For some models it might be more cost effective to replace the engine with a remanufactured unit than to keep swapping it out a part at a time.

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Ms Webb said it was a "fundamental ripping out of the engine of Trident" and the unit would now exist in name only.

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The power electronics unit integrated in the engine compartment operates at a level of around 370V and manages the flow of high-voltage energy to and from the battery and the electric motors.

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The 2.0-liter engine in the Beetle is the same unit you can find in the Golf and Jetta, a torquey turbo that produces 200 hp and 207 lb-ft of torque.

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The ELR will run on an electric propulsion system made of a T-shaped lithium ion battery, an electric drive unit and a four-cylinder engine generator.

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The maker of the Alto, A-Star and WagonR gasoline cars will open a 150, 000-unit-a-year diesel-engine plant and also expand its capacity to manufacture diesel cars by September to meet the expanding demand for diesel vehicles, he added.

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The low-profile hull unit is so completely shrouded you can barely hear the engine.

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In addition to the petrol engine and electric motor, the LF-CC hybrid drive system further comprises a generator, a high-performance battery, a power split device which, via planetary reduction gears, combines and re-allocates power from the engine, electric motor and generator according to operational requirements, and a compact power control unit to govern the high speed interaction of the system components.

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Taobao, a unit of Alibaba Group, announced on Tuesday that it was beta testing a shopping search engine called Etao.

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