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Porsche Casts Doubt Upon Combustion Ban Timeline

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Electric vehicle subsidies went from temporary to indefinite and combustion bans have gone from right around the corner to anyone’s guess. & "There's a lot of discussions right now around the end of the combustion engine," Meschke said in Singapore. "I percent of all new car registrations were electric vehicles.

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First drive: Volvo XC90 T8 Drive-E Twin Engine PHEV sets a high bar for full-size luxury SUV plug-ins in US

Green Car Congress

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Luxury plug-in hybrid SUVs coming to US market.

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Audi unveiling two new production plug-in hybrids in Shanghai, new prologue allroad PHEV show car

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Audi has developed this newest Q7 model especially for the Asian markets China, Singapore and Japan. kWh, liquid cooled lithium‑ion battery, the large SUV covers up to 53 kilometers (33 miles) on electric power alone; total range is 1,020 kilometers (634 miles). liter TDI diesel. Earlier post.) The Q7 e-tron 2.0 kW of power.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

Most of these advanced vehicles will be electric or plug-in hybrids. From Shanghai to Singapore to Silicon Valley, you will see these services sooner than most forecast. My test parallel park of Ford Escape was a breeze when the SUV parked itself. million annually in 2016 to $36.6 billion by 2025. Think of a.

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