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Audi banking on Gen 2 3.0L TDI diesel for US sales; calls for a “fair shot” for diesel

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Fuel cells are seen as hitting 1% by 2025; extended range electric vehicles, 3%; and battery-electric vehicles, 4%. Axel Macher, head of Thermodynamics/Application V6 TDI at Audi in Neckarsulm, Germany. In Germany, Macher noted, the turbo is optimized for longer stretches of high-speed autobahn driving. Click to enlarge.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The head of Chryslers ENVI division, Lou Rhodes, told AutoblogGreen this morning that Chrysler is marketing this battery-only version of the van to commercial fleet customers who typically have shorter range requirements. The extended-range version will be focused on retail customers. 1 day ago Goodbye, Routan?

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. now says he wants to market a line of 100-mpg plug-in hybrid vehicles that he says could be priced 20% to 30% less than gasoline-engine vehicles. ( Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. This is unusual.

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