Green Car Reports

JANUARY 21, 2022

The first pre-production 2023 Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV has rolled off the assembly line at General Motors' Spring Hill, Tennessee, factory, GM president Mark Reuss announced Thursday on LinkedIn. GM is aiming to ship the first customer vehicles in "a few months" Reuss said. That means the automaker could meet the first-quarter 2022 deadline it.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2009

and Penske Automotive Group confirmed details of a proposed transaction under which Penske would acquire the Saturn brand. If completed, the deal would save more than 350 dealerships and 13,000 jobs at Saturn and its retailers in the United States, and would preserve the Saturn brand. General Motors Corp. Earlier post.)

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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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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Spring Hill, Tennessee, used to be known for its avant-garde Saturn plant — the GM fan fav division was designed to compete in the 1980s with Japanese imports. Now Spring Hill has notoriety for another reason: a majority of workers at the Ultium Cells plant there have signed cards to.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

MARCH 22, 2011

I have been considering converting my 1999 Saturn SL2 to electric. This has an automatic transmission. I only drive 12Km to work every day and believe

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 14, 2011

The shuttered Saturn brand is quickly fading from memory, but now GM plans to bring back one former Saturn model to live on in a new incarnation. But even if you're a Saturn fan, you won't be able to buy one--unless you're a business.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

General Motors issued a short statement announcing that it is proceeding to the next step with respect to the sale of Saturn. A number of potential buyers have surfaced and expressed interest in the Saturn brand and retailer network.

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The Driven EV News

JANUARY 11, 2024

First metro Sydney council-led e electric scooter trial to run for 12 months in partnership with Beam, using Saturn 5 e-scooters. The post NSW council launches shared e-scooter trial with Beam appeared first on The Driven.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 20, 2020

General Motors confirmed Tuesday morning that its Spring Hill, Tennessee, plant, which once served as the launch point for Saturn, will build the upcoming Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV starting late next year. As GM clarified in August, the Lyriq might be available for sale in another market—like China—before the U.S.,

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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. The post NASA confirms the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s Moon: Titan appeared first on TESLARATI. billion after originally expected to be a max of $850 million.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Past vehicles cranked out of the facility include the Pontiac Grand Prix, Olds Intrigue, and Saturn Aura. Presently, the plant makes the XT4 and Chevy Malibu, both of which are cancelled for the upcoming year. It will escape no one’s notice that not only are all those models gone, so are the entire brands.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 21, 2009

Just two weeks ago, we reported that GM's first plug-in hybrid vehicle--originally meant to be a Saturn Vue before GM decided to sell Saturn to Pennske--would become a Buick crossover. My, how quickly things change in the new Internet world. As GM said Wednesday on its Fastlane blog, "not all the feedback was positive.".

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Saturn introduced a internet order referred to as “Novel Adventures” that featured 4 ladies in a retain membership interacting with a special Saturn in each episode. GM discontinued the Saturn logo two years then.

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Innovation News Network

MAY 31, 2023

Learn about the large water plume from Saturn's moon that has been detected by researchers using the James Webb Telescope. The post Large water plume from Saturn’s moon Enceladus mapped by Webb appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 20, 2020

GM looks to the birthplace of Saturn for making electric vehicles. The maker of the iPhone is getting into the business of electric cars. Porsche updates its plug-in hybrids. And the Model Y gets recalled, but because of OTA updates it’s not a big deal. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 4, 2007

GM today announced two contracts to "design and test lithium-ion batteries" for use in the Saturn Vue Plug-in Hybrid announced last month at the LA Auto Show. According to the press release, two variants of Lithium batteries will be "evaluated in prototype Saturn Vue Green Line plug-in hybrids beginning later this year."

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Wagoner said GM is using the Saturn Vue hybrid sport utility vehicle to develop a plug-in hybrid, which can be re-charged from a standard electrical outlet, and will offer biofuel-capable Hummer SUVs. Tags: GM plug-in hybrid Saturn. (GM) Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said Wednesday that the U.S. for complete story: [link].

