General Motors launched their green line with the Saturn Vue Hybrid aiming to cover wider sectors of the market by setting a lower price. As they claim, the model makes the best fuel-saving hybrid car in its category. An engine distinguishing feature is the fuel gasoline feeding with a generator used instead of an alternator to send gas to the engine. The difference between the Saturn Vue Hybrid and other full hybrids is that the vehicle can't work autonomously by using electrical power only. The power device in the hybrid dual-mode is not available just yet, and will be present with the car dealers in 2009.
Another future project that General Motors aims to accomplish on the basis of their Saturn Vue Hybrid is the plug-in hybrid, but the making of such a model is closely connected with the availability of the lithium-ion batteries. At present, a prototype running on this type of batteries is undergoing tests, while the Saturn Vue Hybrid remains to enjoy its market success. Negative reviews claim that this hybrid model is just a scheme on the part of General Motors to promote an appearance of concern for the environment; yet, not even the ill-intended can deny this car its clear advantages.
The belt alternator starter is the system element that influences the technical advantages of Saturn Vue Hybrid in the form of its advanced automatic transmission. Without using the “start-stop”system Saturn Vue Hybrid has an engine that starts and stops automatically thus influencing the acceleration force significantly. Like with all the other hybrid designs, Saturn Vue Hybrid recharges the electrical battery by recovering the braking energy and storing it.
At a comparison with the traditional gas-fueled vehicles, the Saturn Vue Hybrid reduces around 20% of the regular fuel consume. Several types of the Saturn Vue Hybrid have been advertised with an increasing improvement when it comes to acceleration times and standard speed per hour from one model to another. If we study the technical characteristics of the designs in direct relation with the fuel consume, the savings will be convincing enough to make one purchase such a car. If you are willing to wait a little further, and you are not pressed to buy a car right away, you could stay until the new Saturn Vue Hybrid with plug in design is launched in 2009.
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