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Porsche investing €600M in Leipzig plant; new body shop for electric Macan

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A new body shop with a total area of 75,500 square meters will produce the vehicle bodies for the next generation of the Macan—which will be a fully electric series—from the beginning of the next decade. Since the initial ground-breaking ceremony in February 2000, we have invested more than 1.3

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Winterkorn says Volkswagen developing 10-speed DCT and high-performance diesel; plug-in hybrids offer great potential

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These would range from highly efficient internal combustion engines and natural gas systems all the way to hybrids and electric vehicles. Since 2000, the group has reduced the fuel consumption of its TDI and TSI engines by more than 30%. to 1.6l); the EA 888 Gen3 gasoline engines (1.8l Earlier post.). to 2.0l); and the.

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