Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2014

For EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future, GM donated Chevrolet Malibus; for EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, GM donated Saturn Vues; and for Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility, the company donated Chevrolet Equinoxes.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2009

Service and warranty of existing Malibu hybrids will be unaffected by the decision, as the company has an adequate supply of replacement components, including the 36/42V battery packs. The Malibu hybrid shares components with two other GM mild hybrids: the Saturn Aura and Vue hybrids.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The 2013 Chevrolet Cruze may best live up to the promise that its former Saturn division never did: that an American car company could design and build small cars to rival Japanese competitors for both quality and value.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2009

Prototype Saturn Vue PHEV plugging in to a Coulomb Chargepoint ( earlier post ) in San Jose, CA. In a post on GM’s FastLane blog, Vice Chairman Tom Stephens said that the company will apply plug-in hybrid technology to one of the four core brands remaining after the restructuring: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 28, 2022

Looks like we’re looking back toward the Saturn V. But Nelson is right: The rocket is retro in many ways, borrowing heavily from the space shuttles America flew for 30 years, and from the Apollo-Saturn V. “When you look at the rocket, it looks almost retro,” said Bill Nelson , the administrator of NASA.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 13, 2022

Beginning in 2022, the company aims to conduct three such rideshare launches annually, operating Falcon 9 a bit like an orbital bus service with the capacity for hundreds of small satellites from virtually any person, institution, or company on Earth – all for the unprecedentedly low price of approximately $5,000 per kilogram.

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Teslarati

MARCH 18, 2022

This is the first time a Moon rocket has rolled out of NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building since Saturn V headed to Pad 39A for Apollo 17 in 1972. NASA and its SLS/Orion contractors have subcontracted parts of the rocket and spacecraft’s development to more than 1,100 companies spread across the US, as well as every NASA center.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2017

General Motors and Honda are establishing the auto industry’s first manufacturing joint venture—Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, LLC, FCSM)—to mass-produce an advanced hydrogen fuel cell system that will be used in future products from each company. In addition, a president will be appointed to rotate between each company.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 31, 2023

The company has been building the second of several planned Starship launch sites for more than three years. Ironically, work on that pad began before the company started building the pad that will actually support Starship’s first orbital launch attempts. SpaceX broke ground on Starship’s first Florida OLS in late 2019.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

All of this made me think about of the differences in the way companies are introducing EVs into their product portfolios. They could: Offer an electric version of an existing vehicle Give an electric model a new or additional identity Introduce a new electric model Create a new electric sub-brand Start a new electric car company.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 22, 2021

At this point in time, the general consensus among close followers of SpaceX’s Starship program is that the unprecedented amount of time it’s taken the company to complete Booster 4’s first test was not because of the rocket itself but rather because the orbital launch site needed to fully test it had yet to be completed.

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Teslarati

JULY 2, 2021

Once Super Heavies are eventually outfitted with a full 32 Raptors, more engines than any other rocket in history, the booster will also produce more than twice the thrust of NASA’s Saturn V Moon rocket – still the most powerful vehicle ever flown.

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Gore Saturn Installation Building 145

Teslarati

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Coming either from SpaceX’s Hawthorne, California headquarters and Falcon rocket factory or a smaller fabrication shop colocated on the company’s McGregor, Texas development and testing campus, the giant coin-like structure was spotted arriving at Starbase on Tuesday afternoon. 33 engine boosters anyone?

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Engine Saturn Texas Installation 86

Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

GM then had eight separate brands, and the Task Force proposed that the company should shutter all but two: Chevrolet and Cadillac. Thus, the restructured GM was composed of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac, while the Hummer, Pontiac, Saab and Saturn brands died. The company has committed $800 million to that conversion.

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Teslarati

APRIL 20, 2022

It’s also possible that – like several moons around Saturn and Jupiter – one or more Uranian moons have liquid water oceans created by tidal heating, adding to the list of extraterrestrial bodies that might feature habitable environments or alien life.

