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First drive: Volvo XC90 T8 Drive-E Twin Engine PHEV sets a high bar for full-size luxury SUV plug-ins in US

Green Car Congress

Put another way, even when driving the conventional T6 model and accelerating briskly up a winding road, the driver has no idea that only a 2.0L (1,969 cm 3 ), 4-cylinder gasoline engine is doing the work. System power (hp). Battery pack (kWh). liter gasoline engine, the 2.0 Audi Q7 e-tron. Mercedes-Benz GLE 550e.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

BYD has also begun selling a plug-in electric car with a backup gasoline engine, a move putting it ahead of GM, Nissan, and Toyota. His people at MidAmerican have studied clean technologies like batteries and wind power for years because of the threat of climate change. Electric cars will be one answer.

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