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Toyota Racing formally introduces TS040 HYBRID; 1000 PS with 480 PS 4WD hybrid boost

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TS040 HYBRID. Toyota Racing has revealed the TS040 HYBRID car and revised driver line-up for the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship. With 480 PS (473 hp, 353 kW) of four-wheel-drive hybrid boost in addition to the 520 PS (513 hp, 383 kW) 3.7-liter Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Taycan review, Equinox EV deal, R1T top safety, 70-mile PHEVs: The Week in Reverse

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In a first drive of the 2025 Porsche Taycan , we found that with improvements to performance, efficiency, and charging, this grand-touring electric sports car lives up to its original mission—and much more. And instead it’s planning more hybrids. Quebec is planning to wind down its EV incentives over the next several years.

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Volkswagen presents status of fleet study in electromobility; latest generation of twïnDRIVE plug-in hybrid

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The primary goal of the project, which runs until June 2012, is consistently to utilize renewable energy sources for electrically powered vehicles. Within the framework of the fleet study, Volkswagen is implementing a total of 20 of the latest generation Golf Variant twïnDRIVE plug-in hybrid electric cars as research vehicles.

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Volkswagen Group to invest more than €62 billion up to 2016; largest-yet investment package for new models, advanced technologies and production facilities

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The ratio of capital expenditure to sales revenue will be at a competitive level of around 6% on average in the period from 2012 to 2016. In particular, the Group will continue to press ahead with the development of hybrid and electric engines. billion) in new production facilities and products in the period from 2012 to 2016.

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Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 Le Mans prototype makes its debut at Geneva Show

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Porsche 919 Hybrid. The Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 Le Mans prototype made its premiere at the Geneva Motor Show. Porsche 919 Hybrid development began in the middle of 2011 on a blank sheet of paper. —Matthias Müller, Chairman of Porsche AG. The hybrid powertrain of the Porsche 919 Hybrid.

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Audis e-tron quattro EV: evolutionary powertrain with a dash of revolution for production in 2018; MLB evo

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Hackenberg, the first-generation modular longitudinal matrix was used in 2007 for the A5, followed by the A4, A6, A7 Sportback, A8, Q5 and Q7 as well as the Porsche Macan. Dr. Hackenberg then conceived the transverse matrix, the MQB, applied in the new Audi A3 in 2012, with the TT debuting in 2014. Hackenberg said.

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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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The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In Andrew Frank is a significant industry dignitary credited as being the “Inventor” (or “Father”) of the modern day Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle.

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