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Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

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Audi has set the goal of successively reducing vehicle-specific CO 2 emissions by 30% by 2025 compared with reference year 2015 and over the entire product lifecycle. In the long term, Audi is pursuing the vision of CO2-neutral mobility and aims to be climate-neutral throughout the company on balance by 2050. Earlier post.).

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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. The company has long.

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Ko-HAF project on highly automated driving at higher speeds launched in Germany

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A consortium of 16 automobile manufacturers, automotive suppliers and public partners has launched the Ko-HAF (Kooperatives hochautomatisiertes Fahren, Cooperative Highly Automated Driving) project in Germany. million (US$40 million) and is expected to run until November 2018.

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

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We are systematically pursuing the goals of our Strategy 2018 to further increase our profitability and to make Volkswagen the world’s most future-proof automotive group. The Volkswagen Group is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. share of the world passenger car market.

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Bain: Germany’s goal of 1M electric cars by 2020 is unattainable; fewer than 50,000 units on road by end of this year

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According to Bain analysis, the cost of Li-ion battery systems will fall significantly from today’s €260/kWh (US$283/kWh) to be less than €150/kWh (US$163/kWh) by 2018, with the possibility of dropping further to €110/kWh (US$120/kWh) by 2022.

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Audi unveils its first all-electric racer for Formula E; new powertrain from Audi/Schaeffler

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In Neuberg, Germany, Audi presented the Group’s first all-electric race car: the Audi e-tron FE04 for the Formula E series. In Formula E, the teams and manufacturers are allowed to develop the powertrain consisting of the motor, transmission, parts of the suspension and the respective software.

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Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo concept to be used as race taxi in Formula E; “virtuality turns into reality”

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Audi has produced the Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo concept car, which it will deploy as a race taxi in Formula E starting with the race in Rome on Saturday 14 April. Audi has been working together with Sony and Polyphony Digital—the creators of “Gran Turismo”—for nearly 20 years. System output is 600 kW (815 hp).

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