Cars That Think

AUGUST 28, 2022

Looks like we’re looking back toward the Saturn V. Artemis , powered by the Space Launch System rocket, is America’s first attempt to send astronauts to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972, and technology has taken giant leaps since then. “When you look at the rocket, it looks almost retro,” said Bill Nelson , the administrator of NASA.

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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. of Energy (DOE) and nonprofit Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). of Energy (DOE) and nonprofit Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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VUE Plug-in GM Saturn 150

Teslarati

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

On the fourth anniversary of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch debut and after an unusual multi-year hiatus, the world’s most powerful operational rocket could be on the brink of an impressive salvo of launches.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 18, 2024

But by the time the signals traverse the multibillion-kilometer distance from the heliopause to Earth, their power has faded to a level 20 billion times weaker than what is needed to run a digital watch. Voyager 2 broadcasts using a 23-watt radio.

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 10, 2012

However I have been busy buying parts and I building myslef a lab power supply for a old computer ATX power supply which I had lying around. I tested them both with my power supply and they clunk when I apply 12V so I assume all good. Hope to finish the Volvo this weekend and then start de-ICE ing the Saturn.

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Saturn DC Volvo Cheap 100

Teslarati

JANUARY 11, 2023

million lbf) of thrust at sea level, making it the most powerful privately-developed rocket in history. While the records of N1 , Saturn V , and Energia still stand, all three were retired decades ago.

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Engine Saturn Installation Florida 145

Teslarati

JANUARY 31, 2023

The swing arm contains plumbing and an umbilical device that connects to Starship’s upper stage and supplies propellant, gas, power, and connectivity. Set to be the largest, most powerful, and most capable rocket in history, Starship is primarily built out of steel and designed to be fully reusable.

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Teslarati

MARCH 17, 2022

lbf) of thrust at liftoff – substantially heavier and more powerful than Saturn V or N1, the largest rockets ever successfully and unsuccessfully launched.

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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

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

GM has simplified the two-mode hybrid system for application in front-wheel drive vehicles—the Saturn VUE being the first instance ( earlier post )—while retaining its functionality and capability, according to Mark Selogie, Senior Manager Power Electronics, GM Powertrain, speaking at the SAE Hybrid Symposium in San Diego (11-12 Feb).

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VUE GM San Diego Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

The objective of the project is to develop a high power and high energy electrical storage system that combines the strengths of each technology—high power density for ultracapacitors and high energy storage for Li-ion batteries—at equal or better system efficiency and net cost/density compared to current conventional Li-ion batteries.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. This behemoth will be super powerful and long range–and will be expensive too. For our discussion, Saturn dealers were the delivery and service point for GM’s aborted first electric car, the EV1.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 22, 2021

lbf) of thrust – 50% more powerful than NASA’s retired Saturn V Moon rocket. Eventually, that process could culminate in the ignition of all 29 of Booster 4’s Raptors, briefly producing a bit less than 5400 tons (~11.9M

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Teslarati

JANUARY 23, 2023

lbf) of thrust, making it more powerful than any rocket in history by a large margin. The next heaviest rockets ever built, Saturn V and N-1 , weighed around 2800 tons (~6.2M Booster 7 must still complete one or several more static fires, during which it could become the most powerful rocket ever tested. lbs) fully loaded.

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

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Ohio Universal 2009 Design 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

The first two vehicles available for AMP conversions are the GM Saturn Sky and the GM Pontiac Solstice. The torque and power density allows for improved fuel economy, increased range in all-electric drive mode and the potential for a smaller internal combustion engine in hybrid vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2011

The first, a Saturn Vue called the eMOOve, will be a series hybrid, to be completed in 2012. Bower says he hopes incorporating the RCCI engine technology into a vehicle will encourage industry leaders to adapt it for vehicles and even stationary power generators. One hurdle, though, will be the fuel infrastructure.

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Open Source Civic EV Kit

APRIL 7, 2008

I wanted a project that the group could share their collective brain power and rally around. The Saturn came up a distant second, but everyone agreed that the Civic was the best. This project started about a month ago when I became co-chair of the Oregon Electric Vehicles Association.

