Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Mercedes‑Maybach has launched its first plug-in hybrid: the Mercedes‑Maybach S 580. With our first plug-in hybrid model, we are combining the luxury experience typical of Maybach with emission-free local driving when in electric driving mode. We will present our first fully electric model as early as 2023.

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 9, 2024

Bentley’s future is being brought another step closer with the announcement that its iconic W12 engine will be succeeded by an all-new, performance-focused V8 plug-in hybrid powertrain.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 30, 2024

Despite previously having committed itself toward a future where it builds all-electric vehicles, General Motors has made plans to bring plug-in hybrids back to our market. Dealers have likewise expressed the need for more hybrids and fewer battery electric models based on consumer research efforts.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2022

The new BMW 7 Series also comes with next-level internal combustion and plug-in hybrid drive technology. At the same time, it is also technically enabled for future regulatory requirements. This new generation of diesel and gasoline engines offers higher efficiency.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 5, 2023

Stellantis’ Ram brand has been hinting for several years that while there may be a fully electric truck in the future, it sees a plug-in hybrid truck as part of the plan, too.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Toyota on Monday teased a plug-in hybrid version of its C-HR subcompact crossover and confirmed more all-electric bZ models for Europe. The Toyota C-HR Prologue Concept shown Monday previews a next-generation model scheduled to debut in the near future.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 11, 2021

In the not-too-distant past, Lexus has leaned on marketing to portray hybrid models that plug in as second-class. And so it’s a momentous hat-tip to the future—and concession to that past—that the Toyota luxury brand has made the quickest, top-of-the-line model in its NX compact crossover lineup a plug-in hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2019

At the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, BMW announced the market launch of a plug-in hybrid variant of the globally popular BMW X3. This makes it the first model of the brand to be offered with both a conventional combustion engine and a plug-in hybrid system—with the addition of a purely electrically powered version in 2020.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 25, 2023

Rolls-Royce is considering hydrogen powertrains for future vehicles, but in the form of fuel cells rather than combustion engines, the luxury brand's CEO said in a recent interview with Autocar. After briefly considering plug-in hybrids, the.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 6, 2022

The brand best known for Town Cars and Continentals has entered the plug-in age with those models’ hallmarks—like a hushed, conservative approach. The compact Corsair SUV bears Lincoln’s under-the-radar Grand Touring badging to softly signal it’s the top-tech, top-lux plug-in hybrid version.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 20, 2024

One of the most important vehicles in the Lexus lineup, the RX, finally plugs in. The 2024 Lexus RX 450h+ plug-in hybrid arrives on the scene with 37 miles of electric range from the Toyota RAV4 Prime’s powertrain, in a more eye-catching and softer-to-the-touch package.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 24, 2021

The Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid is an intriguing product that ties one of Ford’s best-selling models to the future of the brand, which is best represented by the electric 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E. But it’s been slow out of the gate.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 26, 2024

Speaking to media post FY-24 earnings, the top management stated that HQ Suzuki is working on an affordable hybrid solution for the compact cars and it will seriously consider the more expensive plug-in hybrid technology for the future. Bhargava did not share any specific timelines for the affordable hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Ford will begin commercial trials of the plug-in hybrid Transit Van in Cologne, Germany. This will extend to a third European city research into the use of plug-in hybrid electric vans that run solely on electric power for most city trips. —Gunnar Herrmann, chairman of the management board, Ford of Germany.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2018

ŠKODA, a member of the Volkswagen Group, is unveiling the VISION RS plug-in hybrid concept at the Paris Motor Show. The study provides the first glimpses of the next evolutionary stage of ŠKODA’s sporty RS models and the design of a future compact vehicle. The ŠKODA VISION RS plug-in hybrid drive combines the 1.5-liter

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Green Car Reports

JULY 30, 2021

Mitsubishi teases the next-generation Outlander Plug-In Hybrid. CATL shows some of the future with its sodium-ion cells. And we round up all that’s alleged of Nikola founder Trevor Milton, who’s out on $100 million bail. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2019

Volvo has extended its S60 range—the third generation of the premium mid-size sedan—to incorporate further powertrain choices and equipment grades, including an all­wheel­drive gasoline-electric hybrid and a trim level that focuses on luxury and craftsmanship.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

unveiled PowerDrive, a suite of plug-in hybrid electric powertrain solutions spanning light-, medium- and heavy-duty applications, at the 2018 IAA Commercial Vehicle Show. It operates as a hybrid in either series or parallel configuration modes. Cummins Inc. The Cummins PowerDrive offers both parallel and series capabilities.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 27, 2020

