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Volkswagen’s 1.0L eco up! natural gas vehicle offers 79g CO2/km

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seconds; its top speed is 164 km/h (102 mph). In Germany, the fuel cost per 100 km (62 miles) is just over €3 (US$3.92); in Italy, the largest market for natural gas cars in Europe, the cost is less.). Gas also offers the opportunity of storing electrical energy from renewable sources such as wind power. The eco up! The eco up!

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Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX covers more than 621 miles on single charge

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Traveling from Sindelfingen across the Swiss Alps and Northern Italy, to its destination of Cassis on the Côte d’Azur, the VISION EQXX electric concept ( earlier post ) from Mercedes-Benz covered more than 1,000 km (621 miles) in everyday traffic on a single battery charge. kWh per 100 kilometers (7.1 kWh per 62 miles).

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

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Caroline Reichert, an RWE spokeswoman, noted that the idea here is to ensure that "a car can be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France." Neutral Kaitou KID @ Apr 19th 2009 4:45PM not if the electricity is from ultra efficient solar panels, hydroelectric dams or wind. Neutral who? @