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BMW to begin testing BMW M Hybrid V8 with P66/3 engine

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Time constraints and the need to consider sustainability aspects that are playing an ever more critical role in motor racing, as well as the automobile industry in general, meant that returning to the drawing board to design a completely new engine and building it at great cost was not an option.

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Volkswagen sets sights on electric record on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife with further-developed ID. R

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The current record for fully-electric vehicles stands at 6:45.90 I know the track very well, but the ID. R will be a completely different challenge, with its extreme acceleration and huge cornering speeds. —Romain Dumas. Former Formula 1 world champion, Jackie Stewart, once respectfully called the circuit the “Green Hell.”

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Volkswagen Group and SAIC to produce EVs and PHEVs in China

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In about four years, a new electric vehicle model based on Volkswagen’s Chinese bestseller, the Lavida, is due to roll off the production line at the Anting plant—this will be the first fully electric vehicle produced at the plant. These agreements form part of the total investment of €22 billion (US$24.5 —Prof.

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EV special III / Opinion / Hybrid & Electric / Themes / Welcome - Minds in Motion

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Together with Electric Mobility Netherlands (Elmonet) Urgenda tries to stimulate large-scale introduction of (non-converted) EVs on the Dutch roads. Large-scale, to them, means one million EVs by 2020, starting with five hundred fully electric Th!nk People ask me can I go for a round? But they havent yet.

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