{"id":62473,"date":"2009-12-04T01:35:05","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T06:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/eco-cars-volkswagens-up-lite-diesel-electric-hybrid-gets-70mpg\/"},"modified":"2009-12-04T01:35:05","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T06:35:05","slug":"eco-cars-volkswagens-up-lite-diesel-electric-hybrid-gets-70mpg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/62473","title":{"rendered":"Eco Cars: Volkswagen&#8217;s Up! Lite diesel-electric hybrid gets 70mpg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/04\/volkswagen-up-lite_1_mQUKe_69.jpg\" alt=\"volkswagen up lite_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Low-emission car powered by a hybrid engine. <\/p>\n<p>Volkswagen has unveiled its new low-emission vehicle, the Up! Lite, which gets powered by a hybrid diesel-electric engine. The sporty four-seater is being touted to be a direct cousin to the company\u2019s L1 two-seater car that was showcased at the Frankfurt Auto Show.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/04\/volkswagen-up-lite_2_3uG4d_69.jpg\" alt=\"volkswagen up lite_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Up! Lite is equipped with a fuel-efficient TDI engine, an electric motor and a 7-speed direct shift gearbox, which combined with a tiny aerodynamic footprint allows the car to run 70 miles on a gallon of fuel, while emitting just 65g\/km of CO2.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/04\/volkswagen-up-lite_3_WVYWs_69.jpg\" alt=\"volkswagen up lite_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The lightweight car sports several components made from carbon fiber, which includes the roof, wheel spokes and portions of the frame. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/04\/volkswagen-up-lite_5_ROxO9_69.jpg\" alt=\"volkswagen up lite_5\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/04\/volkswagen-up-lite_6_tALGf_69.jpg\" alt=\"volkswagen up lite_6\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/gas2.org\/2009\/12\/03\/volkswagen-up-lite-a-70-mpg-hybrid-diesel-electric-4-seater\/\">Gas2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Low-emission car powered by a hybrid engine. Volkswagen has unveiled its new low-emission vehicle, the Up! Lite, which gets powered by a hybrid diesel-electric engine. The sporty four-seater is being touted to be a direct cousin to the company\u2019s L1 two-seater car that was showcased at the Frankfurt Auto Show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}