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Nissan launches new Note Aura in Japan; enhanced e-POWER electrified powertrain

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Nissan launched the all-new Note Aura premium compact car in Japan, with sales planned to start in autumn. The all-new Note Aura comes exclusively with Nissan’s e-POWER electrified powertrain ( earlier post ), a key part of the company’s electrification strategy under the Nissan NEXT global business transformation plan.

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New 2019 Toyota Avalon hybrid boosts fuel economy 10% to 44 mpg combined

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Toyota has introduced its new fifth-generation Avalon, based on a Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform, and powered by two new TNGA powertrains: a 301 hp, 267 lb-ft (362 N·m) 3.5-liter Toyota estimates that the 2019 Avalon Hybrid will boost fuel economy by up to 10% over its MY 2018 predecessor, from 40 mpg (5.88

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CNG car and SUV sales jump 29% in first 10 months of FY2024 | Autocar Professional

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Even as news about electric vehicles (EVs) continues to dominate the headlines, CNG took a share of them last week as a result of Tata Motors’ reveal of the CNG-powered concept variant of the Tata Nexon. Demand for CNG-powered passenger cars and SUVs has bounced back. This gives Tata Motors an 18% market share.

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Volvo Car outlines technological future: new Scalable Platform Architecture and focus on four-cylinder engines; Concept You

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SPA will combine what Volvo says will be the highest degree of high strength steel qualities in the industry to date with the extensive use of aluminum in the front structure, doors, chassis and power train. Fuel economy is improved by up to 35%. Concept You is an excellent example of this. —Peter Mertens. Concept You.

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Plug-ins to play part in GM future

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In an online blog, General Motors’ (GM) vice chairman Tom Stephens stated that the company will apply plug-in hybrid technology to one of its four core brands followings its’ restructuring. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news general motors GM plug-in hybrid cars Saturn Saturn Vue Hybrid.

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GM Previews First Two-Mode, Front-Wheel-Drive Hybrid Transaxle

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General Motors 2MT70 FWD two-mode hybrid transaxle, as seen from. Nitz also noted that the coming next-generation of the mild GM Hybrid System ( earlier post ), which in its current form is applied in the Malibu, VUE and Aura, will offer equivalent power to Honda’s IMA system in the new Insight. Motor-Generators.

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News: 2024 Volkswagen ID.Buzz

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The boxy design has the wheels placed far at each corner, power sliding side doors, a laid back windshield and an upright hands-free power tail gate. Volkswagen has not released official charging times, but based on our reviews of the single and dual-motor ID4, the ID.Buzz should charge somewhere near these speeds.

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