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Audi and Krajete developing direct air capture technologies for CO2

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AUDI AG and the Austria-based green tech company Krajete GmbH are jointly developing new technologies for filtering emissions from ambient air. The recovered CO 2 is then available in a highly concentrated form as a raw material for permanent storage or for a wide range of industrial applications.

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Audi introduces sport e-bike concept at Wörthersee

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Audi e-bike Wörthersee. One of the highlights on the Audi stand at the 2012 Wörthersee Tour in Austria (an annual gathering of Audi VW, Seat and Skoda enthusiasts) is an electric bicycle technology concept: the Audi e-bike Wörthersee. Click to enlarge. The two disk brakes are also applied hydraulically.

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Audi A1 e-tron wins Silvretta Electric Car Rally

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Audi is this year’s overall winner of the second Silvretta Electric Car Rally in Austria’s Montafon region. The 2011 victory of the A1 e-tron range-extended electric vehicle follows the Audi R8 e-tron’s win last year. The second Audi in the rally, a. It offers a range of 50 kilometers (31 miles).

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TTTech closes $55M investment round to scale IoT and autonomous driving solutions; new strategic partners join Audi

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This funding is backed by the strong commitment of the existing shareholders, led by Audi AG. Audi is pioneer of piloted driving. The new Audi A8, which we plan to launch in 2017, will be the first model to make the transition from assisted to piloted driving. Since 2010, we have set one technical milestone after the other.

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Porsche reports ~60% of new Panamera models delivered in Europe are with plug-in hybrid drive; ramping up for Mission E

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The Panamera plug-in hybrids (Panamera 4 E-Hybrid and Panamera 4 E-Hybrid Executive) have a purely electric range of up to 50 kilometers (31 miles). In France, for example, the figure is 70%, in Austria it is more than 80% and in Belgium it is even more than 90%. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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Markets were significantly hit in Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Slovenia, Greece and Portugal, where the combined volume fell from 634,600 units in March 2019 to 161,800 units last month. Whereas Audi and Mercedes increased the registrations of their E-Tron and GLE by 86% and 213% respectively. >. million units.

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Europe January 2021

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With BMW's plugin hybrid profiting from a fortuity of circumstances, like the fact that the Tesla Model 3 was in an off month , and the Mercedes C-Class arch-rival being close to a generational change ( the new PHEV version has 100 kms (62 mi) electric range! the Audi e-Tron will have a harder time keeping the full size crown.

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