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Teslarati

APRIL 6, 2024

That’s a cumulative number of miles that exceeds the distance between the Earth and Saturn. As per the electric vehicle maker, Tesla drivers have driven over 1 billion miles on FSD.

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Green Cars News

MAY 6, 2009

Having already taken the decision to close its Pontiac brand, General Motors has now announced that it will proceed with the sale of Saturn. Tags: Cars Latest news general motors Chrysler Fiat GM to sell Saturn Saturn. At this point, GM has declined to comment on a potential Fiat-GM tie-up.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The same site that supported the inaugural launch of Saturn V and the Space Shuttle and every single crewed mission to the Moon, Pad 39A’s next mission doesn’t carry quite the same gravity but will still be a milestone in the history of spaceflight.

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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.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2014

The GM recall covers the 2005-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt, 2007-2010 Pontiac G5, 2003-2007 Saturn Ion, 2006-2011 Chevrolet HHR, 2006-2010 Pontiac Solstice and 2007-2010 Saturn Sky vehicles. After review and consultation by NHTSA, GM twice expanded the recall to include a total of 2,190,934 vehicles in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2009

The Malibu hybrid shares components with two other GM mild hybrids: the Saturn Aura and Vue hybrids. Service and warranty of existing Malibu hybrids will be unaffected by the decision, as the company has an adequate supply of replacement components, including the 36/42V battery packs.

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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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Electric Cars are for Girls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

What would it take to convert a Saturn SC2 to electric? The information on web sites is all over the place. Some want $5,000.00 for a kit while another

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Cars That Think

MAY 1, 2024

According to the Zeiss Archive, a large sphere held all of the projectors for the fixed stars as well as a “planet cage” that held projectors for the sun, the moon, and the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The fixed-star sphere was positioned so that it projected outward from the exact center of the dome.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

GM got serious about its hybrid game for the 2007 model year, when the Saturn Vue Green Line hit showrooms. In recent years, I've been making an effort to find discarded examples of early hybrid efforts that have faded from our memories.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2014

For EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future, GM donated Chevrolet Malibus; for EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, GM donated Saturn Vues; and for Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility, the company donated Chevrolet Equinoxes.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

This is yet another reminder that GM can be a dysfunctional family of brands, to say the least (look at Saturn). As other GM brands exit these dealerships, he argues that they will likely shift to sell more Chevy vehicles and further expand the Chevy brand. Chevrolet Bolts on a dealership parking lot.

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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. NASASpaceflight).

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The first stage of Saturn V produced around 3400 tons (7.5M Unless SpaceX’s goal was a minimum-throttle static fire, Starship’s 31-Raptor static fire likely beat Saturn V’s record to become the most powerful ground test in the history of rocketry. The most powerful rocket test in history?

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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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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2009

Prototype Saturn Vue PHEV plugging in to a Coulomb Chargepoint ( earlier post ) in San Jose, CA. Based on the current restructuring plan, GM is accelerating the wind-down or sale of Saturn to the end of this year. Click to enlarge. of Energy (DOE) and nonprofit Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The 2013 Chevrolet Cruze may best live up to the promise that its former Saturn division never did: that an American car company could design and build small cars to rival Japanese competitors for both quality and value.

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EV Central

AUGUST 15, 2024

The charge port for the Chery Omoda E5 is in the front of the car Offered in five colours – Titan Green, Lunar White, Saturn Silver, Space Black and Martian Red – a contrasting black roof can be added on EX models on green or white cars.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Our reader Jonathan P asks: I have a 1997 Saturn that, remarkably, is still running. If that Saturn were a hybrid, I'm guessing the battery pack would have died about four years ago, give or take. It probably has the book value of a large watermelon, so if anything major goes wrong with it, that's the end of that.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

He was deeply involved in developing clutch-to-clutch transmission controls for the Saturn Automatic and GM Allison transmissions used in Heavy Duty Trucks. His work in clutch-to-clutch control set the stage for other 6-, 8-, 9- and 10-speed transmissions at GM. In electrification, Mr.

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