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Audi plug-in hybrids, Pininfarina electric hypercar, Elon Musk settles lawsuit: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Audi plans to expand its line of plug-in hybrid vehicles. Pininfarina taps Rimac to build its electric hypercar's powertrain. A utility survey shows more support for renewable power than utility companies can handle. Tesla CEO Elon Musk settles his SEC lawsuit in a surprising way.

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Pininfarina's Italian design may be good Karma for plug-in carmaker

Green Car Reports

Fisker, the luxury plug-in hybrid car company that went bankrupt in 2013, was founded by a car designer. Henrik Fisker, the brand's namesake was a designer at BMW before forming his own company.

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News: 2023 Pebble Beach Concept EV Debuts

Clean Fleet Report

News: 2023 Pebble Beach Concept EV Debuts 6 Exotic EVs Announced at Monterey Car Week Another winged flyer-the Pininfarina Battista Edizione Nino Farina Electric cars to this point have pretty much been designed to replace the daily drivers we all use—everyday sedans, SUVs and pickup trucks. Both models have full-time all-wheel drive.

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Hybrid Kinetic electric luxury car, with turbine range extender, to be built in China

Green Car Reports

But Hybrid Kinetic likely predates most of them. Started by the founder of Chinese automaker Brilliance, the company made headlines in 2010, when it announced plans to build hybrid.

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

Clean Fleet Report

Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8 The First Car Vietnamese Car Comes To North America When Vietnam’s largest company, the VinGroup, announced in 2017 they were entering the automobile manufacturing business, it probably didn’t get too much notice. For when not at home, VinFast has developed a Plug & Charge feature.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Aptera – US-based company claims to have created the world’s most efficient vehicle with the three-seat F1-inspired Aptera. No Australian plans yet, with the company focusing on America first then Europe. Audi RS models – performance flagships set to pick up plug-in hybrid tech as early as 2021.

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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I think that it could work well for fleet applications like taxi companies and car rental firms, and it would also work well in low volume situations like we will see over the next few years where there are a relatively small number of electric vehicles on the roads. I have never been a big fan of battery swapping.