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Best Car To Buy 2014 Nominees, Audi Q1 Crossover, Coal Conundrum: Today's Car News

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Today on Green Car Reports: Audi mulls building a Nissan Juke-sized crossover called Q1, coal runs the risk of becoming a stranded asset, and we announce the nominees for our 2014 Best Car To Buy award. The Audi Q1 compact crossover could hit showrooms by 2016. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Tesla Pedal Update, BMW Diesel Drive, China Coal Use: Today's Car News

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Today on Green CarReports: Tesla''s doing well on reservations for its next model, Audi offers renewable energy to recharge its first plug-in hybrid (in Germany, anyway), and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are (still) coming soon. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Clariant supplying SNG catalyst for methanation unit in Audi’s new “Power-to-Gas” plant

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Because there is not yet a widespread hydrogen infrastructure, however, the hydrogen is reacted with CO 2 in a methanation unit to generate renewable synthetic methane, or Audi e-gas. We are proud to cooperate with AUDI/ETOGAS in this important flagship project. The e-gas plant will produce an average of 1.4 Earlier post.).

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Member of Swiss National Councils fills up with sunfire solar diesel to call attention to need for regulatory reform

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In an event in Bern, Switzerland, Swiss National Council member and president of the Clean Fuel Now initiative Thomas Böhni filled up his Audi A2 with 100% synthetic diesel (Audi e-diesel) produced by sunfire GmbH to draw attention to the need to remove what he terms unjustified Swiss restrictions on synthetic fuels. Earlier post.).

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Volkswagen Group now planning 22M EVs in ten years; 70 new electric models by 2028

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The first of the new-generation electric vehicles go into production this year: the AUDI e-tron will be followed by the Porsche Taycan. The conversion of the power station in Wolfsburg from coal to gas will reduce CO 2 emissions by 1.5 Audi’s production activities at the Brussels site are already completely CO 2 -neutral.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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Geely’s CRI investment and work with renewable methanol is similar to the approach Audi is taking with its own e-fuels projects—producing very low carbon liquid or gaseous fuels using only renewable energy, water and CO 2. This is an important symbol of Geely Group’s global commitment to sustainability. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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VW Chief Executive Says Company Will Introduce EVs Based on the Up! New Small Family in 2013; Cautions Against Electro-Hype

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VW, Daimler subsidiary Daug and Varta developed a NimH battery in the early 90s, and the VW group put the Audi duo hybrid on the road in 1997. Does it ever make sense ecologically to operate a car with power from a coal-fired plant? Volkswagen had begun exploring hybrid and electric drive technology in the 1990s.

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