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The Truth About Cars
MARCH 18, 2024
That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. liter engine and automatic). The system replaced the starter motor and alternator with a belt-driven motor/generator rig that generated five horsepower and 48 pound-feet. Even with $4/gallon gas ($6.13
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.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2009
The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. Byran Nesbitt, Cadillac’s general manager, added that “ Dedicated resources, studio and engineering, allows us to nurture and build the brand identity. ”. by Bill Cooke. Click to enlarge. Build better products. Click to enlarge.
Plugs and Cars
DECEMBER 22, 2006
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. Electric motors are clean, lightweight, maintenance-free and powerful. As it stands now, Toyota can incrementally improve their gasoline-only hybrids, staying out front in the mpg wars.
Plugs and Cars
AUGUST 18, 2007
As Burning Man attempts to go green, here's to hoping they become the first American City to ban the internal combustion engine within its borders. Feet, pedals and electric motors only will make for a much more pleasant and greener event. Back after Labor Day. GM has been getting a lot of attention with its plug-in intentions.
Plug In Partners
JANUARY 26, 2006
. -- In the 1950s, an aspiring Pasadena hot-rodder named Andrew Frank shocked the competition by powering his 1936 Ford with a Cadillac V-12 engine. "It In the 1990s, as a mechanical-engineering professor at the University of California here, Dr. Frank produced another shocker. Hybrid automobiles work with two engines.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
How does this sound: 100+ MPG in a regular vehicle? And were gratified that General Motors recognizes this study as validation of its decision to evolve to the electrification of transportation. At $3 for a gallon of gas, driving a non-hybrid car costs 8-20 cents/mile (depending on MPG). What Are Plug-In Hybrids?
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