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

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The A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid. Audi of America officially announced plans today for the arrival in the US of the new A3 family of premium compact cars, with three body styles, five new engines and seven variants including its plug-in hybrid model. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Volkswagen Group’s alternative powertrain strategy.

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Delphi Introduces Handheld Diesel Fuel Analyser for First Level Fuel Diagnostics

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Delphi, a leading OE manufacturer of advanced diesel fuel injection systems, is launching at the 2010 Automechanika show a new fuel analyser that will enable workshops, garages and fleets to perform real-time analysis of fuel content at an affordable price. Immediate and accurate analysis of the fuel is therefore critical.

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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. Further, Volkswagen brought two Passat HyMotion demonstrators for media drives. (The Ulrich Hackenberg. Earlier post.)

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2024 Mercedes-Benz EQE 300 SUV review: This five-door five-seat electric SUV is right in the zone … until you get to the price

EV Central

Service plans start at $2240 for three workshop visits, rise to $3525 for four and $4085 for five. That’s a lot of money to ask for a five-door five-seat rear-wheel drive wagon, even if it comes with the three-pointed star. 2024 Mercedes-Benz EQE 300 SUV. The 2024 Mercedes-Benz EQE 300 SUV includes a 12.3-inch inch infotainment touchscreen.

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2023 Peugeot e-Partner review: New electric van arrives to help green your fleet – at a price…

EV Central

Service intervals are 25,000km/12 month and average out at $346 across the first give visits to the workshop. Alternatively, an interior LED light kit is also on offer, which would be helpful as its pretty dingy in the back. But it’s still a big ask considering the most expensive 1.2-litre 2023 Peugeot e-Partner. The box on the back.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

With my pal, Brad Bartz, of ABC Solar forcing the City of Torrance to back down and stop breaking the state solar rights law, With the growing numbers of electric cars and plug-in cars headed our way and the price of oil hitting $71 a barrel yesterday. That’s certainly the case here in Torrance, California where I live and work.

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Let My People Convert! - The A123 Challenge

Plugs and Cars

So he proposed at the California Air Resources Board ZEV workshop on Tuesday. Tuesday's workshop was not so different. Now, to add some further complication, everyone's got religion on plug-in hybrids. A plug-in hybrid, one could say, simply integrates electric drive into a car with internal combustion. Easy as 123.

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