Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 16, 2012
A study by researchers at Iowa State University has determined that the automotive industry has a very large potential to utilize biobased materials. The Saturn L300 and European-market Opel Vectra have package trays and door panel inserts made of a kenaf and flax mixture. General Motors.
Teslarati
APRIL 20, 2022
This is NASEM's top recommended Flagship mission to study the Uranian system. The orbiter, however, would continue on to tour the Uranian system for at least four years, observing and studying the ice giant and its rings, magnetosphere, and 27+ moons. That keystone: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
It also became the third most powerful liquid rocket ever launched, placing SpaceX squarely at the table alongside the likes of NASA’s Saturn V Moon rocket and the Soviet Union’s ill-fated N-1 and Energia. The launch was recently delayed from Q2 to the end of Q3 2022.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 16, 2010
The first two vehicles available for AMP conversions are the GM Saturn Sky and the GM Pontiac Solstice. GM presented the study at the recent SAE 2010 Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Symposium. AMP has developed an all-electric high performance, high efficiency drive train for installation into select modern passenger vehicles.
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. The team currently is working on control tuning and integration, and initiating a long-term effects study.
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. Here are the ones that caught our eye: Quantum's Fisker Joint Venture to Launch the New Fisker. Sign the On Line Petition News Summary I HOME.
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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