Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Audi has introduced diesel on every vehicle in its line-up. GM targeted the Cruze for its first North American diesel passenger car in 27 years (Chevrolet dropped the Chevette diesel option in 1987) because it wanted to introduce the advanced diesel engine product in a vehicle that is affordable, Bell said. —James Bell.

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Push EVs

APRIL 13, 2023

HEVs can save around 25% fuel use over ICE-only, whereas for mild hybrids, the figure is around 10% to 15% (EPA estimates, depends heavily on typical driving cycle). Audi rounded out the top three spots. The remaining ranks are more closely distributed, with MG and Audi in 2nd and 3rd spots.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

By using green and clean liquified natural gas as the main fuel, CIMC says it can “significantly reduce emissions.” The Sea Lion 07 is designed by former Audi and Lamborghini designer Wolfgang Egger. The automaker is best known for its affordable EVs like the Dolphin electric hatch (~$17,000) and Yuan Plus (~$19,000).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2018

With the new 48V technology—which will launch initially on the Golf—Volkswagen aims to make hybrid drives affordable to an extremely large clientèle. In conjunction with a lithium-ion battery, the mild hybrid system reduces fuel consumption and increases comfort. 48V mild hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The jury of representatives from BASF, Volkswagen and academia selected Mayrhofer for the outstanding results of his research on electrocatalysts, crucial for the life expectancy of fuel cells. Efficient and affordable batteries are the most important prerequisite for more electromobility on our streets. The Electro-Golf and e-up!,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Audi presented a range of its ongoing work on electromobility and efficiency—from fuels and systems to full vehicles—under the “Future Performance Days 2015” banner. On the full vehicle side, Audi put forward the Audi Q7 e-tron 3.0 On the full vehicle side, Audi put forward the Audi Q7 e-tron 3.0

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EV Life

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The I-Pace ranks slightly behind Tesla and Audi in the luxury electric SUV rankings. Price After Incentives $61,200 MSRP $69,500 Estimated Incentives* $8,300 Electric Range 234 miles Level 2 Charging (240V) 12 hr 50 min Miles per 30 Mins of DC Fast Charging 57 miles Battery Size 90 kWh Seats 5 Fuel efficiency** 76 MPGe. #2 With a 8.3/10

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Push EVs

APRIL 8, 2023

After the untimely demise of the BMW i3, the iX1 is the most affordable BMW BEV on offer, and we should expect it to be the brand’s bestseller over the medium term. For BEV share to consistently reach into the 90% range, may require decent supply of a variety of compelling small, affordable models (BYD dolphin anyone?) growth in 2023.

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Teslarati

MARCH 14, 2022

This includes the vehicle’s price, maintenance costs, fuel or charging rates, any state tax, and registration fees, as well as a car’s depreciation over a 5-year ownership period, among others. The Tesla Model 3 was recently deemed by Kelley Blue Book as one of the winners in its 5-Year Cost to Own Awards for 2022.

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Electric Auto Association

JUNE 5, 2022

In addition to securing cars from private owners and the local Audi, BMW, Mercedes, and Tesla dealerships, a used EV dealer was also engaged. Used EVs are much more affordable,” he continued. They had hired a research firm to go talk to people who were active in alternative fuel vehicles.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 1, 2023

We took to the road to report on most of the new EVs hitting the market, as well as plug-in hybrids, fuel cell electric vehicles, hybrids and the best of the legacy internal combustion engine models. While the luxury end of market has been well-served so far, we expect to see more models filling in on the affordable end this coming year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Thermal management of the electrical machine is another critical factor, because the duration of the boosting and energy recovery operating modes directly impacts fuel economy and emissions. Low voltage hybridization on the other hand, for a new class of 48V hybrid vehicle, provides an affordable compromise between efficiency and cost.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

Broadly, Navigant expects expansion in both the higher end of the market (thereby putting competitive pressure on Tesla Motors), as Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Mercedes, Saab, and Volvo introduce their first plug-in cars. Tesla is also readying the Model X, a more affordable crossover for launch by the end of 2014.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2011

Though gas prices are still far from where they were at the beginning of the year, consumers have begun to feel some relief at the pump, which is likely a contributing factor to the rising interest in larger vehicles and the declining interest in more fuel-efficient models, according to AutoTrader.com analysts. year-over-year.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Serious, Affordable Performance. Sharp-looking, powerful and affordable (with a base price of $36,090), this gran turismo has a place in both around-town and open road driving. Fuel economy for the Stinger GT-Line is EPA rated at 22 mpg city/32 highway/25 combined. Road Test: 2018 Audi A5. mpg, and 33.0

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2009

Within a decade, he added, Volkswagen wants to offer significant numbers of pure electric cars at affordable prices and with the range expected by customers. 2 -neutral fuels play another key role. Limited fossil fuel resources. The everyday, affordable and safe electric car for everyone is feasible. Martin Winterkorn.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We rounded up all the affordable EVs that are arriving in 2024 and 2025 , and if automakers hold to their word—or at least their hints—it’s going to get better for those who don’t have a luxury budget. 2022 Audi E-Tron GT Audi and Porsche are playing it safe with a better mobile charging cable for EV and PHEV models.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 9, 2021