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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 Pontiac brand will be phased out by the end of 2010.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 23, 2023

The company almost always preferred to build, test, and learn from minimum-viable-product prototypes as quickly as possible, even if that meant that failures were guaranteed. The next heaviest rockets ever built, Saturn V and N-1 , weighed around 2800 tons (~6.2M lbs) fully loaded. Starship is FULLY fueled for the first time!

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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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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Funding for the restructured company will need to be secured during the reorganization process and will be sought from both public and private sources. GM also said that is will sell or phase out the Hummer brand by 31 March, with a final resolution no later than 2010, and spin-off, sell or phase out the Saturn brand. Earlier post.)

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Sweden GM Saturn Hummer 150

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

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 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. However, this plan has now seemingly fallen by the wayside.

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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. We’re going to fly when the hardware’s ready to fly.”.

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Hydrogen Florida Congress Engine 126

Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

A day when Detroit’s gas car companies are improbably fighting for their lives. The keys will likely be handed to me (and EV1 co-veteran Linda Nicholes) by Bob Sexton, the very mechanic who rotated the tires of our EV1s at Saturn Marina del Rey back in 1998. A day when Tesla too has challenges, but a car in-hand.

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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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Green Cars News

MAY 4, 2009

General Motors: The company sold 1,534 units in April which consisted of: 523 two-mode SUVS (Tahoe, Yukon Escalade); 95 two-mode pick-ups (Silverado, Sierra); 547 Malibu hybrids; 338 Saturn VUE hybrids; 31 Saturn Aura hybrids. Meanwhile, the Ford Escape and Mariner hybrids saw sales drop by 40.5

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2009

GM hybrids currently include the Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Aura and Saturn VUE BAS; as well as the Tahoe, Silverado, Sierra, Yukon and Cadillac Escalade two-mode hybrids. Meanwhile, the Camry and Camry Hybrid remained the company’s volume leader with the Camry Hybrid selling 2,093 units - this represented a 31.5

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Cars That Think

APRIL 30, 2023

That mission came from Bob Kahn, then at Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN) , the company contracted by the U.S. The birth of MCI Mail Cerf joined MCI as vice president of engineering to build what the company was calling a digital post office. “We And then they set about breaking the network by overloading it with artificial traffic.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2011

Janus Methanol is a methanol and chemical development and operating company. van Wijk, a former Methanex executive, formed Saturn Methanol which subsequently built Titan Methanol, a 2,500 tonne per day methanol production facility in Trinidad, and began Atlas Methanol, also in Trinidad. Methanol-to-gasoline process flow diagram.

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

. -- North Carolina State University plans to launch a research hub for the development of plug-in cars, a project that has attracted the interest of both energy and automobile companies. General Motors is also on the plug-in bandwagon with its Saturn Vue Green Line.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The same site that supported the inaugural launch of Saturn V and the Space Shuttle and every single crewed mission to the Moon, Pad 39A’s next mission doesn’t carry quite the same gravity but will still be a milestone in the history of spaceflight.

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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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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The first stage of Saturn V produced around 3400 tons (7.5M Unless SpaceX’s goal was a minimum-throttle static fire, Starship’s 31-Raptor static fire likely beat Saturn V’s record to become the most powerful ground test in the history of rocketry. The most powerful rocket test in history?

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Saab dealers were issued rebadged Trailblazers and Subaru Imprezas , because what the hell, and Saturn offered Opels that few wanted. Disappointingly, Suzuki musical instruments are made by an unrelated company, giving Yamaha employees more reason to sneer at their rivals. Was it cheaper than a similarly-equipped Frontier?

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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. I did, too, until Ford confiscated the cars and sold the company. Now the relationship with EVs may be going further still.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The Information reports that SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell “will assume oversight” of the company’s Starship program and Starbase facilities, seemingly stepping in for Elon Musk as the CEO shifts his focus to Twitter.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the company could eventually develop an expendable version of its next-generation Starship rocket. 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. Starship is extraordinarily ambitious. lbf) of thrust at sea level.

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