Green Options » twin-drive http://greenoptions.com/tag/twin-drive Posts tagged 'twin-drive' Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:40:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Volkswagen to Produce Plug-In Hybrid Electric Cars in 2010 http://gas2.org/2008/06/30/volkswagen-to-produce-plug-in-hybrid-electric-cars-in-2010/ http://gas2.org/2008/06/30/volkswagen-to-produce-plug-in-hybrid-electric-cars-in-2010/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:40:42 +0000 Andrew Williams http://gas2.org/2008/06/30/volkswagen-to-produce-plug-in-hybrid-electric-cars-in-2010/

Hot on the heels of the announcement that Mercedes will produce electric cars, comes the news that fellow German manufacturer Volkswagen plans to produce a test fleet of plug-in hybrid electric cars by 2010.

A few months ago, to much excitement from the automotive press, the company unveiled a diesel-electric Golf but, according to VW chief Martin Winterkorn, “the future belongs to electric cars.” To help in mapping out the road to this electric future, the company have unveiled a plug-in hybrid powertrain, called the Twin-Drive, which will make its first appearance in a Golf kitted out with a 122-horsepower diesel engine, twinned with an 82-horsepower electric motor.

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