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Road Test: 2022 Mercedes-Benz S500 4Matic Mild Hybrid

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The traditional design has been aerodynamically updated with a coupe-like roofline while retaining the long commanding hood. The exterior doesn’t yearn for attention, but that is on purpose as the S500 owner appreciates the conservative, elegant design. Designed to handle it all. News: Audi Adds Q4 E-tron Sportback.

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Road Test: 2021 Genesis GV80 2.5T RWD Prestige

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Luxury Exterior Design. The clean GV80 Prestige cabin design has a rotary dial gear selector for the shift-by-wire transmission, top stitching on the soft and hard touch surfaces, brushed aluminum, wood grain, and piano black gloss trim. These are the highest ratings from each organization. Technology Lives Here. Room to haul.

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2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS 580 4Matic EV

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Mercedes-Benz has no interest in ceding any ground to Tesla, Audi, Porsche, Lucid or any of the other car companies that want a piece at the upper end of the luxury EV market. Slippery Design. EQS 580 and 4MATIC badging sit below the LED light bar that connects the tail lights with their distinctive helix design.

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Road Test: 2022 Genesis G80 Sport Prestige 3.5T AWD

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New for 2022, the Sport designation means a G80 with all-wheel drive. The overall design will age well for years to come. The calm and pleasant design only hints at the tech inside, which includes advanced safety features and an outstanding sound system. No need to go anywhere else. Effortless Operator. Elegant Interior.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

Others like Audi , Daimler and VW have stated they are now stopping the development of new internal combustion engines altogether. These numbers above exclude all the existing hybrid electric and other alternative fuel models available or in the works, which number at least another 265 models.

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

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We are starting with optimizing our conventional drive trains—the TDI diesel engines, the TSI engines, the DSG transmission, all of those technologies have helped us to lower our fuel consumption a lot. We have different alternative fuels in our program such as CNG and LPG, we are working on some synthetic fuel.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Red Herring ).

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