When a Saturn vehicle comes to the end of its useful life – yes, it does happen – it becomes part of the great circle of life. More than 80% of an automobile by weight can be recycled. Some examples of Saturn’s Design for the Environment:
* In just one model year of Outlook production, more than 21,445 tons of polymeric parts have been coded for recycling.
* Advances in the efficiency of the Aura air conditioning system have decreased refrigerant needs by 35 tons for each model year of production (evaluated against a comparable system).
* The unique Belt Alternator Starter (BAS) in the VUE Hybrid saves a potential 23,350 quarts of engine coolant per model year of production. Plus, the BAS system uses only one coolant loop, which saves more than 39,350 feet of hose each model year of production (both calculations are compared to other hybrid systems).
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