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VW electric-car funds, Infiniti VC-T engine, bigger cars: Today's Car News

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Today, electric-car charging companies ask for independent oversight of $2 billion in Volkswagen diesel fines, the variable-compression Infiniti VC-T engine is scheduled for production in 2018, and new analysis argues that automakers may be making cars bigger because of gas-mileage rules. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler partnership solid and expanding; 12 projects on three continents

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Production will begin in 2017 with Infiniti models. The production of Mercedes-Benz vehicles will follow in 2018. liter diesel engines for both the new Mercedes C-Class and the Mercedes Vito van. When fully ramped up, the Mexico facility will have production capacity of 300,000 units per year.

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Infiniti VC-Turbo engine receives environmental award from ARBĂ–

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Infiniti engineers have worked for 20 years on the technology to make VC-Turbo production-ready. The result is an engine delivering the power output of a V6 and the fuel economy of a diesel powertrain without the emissions associated with a diesel engine. The development objectives of the 2.0-liter

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Ford, BMW, and Infiniti electric car strategy, Trump loses in court, and electric car chargers everywhere: The Week in Reverse

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This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, April 17, 2018. On Friday, we took learned some more details about the new diesel F150, and had a chance to offer some driving. And what's BMW's new electric-car strategy?