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China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

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Natural gas and other alternative fuel vehicle technology is basically mature, the government said, and is headed toward initial industrialization. However, generally speaking, the government continued, China has not achieved a breakthrough with new energy automobiles and core components of the key technologies.

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Road Test: 2022 Mercedes-Benz S500 4Matic Mild Hybrid

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The term luxury is tossed around pretty loosely in the auto industry. When climbing behind the wheel of the S500 there is an immediate appreciation of this being a fine automobile. Road Test: 2019 BMW 745e PHEV. Road Test: 2022 Lincoln Corsair PHEV. Observations: 2022 Mercedes-Benz S500 4Matic.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. 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?",

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

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Now, however, given all the market drivers facing the auto industry (regulations, fossil fuel availability, societal changes, etc.), We have different alternative fuels in our program such as CNG and LPG, we are working on some synthetic fuel. So we won’t just jump into any technology only to be the first.

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