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 next-generation design predicts a 300% increase in fuel economy over the production 4-cylinder vehicle.

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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. Tags: Market Background Vehicle Manufacturers.

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GM Saturn Hummer 2008 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Ohio-based Advanced Mechanical Products, Inc. ( 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. Tags: Conversions Electric (Battery) Motors Plug-ins. AMP’s drivetrain for the electric Equinox. Click to enlarge. Steve Burns.

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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. Tom Stephens, GM vice chairman of product development, made the announcement during the Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Michigan.

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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. Tags: Batteries Plug-ins. Reduced-cost EDLCs, through capacitor construction that reduces labor cost (machine assembled with fewer parts). OEM involvement and interest.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

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. Tags: Production Diary Production News Tesla Motors Tesla Roadster. I am very very lucky!

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Los Angeles EV1 Tesla Saturn 100

Green Cars News

MAY 21, 2009

In addition, General Motors’ nearest thing to a green brand - Saturn, the brand under which it put out its first hybrids - is falling victim to the company’s restructuring following the global economic crisis. Tags: Green cars Latest news Toyota general motors green car brands Saturn Toyota Prius.

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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. The next generation design would feature a 300 per cent increase in fuel economy over the production four cylinder model.

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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. GM also gave a tour of the pre-production area where we could see production-intent Chevy Volts being assembled. Build better products. by Bill Cooke. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 28, 2008

Here is the outline of what the bill intends to do: SECTION 131 TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION SEC 131 Transportation Electrification DOE to establish competitive grants for electric vehicles and PHEVs to encourage early widespread use and advance production of electric (And PHEV) vehicles in USA. $90 Tags: legislation.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 23, 2007

Wait Don’t Tell Me” this past Saturday.The GM product boss said the vehicle he is most excited about, and the one he thinks will be the most significant for GM, is the Chevy Volt. The Volt will even make people forget that it was Lutz who gave us the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky. Tags: manufacturers.

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Volt GM Saturn Cleaner 100

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. According to Tom Stephens, GM vice chairman of product development, the vehicle is capable of electric only propulsion for more than 10 miles at low speeds.

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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

AUGUST 4, 2009

Non-core brand sales declined when compared with June as Pontiac dipped 7%; Saturn was down 21%, and HUMMER and Saab declined 26%. On 27 July, Chrysler restarted production at 9 of its 11 manufacturing facilities. Tags: Hybrids Sales. GMC sales increased 8%, led by Sierra, Canyon and Yukon XL. from a year ago with 6,770 units.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2009

At the recent SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit, General Motors engineers presented the first front-wheel-drive (FWD) iteration of their two-mode hybrid transaxle, termed the 2MT70 ( earlier post ), scheduled for its first application in the Saturn 2009 VUE 2-Mode Hybrid light sport-utility vehicle later this year ( earlier post ).

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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. Tags: Batteries Hybrids. Pesaran, A.;

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2009

Saturn Sky Red Line. Saturn Outlook. Saturn Sky Red Line. Saturn Outlook. The block was developed using the latest math-based tools for product design as well as for manufacturability. Tags: Engines. MY 2010 (announced to date). Pontiac Solstice GXP. Chevrolet HHR SS. Cadillac STS. Cadillac CTS. GMC Acadia.

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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. MECI McMaster-Carr :Online catalog NorthernHydraulics Online Science Stuff : Supplierof science products and lab equipment. D&D Motor Systems, Inc. :DC

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. ’s vice chairman of product development, Robert Lutz, reportedly told Volt enthusiasts at the Web site GM-Volt.com. “We April 18, 2009 1:40 am Link I drive a Saturn SL1 that has over 300K miles on it. Tags: evdriven.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). 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.

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