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2014 Audi R18 e-tron Quattro Le Mans racer consumes about 40% less fuel than first TDI engine at Le Mans in 2006

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Audi is racing three R18 e-quattros at Le Mans. The Audi R18 e-tron quattro diesel hybrids ( earlier post ) that will race at Le Mans this coming weekend (14-15 June) are the lightest and most fuel efficient LMP1 racers has yet to bring to the track. A pair of driveshafts connect the system to the front axle. Click to enlarge.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

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Tesla, Volvo, Mercedes (Daimler), BMW, Audi, GM, Ford, Nissan, Toyota and others are now delivering cars with some of these features and developing cars with all of these. Several of these firms confirmed their progress at Silicon Valley Connected & Charged Symposium, hosted by software giant SAP. million annually in 2016 to $36.6

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2024 Genesis GV60 Lux review: Is this mind-bending small electric SUV really worth all this money?

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And while our older GV60 didn’t yet have the feature, from May this year it introduced Face Connect for “true keyless convenience.” Digital mirrors are not the answer I’ve given them a chance on the Audi e-tron and the Hyundai Ioniq 6, but it’s time to admit digital mirrors are a technology too far.

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2018 VW Tiguan and new 2.0 TSI B-cycle engine gives VW a strong offering in compact SUV segment

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That strategy will leave the 2018 Tiguan with a Monroney sticker (the window sticker) gap with segment competitors such as the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox with a diesel (40 mpg highway), the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, or the rumored Ford Escape plug-in hybrid model. 2017 Ford Escape. Select compact SUVs. 2018 VW Tiguan. 2017 Toyota RAV4.

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Porsche presents new 919 Hybrid LMP1 racer; 800V battery technology

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It uses excess energy from the exhaust pressure that would otherwise escape into the environment. The additional turbine is connected to an electric generator. Audi) competition used flywheels and ultracaps. The WEC regulations allow engineers plenty of scope with regard to the energy storage medium. Earlier post.).

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD Techniq review

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We don’t know if the Ioniq 6 will introduce remote connectivity – allowing activating climate control or checking the charge status from your phone – as found in Teslas, for example. In these days of screen overloads, here’s another one you can’t escape. Generous, to say the least. Take your pick.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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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. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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