http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 2:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/
The car is being CONVERTED by a third party company called AMP.
Saturn, AKA GM had nothing to do with this.
So your comment about going green doesn't apply to Saturn.

And now a days it seems anyone can make an electric car out of a gas one for around $5000 to $15000 depending on components. Instructions and demos all over the net.]]>Aug 4th 2008 2:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 4:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/
Not normally one to defend GM, but you realize GM has owned Opel for about 80 years now right? Also, both vehicles are based off a Vauxhall concept car. ]]>Aug 4th 2008 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/
The grandparent was giving Kudos to Saturn, who is now basically an Opal import brand.]]>Aug 4th 2008 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/
Also, many of us aren't using coal power. Greater than 80% of my electricity comes from hydroelectric power. Most of the remainder is nuclear. Less than 2% is dirty power. And, I could put a mix of solar and wind power on my roof and power my car forever, for free, with zero emissions. So how's that?

Next someone will bitch that producing the car is dirty, making the solar cells is dirty, blah blah, to which I'd reply: Go fuck yourself, I'll tolerate reasonable "green" requests but I won't live in the dark ages or pay out the ass for modern amenities to satisfy YOUR craziness.]]>Aug 6th 2008 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/
Also, many of us aren't using coal power. Greater than 80% of my electricity comes from hydroelectric power. Most of the remainder is nuclear. Less than 2% is dirty power. And, I could put a mix of solar and wind power on my roof and power my car forever, for free, with zero emissions. So how's that?

Next someone will bitch that producing the car is dirty, making the solar cells is dirty, blah blah, to which I'd reply: Go fuck yourself, I'll tolerate reasonable "green" requests but I won't live in the dark ages or pay out the ass for modern amenities to satisfy YOUR craziness.]]>Aug 6th 2008 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/
For a start, our main method of producing hydrogen requires electricity, more so than if you simply used the electricity directly!

I think there's some promise in super capacitors. Those busses in China that top up their capacitors through contacts at each bus stop are a neat idea :) ]]>Aug 4th 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/]]>Aug 4th 2008 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/
Worth looking into.]]>Aug 4th 2008 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 1:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/
just, you know, fyi.]]>Aug 4th 2008 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/electric motors do not idle...]]>Aug 4th 2008 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/
I didn't say an electric engine can idle (--verb). I said it can *be* idle. Idle means not working or active according to dictionary.com

Kinda surprised I got voted down on that, too. Shows how much I need to distinguish between words so you guys get a point.]]>Aug 5th 2008 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 1:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 2:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 2:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 2:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.ampmotorworks.com/html/order.shtml
the conversion cost is $25,000
plus the cost of a saturn sky. the base price is $26,475
so about 50k

google guys come on
+ im fifteen for those of you making shitty comments about teenagers]]>Aug 4th 2008 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/-Taylor]]>Aug 4th 2008 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/]]>Aug 4th 2008 2:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/
]]>Aug 4th 2008 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 3:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/
The only electric in my future is the off chance of copping a Miles or a Zenn for under 10k.

]]>Aug 4th 2008 3:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/
(I kid, I kid.)]]>Aug 4th 2008 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/
(ouch!)]]>Aug 4th 2008 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/its-beautiful.jpg]]>Aug 4th 2008 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/Aug 4th 2008 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/04/amp-test-drives-all-electric-saturn-sky-on-video/
Regardless, even if it is true, it's not exactly mind blowing, as various previous comments have mentioned.]]>Aug 4th 2008 4:02PM