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Third-Generation VW Sharan Van Will Offer Fuel Consumption As Low As 5.5 L/100km (43 mpg US); Start-Stop and Battery Regeneration

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100km (43 mpg US), equivalent to 143 g/km CO 2. For engines ranging up to 170 PS in power, a BlueMotion Technology pack is implemented with a start-stop system and battery regeneration (recovery of kinetic energy by storing it in the battery). L/100 km (41 mpg US) with associated CO 2 of 151 g/km. Start-Stop system.

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The latest Volkswagen vans look to be become greenest in their class

Green Cars News

NOx reduction is achieved thanks to addition for the first time of an SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) catalytic converter together with an additive, the synthetically-produced, water-based solution containing 32.5 The Volkswagen BlueTDI engines have increased engine torque by up to 13.6 ’ Tags: Volkswagen crafter vans.

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Road Test: 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin AWD Ultimate

Clean Fleet Report

Both measurements are best used to compare EVs as the actual miles you will get from a kWh of battery varies greatly based on the speed you’re traveling, the temperature and the style of driving. Battery and Charging Sophisticated battery management The 78 kWh, liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery is charged through an 11.0

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Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles joining London hydrogen project

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Even though we have around 1,300 charging points in the capital you cannot guarantee getting a space outside your house to charge overnight: London is just too densely populated. mpg US or 3.5 With a tank capacity of 5.6 kg of hydrogen, fuel economy works out to 1kg of hydrogen delivering 106 km of range. km/liter (67.3

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Opel to launch 3 new engine families, 13 new engines by 2016

Green Car Congress

Key to the engine’s performance is a high-pressure, common-rail fuel system allied to closed-loop combustion control and strong intake charging from a variable geometry turbocharger (VGT). This enables high power, improved fuel atomization and efficient mixing with the air intake charge. For durability, it is water-cooled.

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Yeah, I Got Your Chevy Volt, Right Here. Day 2 @ Plug-In 2009

Creative Greenius

If you’ve been wondering just how real the new Chevy Volt that gets 230 mpg in city driving is , well just take a look for yourself. This one might actually get MORE than 230 mpg in the city seeing as how it has no doors, windows, seats, any interior, hood, roof, underbody or trunk. May I charge your EV sir? Check the oil?

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of. Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. Here we go again.or Carbon trading vs t.

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