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Quick drive of the Passat HyMotion hydrogen fuel cell hybrid

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Bottom: On recharge, energy will flow from the fuel cell through the tri-port converter to the battery. At this point, the Passat is a fully electric car—but with a range of more than 300 miles. The battery is recharged either through regenerative events or via the hydrogen fuel cell. Click to enlarge.

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Volkswagen Group shows 3 hydrogen fuel cell concepts at LA Show: Audi A7 Sportback h-tron; Golf Sportwagen HyMotion; Passat HyMotion

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Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board of Management for Technical Development at Audi, during a fuel cell technology workshop held at the LA show, and may be ready to talk about that technology by the end of next year. kilowatt-hours, which is recharged by recuperation or alternatively from a power socket.

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Battery-switchable electric Commodore breaks 24-hour world EV distance record

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The battery-switchable fully-electric Holden Commodore developed by. EV Engineering in Australia ( earlier post ) recently unofficially broke the distance record for a production electric car, achieving 1,886 (1,172 miles) kilometers of driving over a 24-hour period. Source: EV Engineering. Click to enlarge.

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