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JD Power 2012 APEAL highlights ongoing downsizing trend for new car buyers in US; increasing satisfaction with smaller vehicles

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The 2012 APEAL Study finds that 27% of new-vehicle buyers who replaced a vehicle downsized—i.e., The downsizing trend also has an impact on owner satisfaction with the fuel economy of their new vehicle. The Audi A8 achieves the highest APEAL Study score of any model in the industry in 2012. Power and Associates.

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New Toyota TS040 HYBRIDs take 1st and 2nd at Six Hours of Silverstone in UK; new Porsche 919 Hybrid takes 3rd

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TOYOTA entered the revived WEC in 2012, as Toyota Racing, with its first hybrid LMP1 car, the TS030 HYBRID. Porsche started with with two cars; one had to retire after 1 hour 15 minutes because of a technical problem. This power adds to the over 500 hp combustion engine (downsizing 2.0 20 Porsche 919 Hybrid ran trouble free.

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2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class: Half of Sales To Be High-MPG Fours

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Even Porsche will be doing it. And now Mercedes-Benz has joined the gang: The luxury carmaker too will fit a downsized, turbocharged, four-cylinder engine to a. Mercedes-Benz likes to launch technologies and lead trends, but sometimes they follow along with the crowd. In this case, Hyundai's doing it. Chevy's doing it.

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Bosch sees future requiring multiple powertrain technologies; the larger the vehicle, the more the electrification

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Bosch is developed appropriate technical solutions for each element in the above scenario as part of its “seven-point program”: By 2020, the goal is to reduce the fuel consumption of diesel and gasoline engines by as much as 20% over 2012 levels. Equally, our plug-in hybrid system is debuting in the Porsche Panamera.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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Already Porsche, Mercedes and other high-end automotive manufacturers are making such PHEVs because of the availability of low-cost electricity from wind and solar and the availability of government incentives which make them competitively priced in the beginning. Frank (2012) A Fifteen Year Roadmap Toward Complete Energy Sustainability.

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