Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2013

The CrossBlue Coupé—based off the Volkswagen Group’s MQB architecture (the Group’s modular assembly kit for vehicles with transverse-mounted engines)—features a transverse-mounted turbocharged direct-injection (TSI) 220 kW (295 hp) 3.0L Electric (Battery) Hybrids Manufacturing Plug-ins' Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Extended range electric vehicle powertrain company ALTe ( earlier post ) is tracking to produce a limited number of production-caliber vehicle powertrains by December, and plans to ramp up production in the first quarter of 2013, said CEO John Thomas in a recent interview with Green Car Congress. Earlier post.) —John Thomas.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Put another way, the fuel cell technology is being developed so as to work as components in the MQB (transverse) kit, the development of which is led by the Volkswagen brand, and the MLB (longitudinal) kit being driven by Audi. On battery power, the Audi A7 Sportback h-tron quattro covers as much as 50 kilometers (31.1

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

Note the position of the battery pack on the passenger side, which also helps with weight distribution in the car (with one driver). The XL1 is not a product of any of Volkswagen’s modular Baukästen (assembly kits such as the MQB, MLB or MSB, earlier post ). Components of the XL1 plug-in power unit. Click to enlarge.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. Toyota Prius modders have already been adding larger batteries so the vehicle can run on battery power. So is the management in Washinton DC. The EV1s failure was a failure of Management. Way to go morons.

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