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Porsche Casts Doubt Upon Combustion Ban Timeline

The Truth About Cars

.& With this in mind, Porsche’s CFO was recently quoted as saying European combustion bans will probably need to be delayed and there’s good reason to believe him.& However, Porsche Chief Financial Officer Lutz Meschke was quoted by Automotive News on Thursday casting some doubts.& That number was presumed to be around 5.9

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Civic Hybrid and Polestar 3 reviews, $25,000 Jeep EV, Tesla 4680 update: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Why are lawmakers pushing back about how EVs figure into fleet efficiency standards? In a 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid review , we found this low-priced, high-mpg model to be a class above the Toyota Corolla Hybrid, with a quieter, punchier, and more pleasant driving experience than the non-hybrid Civic. bound Honda EV?

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Audi EV fightback! Busiest period ever for German brand as it targets electric cars from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo

EV Central

READ MORE: New 2024 Audi Q6 e-tron co-developed with Porsche Macan unwrapped READ MORE: Refreshed Audi e-tron GT primed for Taycan upgrades – and even more power! One of those models is the new Q6 e-tron , which shares much of its architecture with the new Porsche Macan EV. By comparison, Volvo’s 2023 EV share was 35.5

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Final Drive: 2021 Polestar 1 PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

Powerful, Sleek, Plug-in Hybrid Luxury Coupe. Polestar plans on being a major manufacturer of all-electric luxury vehicles, competing with the likes of Lucid, Porsche and Tesla. The plug-in hybrid (PHEV) 2021 Polestar 1 is powered by a 2.0-liter, Other expensive PHEVs. News: 2023 BMW XM PHEV Revealed.

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Volkswagen Group brings new Audi and Porsche EV concepts, Volkswagen PHEV concept to Frankfurt; 20 more plug-ins by 2020

Green Car Congress

Martin Winterkorn said that “ The Porsche Mission E and the Audi e-tron quattro concept are nothing less than a quantum leap for our industry ”—both vehicles have an all-electric range of 500 kilometers (311 miles). He said the Group already had the broadest plug-in fleet in the automobile world. Porsche Mission E.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) It is much more than that.

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Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate

Clean Fleet Report

Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate Surprising Performance in a Compact Plug-In Hybrid SUV Okay, a show of hands if “quick or fast” come to mind when Volvo SUV is mentioned. New for the 2022 model year, the 2023 XC60 Recharge continues to deliver performance and all-electric and hybrid efficiency in a premium compact SUV.