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2018 VW Tiguan and new 2.0 TSI B-cycle engine gives VW a strong offering in compact SUV segment

Green Car Congress

As with the all-new 2018 Volkswagen Atlas full-size SUV ( earlier post ), the new Tiguan is based on Volkswagen’s Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB) architecture. First, it gives the automaker a very competitive offering in the compact SUV segment in the US—a segment which is booming in the US. Select compact SUVs.

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EV News: Springing ahead

Electric Auto Association

VinFast SUV. Volvo Planning big Volvo will introduce 5 new EVs , including a full-size SUV with three rows of seats. Starbucks will install DC Fast chargers at locations along this route. From Jeep to Volvo to Kia to Starbucks. VinFast New EV from Asia! President Joe Biden plans to invoke the Defense Production Act.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp. Contact contact@hevt.com Pictures: small hi-res Michael Granoff, 2006 Prius, by Hymotion, from DC Toyota in Gaithersburg, MD, August, 2008, (Tenafly, NJ), mike@maniv.com Chris Cox, 2008 Prius, L5 by a123systems/Hymotion installed at Westboro Toyota Westboro MA, August 26, 2008 (Rockingham County, NH).

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