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Volkswagen posts best March sales in US since 1973; boom in Passat sales

Green Car Congress

Diesel TDI models accounted for 23.1% On the heels of taking first place in a six-car comparison test in Car and Driver Magazine , the Passat achieved 10,032 sales in March, marking the first time ever this volume has been achieved. SE beat out the Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, Chevrolet Malibu, Hyundai Sonata and Kia Optima.

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BMW and Toyota to expand green car partnership?

Green Cars News

BMW and Toyota are expected to expand their cooperation beyond its current collaboration in electric car and diesel technology, according to Der Spiegel magazine.

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Norway leads the world in moving to EVs

EV Info

Norway also lets EV use bus lanes and special parking bays making ownership more beneficial than ICE in the city, Norway plans to outlaw pure Petrol or Diesel vehicles in 2025 – the country with the earliest ICE free deadline and 5 years before the UK’s deadline. 2 Toyota RAV4 Charging hybrid (B) 6 515 5.88 Cliff edge.

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VW Jumps on the Bandwagon

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"While the E-motor on a typical hybrid model just supplements the combustion engine, the exact opposite is true on the TwinDrive : here the diesel or gasoline engine supplements the E-motor," Winterkorn said. liter turbo-diesel that makes 122 HP which can take over once the batteries have been drained. But, there's also a 2.0-liter

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Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Car Market | ? ?

Plug In India

Video: Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Electric Car FUD The first thing I want to talk about is the constant FUD -- fear, uncertainty, and doubt -- regarding electric vehicles propagated by ICE car CEOs, the media, ICE-car-centric magazines and websites, and petrol heads. The Tesla Cybertruck has more than 1.3

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Saab GM-owned company exploring PHEVs Joint Venture with Volvo and others to research PHEVs Toyota 500 PHEV 2010-model Priuses with lithium batteries to be leased for fleet tests in 2009 (150 in U.S.) Blue Concept PHEV Van with diesel or hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop photovoltaic. Expects production around 2014. I think that our No.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Reply ↓ ↑ report 8 Roger Smith 3:45PM (4/25/2009) Why do they even sell the Gas ver of the car in the states the Diesel ver just makes more sense it gets almost twice the mileage of the petrol ver. o well I guess they think all yanks hate diesels. I really would love to get a 120D coupe BMW u cant beat 0-60 of 7.5 and 49 mpg.

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