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Chevrolet introduce electrified AWD Corvette: 2024 E-Ray hybrid

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second 0-60 mph time before breezing through the quarter-mile in 10.5 —Tadge Juechter, executive chief engineer, Corvette. There is no plug-in charging for the E-Ray’s battery system. The battery is charged via regenerative energy from coasting and braking, as well as during normal driving.

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Mercedes-Benz S 580e 4MATIC PHEV available to order in US starting from $122,550

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I-6 six-cylinder engine with 367 hp from the current generation of Mercedes-Benz engines. Due to the large battery and powerful electric motor, the S 580e 4MATIC can in many cases operate without using its combustion engine. With the 60 kW DC charger, the battery can be charged from 10% to 80% in 20 minutes.

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Williams Advanced Engineering debuts ultra-high performance EV platform for hypercars; H2 variant under development

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Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) unveiled an ultra-high performance electric vehicle platform designed to accelerate the ambitions of hypercar manufacturers, from start-ups to OEMs. For OEMs, EVR accelerates route to market, with the entire engineering and assembly of the rolling chassis completed by WAE.

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BMW’s eighth-generation 5 Series offers two all-electric i5 variants; PHEVs in 2024

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The new model generation will be offered worldwide with all-electric drive and, depending on the market region, also with the plug-in hybrid systems as well as with efficient gasoline and diesel engines including 48-volt mild hybrid technology. This enables the BMW i5 M60 to accelerate from zero to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 3.8

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Mercedes launches new plug-in hybrid S 580 e; Gen4 hybrid system, 100 km electric range

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This V8 gasoline engine with integrated second-generation starter-generator and 48-volt on-board electrical system is also available with both wheelbases, with prices starting at €126,366 (US$149,000). The top speed in the ELECTRIC drive program is 140 km/h (87 mph). S 580 e combined fuel consumption: 1.5-1.1 kWh/100 km.

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2025 Mercedes GLC 350e PHEV brings fast charging, long electric range

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liter turbo-4 engine with an electric motor for a combined output of 313 hp and 406 lb-ft of torque. This will get the GLC 350e from 0-60 mph in 6.6 The top speed is limited to 135 mph in hybrid mode and 87 mph in electric mode. It’s based on the current-generation GLC-Class that arrived for the 2023 model year.

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Qoros Auto unveils drivable engineering development car with QamFree engine; near +50% boost in power & torque, -15% fuel consumption

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At the 2016 Guangzhou Auto Show, Qoros Auto introduced the first drivable engineering development car—a modified Qoros 3 hatchback—equipped with the QamFree engine featuring FreeValve’s Pneumatic-Hydraulic-Electric-Actuator (PHEA) technology. The engine on show at Guangzhou is a 1.6-liter Earlier post.)

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