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Audi of America officially introduces the new A3 family; plug-in hybrid version coming in 2015

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At a sustainability workshop at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Dr. Rudolf Krebs, the Volkswagen Group’s Commissioner for Electric Drive Systems, said the group will “ electrify all segments. In purely electric mode, the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron achieves a top speed of 130 km/h (81 mph) with a range of up to 50 km (31 miles).

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Volkswagen showcasing electric I.D. BUZZ CARGO, Cargo e-Bike concepts at LA Auto Show

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At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Volkswagen is showcasing two electric concepts. BUZZ CARGO shown in Los Angeles has been reimagined from the version first shown in Hannover earlier this year. Based on the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB), and a sibling to the I.D. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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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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Put another way, the fuel cell technology is being developed so as to work as components in the MQB (transverse) kit, the development of which is led by the Volkswagen brand, and the MLB (longitudinal) kit being driven by Audi. The front-wheel-drive Golf SportWagen HyMotion accelerates from 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 10.0

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. If Los Angeles County were a nation, its economy would be the 18th largest in the world.

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Volkswagen unveils I.D. EV concept; 1st MEB-based vehicle, to launch in 2020; up to 373 miles

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will be the first Volkswagen built off the Modular Electric Drive kit (MEB). MEB—Modularer Elektrifizierungsbaukasten (“Modular Electric Drive kit”)—was conceived to support the development of a family of pure electric vehicles within brands and across the Group. The compact I.D. The production version of the I.D.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

That means you can drive around town as an electric car, and then jump on the freeway and head to Los Angeles, without having to recharge the battery. And around town, we were virtually all electric except for a brief stretch in excess of 34 mph on Gilman Street, or when a new driver hit the gas pedal too hard during acceleration.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Shouldn’t the article above have been placed in the muscle car section, not the weenie tree hugger section?: “The Chevy Volt feels “particularly muscular&# up to about 30 mph, CNN reports, though its actual zero-to-sixty time is “about average for a modern car.&# [link] “ — Electric drive performance.

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