For 2021, the plug-in hybrid version of the BMW 5-Series sport sedan, the 530e, might no longer be the slowest-accelerating model in the U.S. That might sound petty, but it's an important step forward to prove the worth of a format the automaker has a lot of its future invested in. 5-Series lineup.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Experts from BMW Group Munich were involved in the process at the new DRÄXLMAIER Group facility throughout the process in order to set up a solid foundation for the future. Final batteries will then be transported to Plant Rayong for the production of the entire range of BMW 5 Series Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 9, 2021

Although the brand didn’t yet reveal specs for electric range or fuel economy for the new plug-in, it plans to provide an official premiere for the model at the New York auto show next month.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Jeep on Thursday gave us our first official look at its first plug-in hybrid destined for the U.S., part of an electrification onslaught that the company has committed $10 billion for the future. The 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe will arrive in the U.S. in early 2021.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2022

Its hybrid electric and hydrogen powertrain aims to reduce downtime related to energy recharging while reducing the carbon footprint, including the battery. The hybrid is equipped with a 16kW fuel cell. Its interior design is a forward-looking study of future Renault interiors.

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Teslarati

APRIL 26, 2024

has decided to invest more in its upcoming Georgia plant to produce hybrids amidst the slowing demand for electric vehicles (EVs). However, Hyundai and a few more legacy automakers have mentioned a slowing demand for electric vehicles and have turned to hybrid production to recover losses. Hyundai Motor Co. trillion won (US$2.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2023

The joint venture company aims to have an annual production capacity up to five million internal combustion, hybrid and plug-in hybrid engines and transmissions per year. The new joint venture’s complementary product portfolio and regional footprint could offer solutions for 80% of the global ICE and hybrid market.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 22, 2021

We bring you a drive of the XC90 Recharge plug-in hybrid and think about its connection to a future all-electric XC90. Volvo announces a big battery factory for Europe. And Porsche is in the battery business. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

Toyota has sold more than 15 million hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) worldwide since the 1997 launch of the iconic Prius, the first full hybrid mass-produced car. Beyond the current 4th generation hybrid system, Toyota is continuing to refine its hybrid technology to achieve even lower emissions and ever-better fuel efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Porsche reports that around 60% of all new Panamera models that have been delivered in Europe were equipped with a hybrid drive. The new Panamera plug-in hybrid models were launched on the European market in June 2017. In some countries, the proportion of Panamera hybrids is even higher. Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2014

The TT concept features a plug-in hybrid drive with two electric motors and a system output of 300 kW (408 hp) and 650 N·m (479 lb?ft) The Audi TT offroad concept provides a glimpse of how we might imagine a new model in the future TT family. In Hybrid mode, all three drives work together in various ways as necessary.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Vitesco Technologies, the Powertrain business area of Continental, presented at the CTI Symposium in Berlin (9-12 December 2019) a cost-effective and compact dedicated hybrid transmission solution with integrated electric machines, designed for use in applications such as plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 25, 2024

A new report by the European Commission adds yet another real-world data point showing that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles create much more emissions than we previously thought – by an average of 3.5 The Commission’s report will be used in future EU regulations to inform utility factors in official test procedures.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 30, 2021

Mercedes-AMG sees go-fast electric vehicles—versions of the EQS and EQE, and others—as the future. But before then the performance division of Mercedes-Benz is planning to deploy a special kind of plug-in hybrid system that uses its extra charge toward track time as much as the commute.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Plug-in hybrids are a great way to adapt to the electric-car future without having to rely on it, cold turkey. Those considering plug-in hybrid models this year have a number of better product choices than in previous years—with longer electric range, better drivability and additional off-road capability.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Just a year ago, GM changed its tune about the possibility of hybrids—and plug-in hybrids like the much-loved Chevrolet Volt—in the company’s near-term future. Put simply, GM was finished with hybrids. With the.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 7, 2023

Toyota sees 125-mile plug-in hybrids as part of the future. And we drove the Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid. In a review of the 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid, we found this small crossover (or boxy wagon) to optimize value and fuel. Lyft is planning on a lot more electric rides. Kia ramps up its EV plans.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The BMW Group and Great Wall Motor have launched a new joint venture—Spotlight Automotive Limited—and are building a joint plant in China, where the BMW Group will produce future fully-electric models of its MINI brand. The joint venture will not be creating an additional sales organization in China for future electric vehicles.

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Baua Electric

MAY 16, 2024

Ford is recalling nearly 9,000 hybrid vehicles to address a software issue that could cause the drivetrain to shift into neutral unexpectedly. Power have also found that, on an industry average, hybrids are less trouble-prone than plug-in hybrids and EVs. All three models share a basic platform and many major components.

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