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Kits Conversion Golf Cart Saturn 185

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. The conventional version of the Buick crossover will be powered by an Ecotec 2.4L Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for GM) Click to enlarge.

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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. BE-4 engine , seven of which will power New Glenn’s first stage. Inside the.

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Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

Thus, the restructured GM was composed of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac, while the Hummer, Pontiac, Saab and Saturn brands died. Battery size, motor power and most other details remain unknown. The Task Force ultimately agreed. Sure, the Hummer is now back as a 9,000-pound EV truck, but it’s sold under the GMC luxury-truck brand.

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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. The two-mode hybrid would also have featured a battery powered driving range at a low speed of around 10mph which could double fuel economy compared to the conventional vehicle on short trips.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

The Remy motors, says Burns, are very powerful, very light, and very inexpensive. 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. Such a configuration also reduces the weight of the final vehicle package. Steve Burns.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 16, 2007

The logic is inexorable: We need to shift almost all power use to electricity. Tags: union of concerned scientists electric cars urge2 plug-in hybrid chevy volt Saturn grist NRDC vue Sierra Club. electrification has got to be the end goal. That means dialing back the ethanol frenzy. It's about the plug, stupid.

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Teslarati

APRIL 23, 2024

NASA has given the final approval to proceed with the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s Moon Titan with a launch scheduled for July 2028 and arriving at Titan in 2034. Dragonfly will be powered by a Multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG), similar to the Mars rovers Curiosity and Perseverance.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 28, 2008

Sec 641 Energy Storage for Transportation and Electric Power Vehicle Demonstrations Directs DOE to carry out a program of electric drive vehicle energy storage technology demonstrations though a consortia. Sign the On Line Petition News Summary I HOME.

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PHEV Energy Energy Storage Saturn 100

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

will convert three of DTE Energy’s fleet Saturn VUE SUVs to battery electric powertrains. The all-electric DTE Energy fleet Saturn Vues will be powered by Amp’s exclusive modular electric powertrain system. AMP Holding Inc. Earlier post.) million Michigan homes and businesses.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The brand died in 2009 as GM declared bankruptcy, restructured with US government backing, and jettisoned not only Hummer but also Pontiac, Saab and Saturn. That will allow it to deliver a total of 750 kW (1,000 hp) to the three motors powering the wheels. When you invoke the Watts To Freedom mode (WTF, get it?

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Hummer GMC GM Market 104

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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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

What sold me was knowing this was speed and a new era of clean domestically powered American automobiles. 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. I am very very lucky!

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

may also join the program as researchers seek to develop lighter and safer vehicles that the batteries can power. State Chancellor James Oblinger said he expects to develop a battery that can power a vehicle without the aid of gasoline within the next two to five years. Easley said General Motors Corp.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 23, 2007

The Volt will even make people forget that it was Lutz who gave us the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky. is made up of short trips well under ten miles round-trip, a growing fleet of vehicles that can do that on battery power instead of gasoline is a huge game-changer. Good, sexy cars and a great price. I know the Volt isn’t here yet.

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Volt GM Saturn Cleaner 100

Teslarati

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

SpaceX’s Starship rocket has survived a record-breaking engine test – potentially the most powerful static fire in the history of rocketry. Still, one would expect SpaceX itself to proudly confirm as much if a rocket it built became the most powerful in history. The most powerful rocket test in history?

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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. Electric motors are clean, lightweight, maintenance-free and powerful. The latest lithium-ion batteries are energy-dense, durable, compact and recyclable.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 6, 2009

The two-mode plug-in hybrid technology that was originally supposed to appear in the Saturn VUE will now make its debut in a new Buick crossover vehicle in 2011. On the road, the two-mode plug-in hybrid system can use any combination of electric or petrol power to move the vehicle depending on the conditions.

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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. Power dominates cost in HEV (high P/E ratio) batteries.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 23, 2009

Though 12 miles is well short of the 40 plus miles of the upcoming Chevy Volt, the costs associated with the hybrid system should also fall well short of the Volts costly power train. The plug-in Prius is a separate model from the all new 2010 Prius Hybrid.

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