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mpg US) NEDC. liters of diesel per 100 km (62 mpg US) in NEDC combined mode (equivalent to 99 grams of CO 2 ). The four-cylinder C 350 HYBRID with plug-in technology will follow in due course. Mercedes-Benz is adding a new Estate (wagon) model to its C-Class family starting in September 2014. l/100 km (54.7 Click to enlarge.
Chevrolet has sold 100,000 Volts in the US since the plug-in’s introduction. Since sales of the Chevrolet Volt began, owners have driven almost 1.5 mpg, Volt drivers have saved nearly 58 million gallons of fuel. billion miles in EV mode of a total 2.5 billion cumulative miles.
Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid. On the heels officially introducing the Focus Electric last week ( earlier post ), Ford revealed two next-generation hybrids—including its first production plug-in hybrid (PHEV)—at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Click to enlarge.
l/100 km; combined CO2 emissions: 53 – 46 g/km) is the first of the new plug-in models from Audi. US mpg); combined CO 2 emissions: 53 – 46 g/km (85.3 – 74.0 According to the standard for plug-in hybrid vehicles, fuel consumption ranges from 2.4 – 2.1 US mpg), corresponding to 53 – 46 grams CO2 per kilometer (85.3 – 74.0
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The new Evoque offers a choice of three- and four-cylinder Ingenium gasoline and diesel engines, a 48-volt mild-hybrid system (MHEV) and a 3-cylinder plug-in hybrid system (PHEV). This is where the 48-volt mild-hybrid system is used to reduce CO 2 emissions to as lows as 149g/km and fuel economy from 42 mpg US (5.6l/100km)
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Cross Coupé plug-in hybrid concept. At the Tokyo Motor Show, Volkswagen is showcasing its concept of an SUV of the future: the Cross Coupé all-wheel-drive (AWD) plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) shows how Volkswagen designers could envisage a crossover between a four-door coupé and a compact SUV. Click to enlarge.
Dr. Winterkorn said that a plug-in hybrid version of the Volkswagen Passat would join the Group’s range of low-CO 2 vehicles “soon.” ( Earlier post.). The Passat GTE leverages the Volkswagen Group’s MQB-based plug-in hybrid powertrain, also seen in the VW Golf GTE and the Audi A3 e-tron. Passat GTE sedan. Click to enlarge.
According to the latest AID newsletter , electric vehicle (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) sales reached 20,558 units in Western Europe for the first 10 months of 2012. During the same period, the US registered 38,000 units sold, half of it being Chevrolet’s Volt. Click to enlarge. —Nicolas Meilhan.
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BMW Concept Active Tourer plug-in hybrid. BMW will present the new BMW compact plug-in hybrid Concept Active Tourer at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. liters per 100 kilometres (94 mpg US), with a CO 2 emissions level of less than 60 g/km. Click to enlarge. The 3-cylinder, 1.5-liter The average fuel consumption is less than 2.5
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Current rules for conventional vehicles do not work for plug-in hybrids because the vehicles run on both electricity and gasoline; industry debate centers on the rules for estimating miles per gallon. NREL’s proposed adjustment method assumes that the increase in gasoline use during CD mode is the same as the increase calculated for CS mode.
Households with plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) and smart meters actively managed how, when and where they charged their cars based on electricity rates but rarely took advantage of online feedback, according to a two-year study by a team at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute ( RASEI ).
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