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German electric cars, VW battery buys, Pruitt's EPA vs California, future Escape Hybrid? Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we've got electric-car news from VW Group, war brewing between the EPA and California, the reason Germany electric-car sales are rising rapidly, and some thoughts on why Ford might bring back the Escape Hybrid in future. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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More VW Emission 'Irregularities' As Investors Question Confrontation With EPA

Green Car Reports

The latest news is that VW Group in Germany has found "irregularities" in carbon-dioxide emission levels in roughly 800,000 vehicles, mostly diesels, producing fuel-economy figures that were too high. Another day, another Volkswagen emission scandal? It's beginning to seem like it.

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Preview: 2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron casts a potent EV shadow

Baua Electric

The Q6 E-Tron marks the first Audi vehicle on a new VW Group architecture it developed: PPE, which it shares initially with the Porsche Macan EV. The EPA hasn’t tested the Q6 E-Tron yet, but Audi has committed to more than 300 miles of range for the base Q6 “60” model with dual motors.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Green Car Congress

Kim Carstensen of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) protested that “ it’s just too early to lower the ambition ”, [ 5 ] while European news agency Euractiv ran the headline “Asian leaders kill hopes for Copenhagen deal” [ 6 ]. We believe that we need to complete the domestic legislative agenda here.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", See our frequent comments at our news archive. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

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