VW Rolls Out A Backward Hybrid

You know how we love plug-in Hybrids around these parts, particularly if they’re actually going to get built  crazy, we know. Now it looks like Volkswagen is going to get into the game, with a “Twin Drive” Golf powered by a 122 Horsepower Diesel Engine and 82 Horsies of Electric Motor. The car should debut around 2010, and VW plans on spending $769 Million on the project, helped along by a $23.5 Million program put in place by the German government to help along such development. The car, which uses the Electric Motor for primary power, supplemented by the diesel motor and regenerative braking for extra juice, should be able to squeeze about 31 miles out of its Sanyo-developed lithium-ion batteries in all-electric mode.

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