{"id":112275,"date":"2014-12-08T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=112275"},"modified":"2014-12-08T06:17:45","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T05:17:45","slug":"next-generation-audi-q7-to-be-available-as-diesel-plug-in-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2014\/12\/08\/next-generation-audi-q7-to-be-available-as-diesel-plug-in-hybrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Next-Generation Audi Q7 to be Available as Diesel Plug-In Hybrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2014\/12\/audi-q7-001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2014\/12\/audi-q7-001-696x385.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"audi-q7-001\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-112287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/audi-q7-001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/audi-q7-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/audi-q7-001-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/audi-q7-001-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/audi-q7-001.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next-generation<a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/category\/supercars\/audi\/\" title=\"Audi\"> Audi<\/a> Q7 is set to become the first model from the Volkswagen Group to be available with a plug-in hybrid diesel powertrain.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside being the first model from the Volkswagen Group using such a system, the diesel plug-in hybrid Audi Q7 will become just the second car with such a powertrain for sale in Europe after the Volvo V60. 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\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n \t\t\r\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-197650\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2015-audi-q7-spy-shots_1\/audi-q7-009.jpg\" title=\" \" class=\"thickbox\" rel=\"set_13496\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"audi-q7-009\" alt=\"audi-q7-009\" src=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2015-audi-q7-spy-shots_1\/thumbs\/thumbs_audi-q7-009.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n \t \t\r\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\r\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div> \t\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>While speaking with Automotive News Europe recently, Audi development chief boss Ulrich Hackenberg confirmed that the new Audi Q7 plug-in will use a 3.0-litre V6 diesel mated to an electric motor. Unfortunately we\u2019ll likely have to wait until the car is revealed next year to find out specifics about the powertrain.\\<\/p>\n<p>[Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autonews.com\/article\/20141205\/COPY01\/312059978\/audi-q7-will-be-vw-groups-1st-plug-in-diesel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Automotive News<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next-generation Audi Q7 is set to become the first model from the Volkswagen Group to be available with a plug-in hybrid diesel powertrain. Alongside being the first model from the Volkswagen Group using such a system, the diesel plug-in hybrid Audi Q7 will become just the second car with such a powertrain for sale [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":112287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[74,2129,10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}