VW TwinDrive hybrid

[Xenon]

Well look at that, VW does come out with a diesel hybrid...and its a plug in!

Originally Posted by Wired

Volkswagen's been toying with hybrids for awhile and got electric-vehicle advocates in a lather over the diesel-electric Golf it unveiled a few months ago. Now the company's promising a plug-in hybrid by 2010 and the German government's written a big check to make it happen.

VW boss Martin Winterkorn says gas and diesel engines will be around for a long time to come, but "the future belongs to all-electric cars." The automaker is staking a claim to that future with a plug-in hybrid drivetrain it calls Twin Drive. It will debut in a Golf fitted with a 122-horsepower diesel engine and an 82-horsepower electric motor.

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/vw-rolls-out-a.html

[Buick61]

So Japan and Germany have helped fund their own car maker's hybrid plans.

I haven't heard of any large scale U.S. contribution to GM, Chrysler or Ford for a similar end-goal since the Clinton administration.

[TheGeneral]

congress is a little upset they have to work more in july so it could be awhile.

[Xenon]

Originally Posted by Buick61

So Japan and Germany have helped fund their own car maker's hybrid plans.

I haven't heard of any large scale U.S. contribution to GM, Chrysler or Ford for a similar end-goal since the Clinton administration.

I'm pretty sure the tax breaks that GM/Ford/et all, receive more than make up for it. Besides I'm pretty sure both Obama and McCain mentioned something about making a contribution to US automakers to produce efficient cars.

[jry]

Originally Posted by Xenon

Well look at that, VW does come out with a diesel hybrid...and its a plug in!


http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/vw-rolls-out-a.html

Yeah, but will it be riddled with recalls and problems. Will they halt sales while the A/C problem is being resolved. Notice i didn't say fixed. That is a dirty word in Germany.

[ohmywrd8]

Good idea. I like.

[Toto]

Originally Posted by Buick61

So Japan and Germany have helped fund their own car maker's hybrid plans.

I haven't heard of any large scale U.S. contribution to GM, Chrysler or Ford for a similar end-goal since the Clinton administration.

Opel and Ford also get money from the german tax payer.

[jry]

Originally Posted by Toto

Opel and Ford also get money from the german tax payer.

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