Plug In Partners
JANUARY 26, 2006
Saturn and a 200-horsepower electric motor. Utilities are drawn to the idea of a car that plugs in at home. Frank explains, showing how he and the students filled that space with batteries. Then the students replaced the Explorer's big gasoline engine with a fuel-sipper taken from a General Motors Corp.
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. Micro :Electronics, Kits, Surplus, Online Catalog Cand H Sales Co.: Nice folks. Battery chargers and DC/DC converters. Fair RadioSales Co.:
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I Lutz said GM is pushing to have Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid on the road by 2009. -- ( Autoweek ). "I See Chevy Volt for latest.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
People are scared that they’ll get stuck and have no way of charging the batteries, hey I have an idea why not build a wind turbine on the roof that way as you drive the turbine spins and charges the battery. April 18, 2009 1:40 am Link I drive a Saturn SL1 that has over 300K miles on it. — Tony 11. — Jim Walker 19.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
They only have that many models because they use the same chassis and drivetrain to build 3 different cars, one branded as a Chevy, the next a Pontiac, then a Saturn, etc. If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. The EV1s failure was a failure of Management.
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