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Volkswagen reaches clean diesel benchmark

Green Cars News

While we wait for sales of hydrogen and electric cars to really take off, there''s no doubt there has been some early success for one clean technology. Volkswagen Group of America is reporting that it has smashed the 100,000 sales barrier for its TDI clean diesel models across the VW and Audi brands[.].

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Audi E-tron 5,612. It’s a robust list of a variety of models–the majority of which are focused on the hot crossover segment–with total sales of more than 150,000 from six major automaker groups. The German Juggernaut — the Volkswagen ID4, Audi E-tron(s) & Porsche Taycan. Tesla Model 3 80,681.

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Global Bioenergies beginning road testing with Audi A4 fueled with 34% renewable gasoline blends

Green Car Congress

In preparation for commercial uses, Global Bioenergies developed several gasoline blends with two isobutene-derived compounds: Isooctane, obtained by the condensation of two molecules of isobutene followed by hydrogenation; and. An Audi A4 2.0 —Reiner Mangold, Head of sustainable product development at Audi.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I wish the thing was for sale as-is. Well they did give brief bursts of acceleration through the parking lot to show that it does have some Roadster goodness to it. But yes, there was no slalom to see how it handles the twisties. It is probably a real rocket compared to the Daimler version that will eventually show up.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The trouble is you then have to stop right away, which brings about some pretty strong regenerative braking action, something that Chrysler needs to work on before making the Circuit available for sale. But where does Hydrogen come from? Keep reading about the EVs good and bad qualities after the jump.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

Ford’s Farley foresees that the heavy-duty truck segment will be sticking with ICE trucks for a while, as “it will probably go hydrogen fuel cell before it goes pure electric.” Another reliability risk-related issue is getting an EV repaired when something goes awry, or there is an accident.

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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. No announced plans. Detroit Free Press ).

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