That will tell you how much energy your vehicle needs to travel 100 miles, a more accurate measurement than our traditional fuel economy (mpg) numbers. One new and more affordable option is the Mustang Mach-E , but the personality difference is substantial. Of course, the EPA “green” scores are 10 for both Smog and Greenhouse Gas.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 4, 2009

fuel vehicles including hybrids, modern clean-diesel, electric, hydrogen fuel cell and ethanol powered vehicles. This year’s show will feature more clean diesels than ever before including some new affordable options such as the Volkswagen Golf TDI and the Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen TDI. The green car rundown: • Audi A3 TDI.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Audi’s electrohydraulic combination brake (EHCB). Audi recently held a TechDay in Ingolstadt focused on its efforts to electrify the driveline. In electric mobility, Audi distinguishes between two groups of vehicles: fully hybrid vehicles, driving a maximum of about 3 km (1.86 Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 11, 2023

Since I couldn’t afford the time to endure slow charging, I had to skip that part of my planned road trip. Currently the only other cars with an 800-volt systems are the Porsche Taycan and Audi E-Tron GT. My goal was to head north to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, then west to Fargo, ND, and back to Detroit via Iowa.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Audi held a TechDay in Ingolstadt focused on its efforts to electrify the driveline, and provided more details on the upcoming Q5 hybrid-electric vehicle ( earlier post ), the A1 e-tron range extended electric vehicle ( earlier post ) and the R8 e-tron battery-electric vehicle ( earlier post ). Click to enlarge. To be summarized in Part 2.).

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

ACE-EV X1 Transformer – Australian-based start-up plans a small range of affordable EVs focused on light commercial duties. $5 Audi e-Tron S – triple motor version of the regular e-Tron arrives early in 2022 priced from $165,600 (plus on-roads), delivering more performance and slicker dynamics. Audi RS e-Tron GT.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Our transport emissions have nearly doubled over the last 30 years and our entire transport system is almost exclusively dependent on imported fossil fuels. Affordable, convenient, safe and sustainable transport choices should be available for all New Zealanders. Dean Sheed, General Manager, Audi NZ. There are 3.5 Context .

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Frost & Sullivan proposes the following eight strategies Volkswagen can utilize to regain consumer trust, fuel sales volumes and develop sustainable revenue growth opportunities: Focus on emerging markets. Position the company as a pioneer in sustainable mobility and synthetic fuels. Bring Audi, Porsche, and other brands to the fore.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

BYD’s affordable Dolphin is one of its top-selling models in China and overseas. BYD Sea Lion 07, the brand’s first “mid-sized urban smart electric SUV” (Source: BYD) Wolfgang Egger, former Lamborghini and Audi designer, led the electric SUV’s design. The new “Champion Edition” Dolphin electric hatch will kick off the offensive.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Alternative-fuel cars were some of the hottest items on display at the Shanghai auto show from homegrown companies like Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., Making electric vehicles affordable will be critical for them to have an impact on the environment, as vehicle ownership continues to rise quickly. Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2016

Following an unsuccessful defense of its World Championship titles in 2015, Toyota set itself tough performance targets in order to compete once again at the front of the field, featuring fellow LMP1-Hybrid manufacturers Porsche and Audi. The TS050 HYBRID features a significant change in powertrain concept. We want to be competitive.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

In many cases, personal cars are not the most common means of passenger transport, especially compared with shared vans and minibuses, or two- and three-wheelers (2/3Ws), which are more prevalent and more often electrified, given their relative accessibility and affordability.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Others like Audi , Daimler and VW have stated they are now stopping the development of new internal combustion engines altogether. These numbers above exclude all the existing hybrid electric and other alternative fuel models available or in the works, which number at least another 265 models.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 17, 2023

The automaker has already begun idling auto plants and is warning of future closures to pay for its transition to EVs and to try to keep EV prices affordable. For example, Daimler AG and Audi reportedly have eliminated 20,000 jobs, while auto supplier Bosch will be laying off 1,000 workers in a move to support vehicle electrification.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 10, 2020

If EVs are to replace fossil-fuel vehicles, they need to be able to make long highway trips, which means that DC fast charging needs to be reliable, convenient, affordable and ubiquitous. For testing, umlaut chose two different EVs in two different classes: the Audi e-tron crossover SUV and BMW’s i3 subcompact city car.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

However, until mainstream public confidence reaches the point where the perceived combination of risks of a battery electric vehicle purchase (range, affordability, reliability and behavioral changes) match that of an ICE vehicle, then EV purchases are going to be the exception rather than the norm. How much range is enough?

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Cars That Think

APRIL 25, 2022

25 on the periodic table, situated between chromium and iron—as the latest, alluringly plentiful metal that may make both batteries and EVs affordable enough for mainstream buyers. In Berlin, Musk suggested the world will need 300 terawatt-hours of annual battery production to realize a full transition from fossil-fueled cars.

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