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BASF boosts support for sustainable road construction with global distribution rights for RheoFalt rejuvenator

Green Car Congress

RheoFalt HP-AM, a powerful rejuvenator, enables 100% recycling of old asphalt, and has been scoring outstanding results in internal and external tests for 10 years. We are pleased to have won BASF for sales and the joint further development of our RheoFalt product. —Jeroen Venema, Founder and managing director of Ventraco.

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Volkswagen to offer refreshed Tiguan with new plug-in hybrid powertrain in Europe

Green Car Congress

In spring 2020, the Volkswagen Tiguan broke the production barrier of six million units, with 910,926 units manufactured in 2019 alone. This versatile vehicle is available for sale in 80% of countries in the world and is the most successful SUV on the market in Europe. Later that year, the first Tiguan came to market.

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Land Rover EV conversion packs in-wheel motors, weighs same as original

Baua Electric

While numerous companies and DIYers are already converting older internal-combustion vehicles to electric power, Bedeo also claims to be the first to use in-wheel motors in such a conversion. ownership, the now-defunct Chinese-funded automaker NEVS , which had been reworking some of Saab’s assets, bought Protean in 2019.

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Volkswagen bundling all intelligent driver assistance technologies under new umbrella brand IQ.DRIVE; heading to autonomy

Green Car Congress

In January 2019, special IQ.DRIVE models will appear in European dealerships. —Jürgen Stackmann, Volkswagen Brand Board Member responsible for Sales and Marketing. The international IQ.DRIVE campaign was developed by the agency Grabarz & Partner. Other European markets are to follow next year.

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Volkswagen launches “We Share” electric car sharing in Berlin with 2,000 EVs; service begins 2Q19; European and US expansion in 2020

Green Car Congress

The first fleet of vehicles will be rolled out in the German capital Berlin, and will comprise 1,500 e-Golfs when the service begins operating in the second quarter of 2019, with an additional 500 e-up! —Jürgen Stackmann, Volkswagen Brand Board Member for Sales. following later. family from 2020. “We

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Volkswagen has 30k+ reservations for the ID.3 1ST edition; most from Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and UK

Green Car Congress

Just before the beginning of the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Volkswagen has already received more than 30,000 reservations for the ID.3 —Jürgen Stackmann, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand responsible for Sales, Marketing and After Sales. More than 100,000 ID.

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Honda Speaks About Near Future, EV Plans

The Truth About Cars

Of course, corporations are going to put their best foot forward in these types of media briefs, so you can take things with a grain of salt (or maybe Jimmy Buffett's lost shaker), but here are the highlights: As of the end of the 2023 fiscal year that ended on March 31, Honda has cut fixed costs by more than 10 percent since fiscal year 2019.

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