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Audi unveiling two new production plug-in hybrids in Shanghai, new prologue allroad PHEV show car

Green Car Congress

Audi is introducing two new models with plug-in hybrid drive systems to the market in China in 2016, both of which are having their world premier at Auto Shanghai 2015: the Audi Q7 e-tron 2.0 TFSI quattro and the Audi A6 L e tron. Audi Q7 e-tron 2.0 With the Audi Q7 e-tron 2.0 liter TDI diesel.

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First drive: Volvo XC90 T8 Drive-E Twin Engine PHEV sets a high bar for full-size luxury SUV plug-ins in US

Green Car Congress

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Luxury plug-in hybrid SUVs coming to US market.

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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

Cars That Think

Speaking of fires in cars fueled by gasoline or diesel, he says, “It’s an everyday event. In July, a Panamanian-flagged, Japanese-owned ship called the Fremantle Highway , which was ferrying 3,800 new cars across the Atlantic Ocean on its way to Singapore, caught fire. Cars catch fire. Electric vehicles are no exception. In the U.S.,

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