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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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

This appeases the purists who can’t imagine a Harley that’s quiet and scent-free while letting H-D move into the electrified future. LiveWire Labs in Silicon Valley will communicate with Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee to “pioneer the future of motorcycling.” The LiveWire at launch was a Harley. Fine with me. Five Ways To Market EVs.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 26, 2022

It could show the future of electric hypercars, not just from Pininfarina but from the market as a whole. In Top Gear’s video in the rain, the hypercar handled more like the Saturn 5 rocket than a road-going vehicle. Much like other electric vehicles, the vehicle is far from featherweight.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 11, 2023

While the records of N1 , Saturn V , and Energia still stand, all three were retired decades ago. In terms of performance, Falcon Heavy is the fifth most capable rocket ever built and is second only to NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) today.

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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. However, with the wind down of Saturn as part of GM’s restructuring plans, Stephens has reiterated that plug-ins remain a “key element in GM’s reinvention&#.

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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. Earlier post.). and president of Honda North America, Inc.

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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

OCTOBER 6, 2021

lbf) – more than twice that of the current record-holder, NASA’s famous Saturn V Moon rocket. A 13 engine thrust puck spotted for a future booster which will have the full 33 engine complement. 33 engine boosters anyone?

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Teslarati

JANUARY 31, 2023

At some point in the future, SpaceX may attempt to use its towers and chopsticks to catch Starships and Super Heavies out of mid-air and speed up reuse. Saturn V, the most capable rocket ever flown, was fully expendable and could launch up to 118 metric tons (~260,000 lb) into orbit.

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

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Open Source Civic EV Kit

APRIL 7, 2008

Today, there are high-end cars like the Tesla Roadster ($80,000) and the Fetish ($120,000) with future possibilities from LionEV, AC Propulsion and LionEV coming up for probably close to $30K. The Saturn came up a distant second, but everyone agreed that the Civic was the best.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

That month, the SUV version appeared as one of three future EVs serving as backdrops for a presentation by CEO Mary Barra and other executives to reveal some details about future electric Chevrolet crossover and pickup models.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

It will also include a small spacecraft capable of "hopping" to explore shadowed craters for evidence of potential water ice, a resource that, if present, could be used in the future for both propulsion and supplies for astronauts. This won't be enough for larger missions, however. James Provost.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

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. Reduced-cost EDLCs, through capacitor construction that reduces labor cost (machine assembled with fewer parts).

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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. Having never paid more then $20,000 for a car, this was not convincing. I am very very lucky!

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Cars That Think

APRIL 30, 2023

His work on MCI Mail would have a big influence on his future work with the Internet. In 1992, when Vint was part of the Internet Architecture Board of the Internet Engineering Task Force , there was a tense time around the future addressing scheme of the Internet,” Steve Crocker recalls. universities. 1970 and Ph.D.

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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. And at this writing, the issue of Opel’s future ownership has yet to be settled.] by Bill Cooke.

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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. Essentially, the Europeans believe cars will be all petroleum all the time for the forseeable future. Electric motors are clean, lightweight, maintenance-free and powerful.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 23, 2009

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. 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.

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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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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. Source: Gonder et al. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. .

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

If he wants Twitter to survive, let alone thrive, it appears that Musk will have to divert most of his attention to the social media app for the indefinite future, forcing him to step back from some of his day-to-day work at SpaceX and Tesla. More importantly, Starship, according to CEO Elon Musk, is the future of all SpaceX programs.

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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

JUNE 1, 2021

Musk also stated that SpaceX will eventually upgrade Super Heavy to 32 engines, giving future boosters a central cluster of 12 engines that the SpaceX CEO says will significantly improve the efficiency of boostback burns. Lot of plumbing! — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 26, 2021.

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Cars That Think

MAY 17, 2022

But when von Braun’s Apollo program came to fruition, in the late 1960s, huge crowds gathered every few months on the Florida coast to watch the thundering Saturn V rockets take off. They rained down on Paris, London, and other cities, killing 9,000 people , mostly civilians. It was a partylike atmosphere and a joyous time.

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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. EVCircuit Newsletter EVOnline : an online history of electricvehicles EV WORLD --The Future In Motion : An EV Net-zine.

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Cars That Think

JULY 21, 2021

We built such an antenna anyway—and although it was designed for Europa, it is a revolutionary enough design that we're already successfully implementing it in future missions for other destinations in the solar system. It successfully descended to Saturn's moon Titan in 2005 after being carried by the Cassini orbiter.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. Volkswagen CEO says "Future belongs to electric cars," has gained German government support for development. Lutz said GM is pushing to have Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid on the road by 2009. -- ( Autoweek ). "I See Chevy Volt for latest.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 15, 2022

Altogether, the first variant of SLS – Block 1 – is expected to be able to launch up to 95 tons (~210,000 lb) to low Earth orbit and around 27 tons (~59,500 lb) to the Moon, 32% and 38% worse than the Saturn V rocket NASA abandoned for the Space Shuttle in the 1970s. Lunar orbit rendezvous: A look into the not too distant future.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. April 18, 2009 1:40 am Link I drive a Saturn SL1 that has over 300K miles on it.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"The Volt continues to be one of our highest priorities among all GMs future product programs and remains on track for a November 2010 launch," spokesman David Darovitz told Automotive News. Volt like hybrids are the intermediate future between hydrogen or fast charging electric cars. So I think its a safe bet for GM.

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