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. liter engine and fueled by E85 ethanol. The Ohio State’s design was powered by a 1.8-liter

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Ohio Universal 2009 Design 150

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. Tags: Brief. Oge, Director of OTAQ.

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EPA VUE Saturn General Motors 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2009

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. direct-injected four-cylinder engine with an optional 3.0L V-6 flex-fuel engine. engine side. Tags: Hybrids Plug-ins.

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Buick Li-ion Plug-in GM 210

Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

General Motors is also on the plug-in bandwagon with its Saturn Vue Green Line. The Vue Green Line will get a two-mode hybrid powertrain later this year and a plug-in variant will be introduced in 2009. liter turbocharged gasoline engine." Tags: institutions. Join Plug in Partners today.

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Transportation North Carolina VUE Plug-in 100

Green Cars News

JUNE 15, 2009

The competition has challenged university engineering students to re-engineer a 2009 Saturn VUE to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions while retaining performance and consumer appeal. Ohio State’s design was powered by a 1.8litre engine and fuelled by E85 ethanol.

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Ohio VUE Saturn Extended Range 36

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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Altima Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Lithium Ion Plug-in 100

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. Tags: legislation. T here has been a lot of news too!

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PHEV Energy Energy Storage Saturn 100