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VW won't rely on suppliers for hybrid hardware

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 business of making components and systems like electric motors, generators and power electronics. The mild hybrid system developed by Daimler and BMW that will come to market in 2009 uses a disk shaped motor manufactured by Bosch. Volkswagen has yet ... Read more →

Volkswagen Golf and Polo hybrids could be ready by 2009 Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

Hybrid versions of the Porsche Panamera and Cayenne Jeremy Korzeniewski

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 ...

Volkswagen funds professorship of lithium-ion batteries in Germany Sebastian Blanco

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 ...

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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