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Audi, the city of Ingolstadt and Telekom cooperate on 5G technology

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Audi and Deutsche Telekom are entering into a 5G technology partnership together with the city of Ingolstadt. As well as Audi, other industrial companies will be able to use the local 5G infrastructure. Audi Electronics Venture GmbH (AEV) has been developing new technologies for the automobiles of the Audi brand since October 2001.

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Audi deploys Microchip’s MOST150 technology in new Audi A4 sedan’s Virtual Cockpit

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Microchip Technology , a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced that Audi is using MOST technology to network the high-end Audi virtual cockpit system in the latest model year of its best-selling A4 Sedans. Audi Virtual Cockpit in the A4. Click to enlarge.

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2nd Audi Autonomous Driving Cup

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Audi Electronic Venture GmbH ( AEV ), a fully owned Audi subsidiary, is holding the second Audi Autonomous Driving Cup from 22-24 March 2016. Eight university teams will take part in the competition at the Audi museum mobile in Ingolstadt. Our engineers at Audi likewise use the ADTF development environment.

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Hackenberg resigns from Audi Board of Management

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Audi AG announced that Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg has reached a mutual agreement with the Supervisory Board to step down as Member of the Board of Management for Technical Development. Dr. Hackenberg is being replaced by Dr. Stefan Knirsch, Head of Powertrain at Audi since 2013. Stefan Knirsch, Head of Powertrain at Audi since 2013.

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Audi realigns motorsport strategy: electric instead of endurance; out of FIA WEC at end of 2016 season

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Audi is realigning its motorsport strategy. Instead, Audi is taking up a factory-backed commitment ( earlier post ) in the all-electric Formula E racing series. That is why the Board of Management had decided to terminate Audi’s commitment in endurance racing. The ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport FE02 for 2016/2017.

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Audi to compete with hybrid drive at Le Mans for the first time; prototype to be presented at end of February

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Audi will compete in the 80 th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans on 16-17 June 2012 with a total of four LMP1 sports cars. Audi Sport Team Joest will also follow a two-pronged approach in the newly created FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) during the 2012 season. Wolfgang Ullrich, Head of Audi Motorsport. Earlier post.).

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Audi and TTTech present prototype advanced ECU for piloted driving at CES; computing capacity superior to entire current A4

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Audi AG’s Ulrich Hackenberg (Member of the Board for Technical Development) holds the prototype zFAS at CES. At the CES in Las Vegas, Audi and its technology partner TTTech Computertechnik AG presented a prototype of the zFAS platform ECU for piloted driving. —Ricky Hudi, Head of Electronics, Audi AG. Click to enlarge.

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