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Audi is the latest automaker to reveal plans for a lower-cost EV

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Audi is joining the race as automakers gear up to introduce new, lower-cost EV models. Audi plots a new lower-cost EV, an electric A3 or Q3 After unveiling the new Q6 e-tron this week, its next-gen premium mid-size electric SUV, Audi, is planning a smaller, lower-cost EV.

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Graforce plasma electrolysis for efficient generation of hydrogen from industrial waste water; partnering with Audi

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Graforce’s partners include carmaker Audi and Berliner Wasserbetriebe. The technology we’ve developed is capable of cleaning wastewater and producing a low-cost, low-emission fuel from it. German carmaker Audi has also been committed for many years to alternative, synthetic fuels.

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BYD takes 20% of Japan’s EV imports in January after launching just last year

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BYD officially entered Japan’s auto market last January, launching its affordable Atto 3 (Yuan Plus in China) electric SUV. In September, BYD launched another low-cost EV , its Dolphin electric hatch. Most imports were luxury brands like BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi. More importantly, Japan isn’t known for its imports.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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Audi E-tron 5,612. The Model 3 its affordable ($35,000 as it was originally advertised, though most have sold for more), smaller model changed everything. The German Juggernaut — the Volkswagen ID4, Audi E-tron(s) & Porsche Taycan. Volkswagen Group (which includes VW, Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini and Bentley in the U.S.)

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ABI Research: Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, and BMW continue to dominate ADAS market

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As mass-market OEMs have strived to offer affordable ADAS solutions to their customers, luxury brands have sought to distinguish themselves either by increasing the sophistication of their systems, or by offering their systems across more of their model range. ABI Research’s ADAS vendor matrix, ranking innovation and implementation.

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6 Best Electric SUVs and Crossovers (and how they’re changing the cost of driving)

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The I-Pace ranks slightly behind Tesla and Audi in the luxury electric SUV rankings. 2 Audi e-tron – Electric SUV. 2 Audi e-tron – Electric SUV. Designed to go toe-to-toe with Tesla’s Model X, the e-tron is Audi’s first luxury electric SUV. . #3 Jaguar I-Pace – Electric Crossover. Jaguar I-PACE.

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Audi selects Altera SoC FPGAs for production zFAS piloted-driving systems

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Altera Corporation announced that its SoC field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) have been selected for use in Audi’s advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) for piloted driving targeted for mass production. They still remain an affordable and low-power solution. Audi zFAS unit shown at 2014 CES. Click to enlarge.

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