet. Dr. Frank estimates that if drivers regularly recharge their batteries at home, plug-ins may get well over 100 miles per gallon. Saturn and a 200-horsepower electric motor.

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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. Battery chargers and DC/DC converters. DC PowerSystems : Mega-controller and battery regulators. Curtis Instruments : Controllersand more.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

CA, NY, MA and other states have had Zero-Emission Vehicle programs since the early 1990s because battery electric vehicles in those states, taking into account power plants, are far cleaner than gasoline cars in reducing urban air pollution and smog. The Bottom Line Plug-ins cost more mainly because batteries are expensive.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Batteries not ready. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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Cars That Think

JULY 21, 2021

It successfully descended to Saturn's moon Titan in 2005 after being carried by the Cassini orbiter. In order to prove how successful our antenna could be, we subjected it to a battery of extreme environmental tests, including a handful of tests specific to Europa's atypical environment. JPL-Caltech/NASA.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). Volt will survive and prosper,” G.M.’s

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. Posted by: Michael | Apr 13, 2009 5:03:10 PM Battery and technology in the EV1 could not have made it in the market. Forget the black helicopter conspiracies.

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