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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

as well as 600 universities throughout the country. Zipcar offers more than 60 different makes and models of vehicles, including Audis, BMWs, Mini Coopers, pickup trucks, Prius hybrids and more. Audi invested in Silvercar, what it calls a “next generation” car rental company. Zipcar’s potential is enormous.

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

Green Car Congress

Audi presented a range of its ongoing work on electromobility and efficiency—from fuels and systems to full vehicles—under the “Future Performance Days 2015” banner. On the full vehicle side, Audi put forward the Audi Q7 e-tron 3.0 On the full vehicle side, Audi put forward the Audi Q7 e-tron 3.0

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What Affects Electric Car Range and How To Maximize It

EV Connect

The Audi e-tron performed best at 75 miles per hour, achieving 93% of its Environmental Protection Agency estimated range. per year, and with proper maintenance it can be even lower. Routine Maintenance Making sure your EV is operating properly will benefit your range. Nathan Lemin is a freelance writer based in Tucson, Ariz.,

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

He compared the Nexon’s running cost with the Audi Q3 that he sold to get the Nexon, and reckons that he has saved Rs. In the Audi he would have to change tyres every 30,000 km. Throw in costs of the driver, electricity and maintenance, that would mean a minimum revenue required of Rs. lakh already. 6 lakh per year.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

Total cost of ownership of EVs is generally less than an ICE vehicle over its expected life since they have lower maintenance costs and electricity is less expensive per mile than gasoline, and tax incentives and rebates help a lot as well. Recent research from Stanford University says this is wrong , at least for Western states.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. and Europe are still undecided, Takimoto said.

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