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REPORT: Upcoming U.S. VW sedan to be offered with diesel and hybrid powertrains

According to a report from Autocar, Volkswagen's upcoming New Midsize Sedan will come with a hybrid option here in the States by the summer of 2012. That's just six months or so after the regular-grade NMS is scheduled to roll out of VW's new Chattanooga, Tenn. plant. Up to this point, we've been assuming that the German automaker's fine 2.0-liter turbocharged four would be used as the base engine with a larger and more powerful V6 as an uplevel option, and that still seems likely. But, says Autocar, we may also see a version of the NMS ... Read more →

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REPORT: Upcoming U.S. VW sedan to be offered with diesel and hybrid powertrains 18 days ago on Autoblog Green

VW won't rely on suppliers for hybrid hardware 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Most of the manufacturers that have already introduced hybrid vehicles have produced most of the components in-house including Toyota, Honda and General Motors. In the last couple of years, a number of the largest automotive suppliers including Bosch and Continental have made moves to get into the ...

Volkswagen Golf and Polo hybrids could be ready by 2009 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It looks like Volkswagen may have hybrid versions of the both the Polo and Golf on the market by 2009. In an interview with German magazine AutoBild, VW CEO Martin Winterkorn seems to indicate that following the introduction of downsized engines like the TSI models and the BlueMotion diesels, they ...

Hybrid versions of the Porsche Panamera and Cayenne 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We have already passed along news of the impending hybrid drivetrain that will appear on versions of the Porsche Cayenne, and now we hear word that they may show up on the upcoming Porsche Panamera as well. This is logical, as the drivetrain options in the Panamera are expected to mirror those of ...

Volkswagen funds professorship of lithium-ion batteries in Germany 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Will VW lead the plug-in hybrid pack in the future? The company seems to be giving it a go with the establishment of a donated Chair for Applied Material Sciences for Energy Storage and Energy Conversion at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, Germany. The professorship ...

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