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Aston Martin to make petrol cars ‘for as long as allowed’

Baua Electric

British luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda will continue to produce traditional combustion-engine vehicles for as long as legally possible, its boss told UK media this week. Read more Aston Martin has decided to continue manufacturing petrol cars as long as it can after the carmaker delayed the arrival of its first ever electric vehicle.

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Volkswagen again reaffirms 20 new PEV models coming across the Group; MEB development

Green Car Congress

Müller reaffirmed the goal of playing a key role in e-mobility, with the Volkswagen Group planning to launch over 20 additional models by 2020—a target originally voiced by former Group head Martin Winterkorn at the Frankfurt auto show last fall, before the breaking of the diesel emissions scandal. Earlier post.) billion in total.

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Volkswagen Group launching major electro-mobility campaign in China; $25B on new vehicles, technologies and plants up to 2018

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Dr. Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen AG, on the eve of the Auto China motor show in Beijing. Furthermore, the Bentley Hybrid Concept opens a window on the broad-ranging potential of hybrid technology. The initiative gets underway with the launch this year of the Volkswagen brand’s battery-electric e-up! Earlier post.).

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3 Scenarios That Would Make An EV Ineligible For the Federal EV Tax Credit

EV Adoption

Low-volume, luxury/premium vehicles: In theory these would include some models from Porsche, Bentley, Range Rover, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and others — but many of the EV models from these brands would likely exceed the MSRP caps anyway.