Volkswagen is responding to the climate debate by putting three hybrid cars and one pure electric on sale.
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Martin Winterkorn told journalists in Lisbon that the next generation Golf will be available with mild hybrid or automatic start-stop technology but did not give a date for the launch. There will also be a full hybrid version of the next Touareg, that will be able to travel short distances in pure electric mode, and a plug-in hybrid version of the Jetta.
A new electric car with a lithium-ion battery will be based on the Up! concept and should go into limited volume production in 2010.
Winterkorn stressed that, while new hybrid technologies play a role, diesel and petrol internal combustion engines will continue to be important for many years to come.
