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Hyundai Motor launches new global luxury brand Genesis

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Hyundai Motor is launching an all-new global luxury brand—Genesis—as a stand-alone brand that operates alongside the company’s popular Hyundai marque. To develop a distinctive and differentiated design for the new Genesis brand vehicles, Hyundai Motor has created a Prestige Design Division.

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Volkswagen launches new luxury flagship Phideon at Geneva; plug-in hybrid drive planned; first VW brand car based on MLB

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Volkswagen unveiled the new Volkswagen Phideon luxury sedan ahead of the Geneva International Motor Show 2016. The future of Volkswagen’s premium segment will go into production in China initially for the China market in the third quarter of 2016.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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for 2016, followed by the Model X. The only upgrade is the Plaid version that features even faster acceleration from three motors, producing sub-two second 0-60 runs. Volkswagen Group (which includes VW, Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini and Bentley in the U.S.) The Model S is the best-selling plug-in car in the U.S.

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Volkswagen Group launching major electro-mobility campaign in China; $25B on new vehicles, technologies and plants up to 2018

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Dr. Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen AG, on the eve of the Auto China motor show in Beijing. Furthermore, the Bentley Hybrid Concept opens a window on the broad-ranging potential of hybrid technology. As a result, the Volkswagen Group is making its Chinese vehicle fleet ever more efficient. Earlier post.). billion (US$25.1

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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

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They see a potential sideline in electric versions of the “ crate motors ” that they’ve sold for decades to hobbyists, hot-rodders, restorers, and racing teams. For this application, the motor is pushed forward and rotated 90 degrees to drive both front and rear Rover axles, with the torque evenly split. Land Rover. Automotive Design.