Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2013

Porsche has introduced the 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid sports car, the first of six or more plug-in hybrids coming from the Volkswagen Group. Porsche had unveiled the concept version of the 918 Spyder Plug-in Hybrid at the Geneva Motor Show in 2010. Combined system power is 887 hp (661 kW). The 918 Spyder.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

During a media event in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen provided a medium dive into details of its two-seater XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle diesel plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) as well as some driving time on local roads and highways. Even a sportscar like the Porsche Boxster is 5.1 two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5

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Plug-in Diesel Plug Hybrid 324

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In addition, Volkswagen brought a pair of the hydrogen Passats to the Los Angeles Auto Show for test drives (and Audi brought a pair of its A7 Sportback h-tron hydrogen fuel cell plug-in hybrids for drives, as well.). The 100 kW fuel cell system (also applied in the A7) has a system power of 100 kW. Passat HyMotion in LA.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Behind the spent carbon fumes, a skeptic might detect a whiff off electric opportunism on the part of some lesser racing organizations, desperate to grab a foothold, headlines or the overtaxed attention spans of sports and racing fans. F1 doesn’t flatter the battery brigade.

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Future Auto Porsche Monaco 90

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

TDI quattro plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ); the Audi A7 h-tron quattro fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ); the Audi e-tron quattro concept battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ); the Audi TT clubsport turbo concept ( earlier post ); the Audi RS 5 TDI competition concept ( earlier post ); and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro ( earlier post ).

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