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Audi unveils redesigned R18 diesel hybrid Le Mans racer for 2016 season

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Audi unveiled its redesigned R18 diesel hybrid Le Mans racer for the 2016 World Endurance Championship (WEC) season. As a result, Audi’s LMP1 sports car is more powerful and more efficient than its predecessor; the new R18 consumes less fuel than any of the generations before it. less fuel than the first generation did in 2011.

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Audi’s diesel hybrid racer takes grid position one at Le Mans

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The new Audi R18 e-tron quattro diesel hybrid ( earlier post ) will start the 80 th running of Le Mans from grid position one. Le Mans record winner Tom Kristensen in the number “2” Audi R18 e-tron quattro set the fourth-fastest lap (3m 25.433s) behind the quickest hybrid vehicle from Toyota. But this is just a very small step.

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Pike ranks Volkswagen Group as the global leader in clean diesel vehicles

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The new Pike Pulse Report: Clean Diesel Vehicles from Pike Research ranks the Volkswagen Group as the leader in this market, due to the efforts of the Volkswagen and Audi brands. million diesel passenger cars sold in 2011, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. Click to enlarge.

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Volkswagen Group to invest €51.6B over next five years; seeking to make itself future-proof

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The new plant in North America will begin operating in 2011. The ratio of capital expenditure to sales revenue will be at a competitive level of around 6% on average in the period 2011 to 2015. billion) in the period 2011 to 2015. Tags: Engines Hybrids Market Background Motors Vehicle Manufacturers. billion (US$14.5

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ANSI Electric Vehicles Standards Panel to host first plenary 20-21 June in Detroit

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Thirty-nine public and private sector organizations have already joined the EVSP initiative, including: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Association of Global Automakers ATIS Audi AG Better Place California Public Utilities Commission Con Edison Corning Inc.

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What is the Combined Charging System (CCS) Standard?

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SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers) and the European Automobile Manufacturing Association (ACEA) proposed the Combined Charging System (CCS) standard in 2011.

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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Like other major automakers, Audi (and its parent Volkswagen Group) is working on meeting its medium-term regulatory requirements (e.g., Like other major automakers, Audi (and its parent Volkswagen Group) is working on meeting its medium-term regulatory requirements (e.g., Audi’s basic goal is to combine renewable energy (e.g.

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