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Next-gen Skoda Octavia to be unveiled on February 14. Official sketches revealed

Baua Electric

The facelifted Skoda Octavia will be available in liftback sedan and wagon body styles in global markets, with numerous trim levels, including a Sportline grade for buyers who desire a touch of the vRS’s design without the price tag. Skoda Auto claims to have delivered over seven million vehicles internationally to date.

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

Both liked crossovers and high-volume Japanese sedans. In 2001, Volvo was lauded for having women involved in the design process and tasked itself with developing a concept car using its all-female team. Men gravitated toward pickups, larger SUVs, and the occasional muscle cars.

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

Both liked crossovers and high-volume Japanese sedans. In 2001, Volvo was lauded for having women involved in the design process and tasked itself with developing a concept car using its all-female team. Men gravitated toward pickups, larger SUVs, and the occasional muscle cars.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

The Cadillac CTS/CTS-V is on Car and Drivers Top Ten list and in the July 2009 issue Motor Trend said “ Yet where it really matters, as a performance sedan, the CTS-V soundly spanks the BMW M5. I was able to spend 10 minutes driving a Saturn Aura sedan with an (HCCI) engine system. It also offers better fuel economy than the M5.

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GM Quantifies CO2 and Fuel Consumption Reductions Via E-REVs And PHEVs, As Compared To Conventional Hybrids

Green Car Congress

The researchers began by comparing behavioral models of the three vehicles with trip information from the 2001 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) of US travel behavior, conducted by the Department of Transportation (DOT). Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Plug-ins. Study Methodology. SAE 2009-01-1311 ).

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Dongfeng Motor Company Uses MathWorks Tools for Model-Based Design of Battery Management System for Hybrid Bus

Green Car Congress

DFEV engineers are reusing the controller design for the company’s HEV sedan, which is currently in development. Since September 2001, DFEV has been founded as a corporation shared by government, industry, university and Institute. Tags: Brief.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

model in 2001 by the DOEs Argonne National Lab estimates hybrids reduce greenhouse gases by 22%, and plug-in hybrids by 36% (see table 2). Cost increments for a plug-in hybrid compact vehicle will be 10-20% more than a regular hybrid: $2000-3000 extra for a sedan; $5000 for an SUV. Tags: evdriven. The GREET 1.6

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