A Biodiesel Prius? VW To Release 69.9 MPG Diesel Hybrid

by claybodie | March 3, 2008 at 11:57 am
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A Biodiesel Prius? VW To Release 69.9 MPG Diesel Hybrid

A Biodiesel Prius? VW To Release 69.9 MPG Diesel Hybrid

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Check out this new car from VW - another sign of where the auto industry is going:


Toyota may lose its high-mileage stranglehold on the U.S. auto industry, thanks to Volkswagon’s new Golf hybrid-electric diesel. At 69.9 MPG, the new model is a serious contender for high-mileage biodiesel usage with a ridiculously low-emissions profile, especially since it will meet the strictest emissions standards in the world: Europe’s Euro V and America’s Tier II Bin 5.

This makes it likely to be released in California, since the major impediment to U.S. diesel vehicle sales has been emissions technology. But VW doesn’t plan on releasing the vehicle in until Europe late next year, which means we’d optimistically see a U.S. version sometime in 2010.

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