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Thermoelectric generator in a Volkswagen Golf Plus lowers fuel use by 5%

Not long ago, we reported that BMW was awarded a prize for installing a thermoelectric generator at the exhaust pipe of a car. This device works under the Seebeck effect and generates electricity by the difference in temperatures. Although we can't use the generator to fill up our hybrid batteries, we can use one to produce about 30 percent of the electricity a car needs when running. A new prototype, shown at "Thermoelektrik - Eine Chance Für Die Atomobillindustrie?" meeting, generated about 600W. In the Golf Plus model it was attached ... Read more →

Golf Plus gets an Italian debut Jeremy Korzeniewski

With the release of a new Volkswagen Golf, a new version of the Golf Plus was a given. The first edition of the tall, wagonesque Golf Plus debuted in 2004 and was based on the previous-generation ...

Volkswagen adds a new TSI engine to its lineup, goes common-rail as well Xavier Navarro

Volkswagen is introducing a new 160hp version of its 1.4-liter TFSI engine. This engine and the 122hp version are replacing VW's 1.6 FSI and 2.0 FSI engines which produced 115 and 150hp, ...

Thermoelectric generator in a Volkswagen Golf Plus lowers fuel use by 5% 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Not long ago, we reported that BMW was awarded a prize for installing a thermoelectric generator at the exhaust pipe of a car. This device works under the Seebeck effect and generates electricity by the difference in temperatures. Although we can't use the generator to fill up our hybrid batteries, ...

Golf Plus gets an Italian debut 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

With the release of a new Volkswagen Golf, a new version of the Golf Plus was a given. The first edition of the tall, wagonesque Golf Plus debuted in 2004 and was based on the previous-generation MK V Golf. This latest version continues in the same mold as the last and sees its chassis ...

Volkswagen adds a new TSI engine to its lineup, goes common-rail as well 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen is introducing a new 160hp version of its 1.4-liter TFSI engine. This engine and the 122hp version are replacing VW's 1.6 FSI and 2.0 FSI engines which produced 115 and 150hp, respectively. This change in the engine lineup will start in the Golf Plus, Jetta and Golf Variant versions. As ...


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