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Audi e-gas plant qualified to participate in balancing market to stabilize grid

Green Car Congress

The Audi e-gas plant in the city of Werlte in Lower Saxony ( earlier post ) produces CO 2 neutral-fuel (synthetic methane from water, renewable electricity and CO 2 ); it now also contributes toward stabilizing the public power grid. The Audi A3 Sportback g‑tron with 81 kW (110 hp) of power is currently available from dealers.

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Volkswagen: CO2 “irregularities” issue largely concluded; no unlawful changes

Green Car Congress

These cars can be offered for sale by dealers without any reservations. The deviations found in the figures for only nine model variants amount to a few grams of CO2 on average, corresponding to increased cycle consumption in the NEDC of approximately 0.1 liters per 100 kilometres. per cent of the volume of the Volkswagen brand.

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Scrappage scheme sees end to Jags, Mercs and even a Morris Minor

Green Cars News

According to Hyundai, their dealers have been surprised by the array of cars which have been scrapped in exchange for more environmentally friendly i10 and i120s. One Hyundai dealer was amazed to see a Jaguar XJ-S being sent to the scrapper in exchange for a new i10, while another crushed an XJ6 to make way for an i20.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

Further, in 2020, the Australian car industry signed up to a new voluntary agreement to reduce vehicle CO2 emissions between 2021 and 2030. For the period 2020-2024, the EU fleet-wide CO2 emission targets are 8 : Cars: 95 g CO2/km. Vans: 147 g CO2/km. Dean Sheed, General Manager, Audi NZ. 2) [link]. (3)

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Polestar’s plan to survive and thrive: How an idiosyncratic EV start-up will carve its place in the electric space

EV Central

But there’s more coming… It’s settled into a healthy groove in its first couple of years in Australia with the Polestar 2 ; in 2023 Polestar sold 2463 cars here, making it the eighth biggest EV brand, ahead of Hyundai, Audi, Lexus, Ford and others. But where to from here for Polestar? Blame it on competition.

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BYD Atto3 launch event notes | Key takeaways

Plug In India

Build your Dreams (BYD) have started selling passenger electric cars in the Indian market with appointment of dealers all over India. 76,774,796 kg of CO2 was saved in India as of 2022. By Kamlesh & Abhishek The PluginIndia team were invited to the BYD Atto3 electric SUV ​unveil event.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Establishing dealer network.

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