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VW’s first lithium-ion hybrid coming in 2010, will it be the Golf or A1?
Volkswagen officially announced today that it has reached an agreement with Sanyo to work on what it calls a “new and extremely efficient high-performance storage system based on lithium-ion technology.”

Besides CEO Winterkorn talking about an electrically powered automobiles and efficient engines, the press release stated two concept cars we have great interest in. The Volkswagen Golf TDI, seen at Geneva Motor Show this past March, and the Audi A1 metroproject quattro that we saw at Tokyo Motor Show last year.

Just about a month ago reports stated that Volkswagen killed plans to produce a production version of the Golf TDI Hybrid. Supposedly the cost of producing the car didn’t make economical sense to executives. However... Read Article
VW’s first lithium-ion hybrid coming in 2010, will it be the Golf or A1?



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Homer007Homer007 - 5/28/2008 4:59:03 PM
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I'm going to say this as professional and classy as I posibly can:

Why, WHY is so hard for VW to ADMIT and just borrow technology from the Japanese Toyota???? WHY is that so hard to figure out???? If Germans built hybrid, Japanes would have incorporated this technology years ago, one way or another.

Large ego comes in a small mind and pride will kill ya.

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1000rrRider1000rrRider - 5/28/2008 5:12:44 PM
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Germany contributed more to the automotive industry then all of Asia combined also Hybrid technology was not invented in Japan. However Japanese companies were the first to mass produce it.

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Homer007Homer007 - 5/29/2008 4:09:10 AM
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exactly, its not how you start but how you finish it.


MichaelTaylorMichaelTaylor - 5/29/2008 4:13:47 AM
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Um, Toyota invented hybrids and made sure they got to the people in an affordable manor. Get your facts right.


KingerKinger - 5/29/2008 9:32:03 AM
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Ferdinand Porsche invented the hybrid in 1901.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Porsche
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