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Volkswagen Group appoints new heads of Global R&D, Group Design, Group Product and Modular Toolkit Strategy

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Having started his career at Ford, he was Head of Volkswagen Group Research from 2000 to 2003. He was appointed Board Member for Engineering at Bentley in 2003 before taking over as Managing Director of the German Association of the Automotive Industry in 2012. He began his career at Audi in Ingolstadt in 1987.

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Behind Audi’s 12th Le Mans win: less fuel, more speed

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Audi posted its 12 th Le Mans 24 Hour victory on Sunday in its Audi R18 e-tron diesel hybrid quattro. Post-race analysis showed that the victorious Audi R18 e-tron quattro of Loïc Duval/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish (F/DK/GB) designated as car number ‘2’ made 34 pit stops at Le Mans and required 47 minutes and 14.799 seconds for them.

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Aral car buying trends study: German new car buyers looking to gasoline, hybrid vehicles

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Audi is the new leader in brand selection, with 17% of respondents saying they wanted an Audi—twice as many as in the 2015 study. Between 2003 and 2013, only 7-11% were interested in a new car. The dream car for 2017 is a black Audi sedan, powered by a gasoline engine. Two years ago, the figure was 34%.

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Visitor remark: Automakers are lacking a chance to promote extra EVs to ladies

Baua Electric

In 2003, Volvo debuted the YCC, a automobile designed through and for girls. As for EVs, advertisements for Ford, Audi and Cadillac have featured ladies prominently, however those are within the minority. GM discontinued the Saturn logo two years then.

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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

Cars That Think

Tesla has been a ZEV-only company since its inception in 2003; Audi , Fiat , Volvo , and Mercedes-Benz are targeting ZEV-only sales by 2030; and General Motors and Honda are targeting ZEV-only sales by 2035 and 2040, respectively.”

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Volkswagen outlines a range of near-term technologies for reducing fuel consumption and emissions; stop-start 2.0, 10-speed DSG

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Volkswagen launched the first production dual clutch transmission in 2003 as the Volkswagen 6-speed DSG, which was initially used in the Golf R32 and the Audi TT. In addition, the mild hybrid systems enable energy recovery in braking phases; productive use of this energy results in further fuel economy benefits. 10-speed DSG.

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Driving Dystopia: Companies Are Getting Serious About Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Connectivity

The Truth About Cars

In April, the FCC granted waivers to Audi of America, Ford Motor Co., While the former group focused on petitioning the government to rethink roadway surveillance, the latter claimed responsibility for the destruction of at least 700 cameras by 2003. Department of Transportation in 2022 awarded a nearly $1.9

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