VW Set To Introduce Electric Diesel Hybrid

February 25th, 2008 3:01 PM | by Christen da Costa

VW Hybrid Diesel Electric
Set to be unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show, VW is planning a 70 mpg Rabbit. According to Treehugger, the diesel-electric hybrid is said to spew out just 89 g/km of carbon dioxide compared with Toyota’s Prius 104 g/km. Expect this hybrid setup to emerge in other models such as the Jetta, A3 and more. Not too long ago I wrote about a new Audi hybrid. I wonder if this will supersede that model here in the US?

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One Response to “VW Set To Introduce Electric Diesel Hybrid”

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    [...] spewing out just 190g/km of CO2, and will achieve roughly 50km per gallon of gas. Far from the VW Diesel Hybrid we saw earlier this week, but a step in the right [...]

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