article thumbnail

Audi receives first autonomous driving permit issued by the State of California

Green Car Congress

Audi will be the first company to receive a newly established autonomous driving permit issued by California. Audi has conducted research over tens of thousands of miles in Europe and various US states, where such testing is permitted. Audi envisions this technology could be ready for consumer introduction within five years.

Audi 230
article thumbnail

Google, NVIDIA and automakers form open alliance to bring Android platform to cars

Green Car Congress

Audi, GM, Google, Honda, Hyundai and NVIDIA have formed the Open Automotive Alliance (OAA), a global alliance of technology and auto industry leaders committed to bringing the Android platform to cars starting in 2014. —Ricky Hudi, Head of Electrics/Electronics Development at Audi AG.

Google 199
article thumbnail

New milestone in 2023: What drove India to record over 41 lakh car sales

Baua Electric

REUTERS) The just concluded year 2023 was a cheerful one for the Indian auto industry, as the car manufacturers in the country breached the four million mark for the first time. This created quite a ruckus in the global auto industry. per cent growth over 39 lakh units registered in 2022.

India 52
article thumbnail

Europe’s biggest EV market is about to hit a perfect storm of problems

Baua Electric

Still, even after the subsidy loss, automakers like Tesla, VW, Audi, Stellantis, and Mercedes-Benz have jumped in to compensate for it, at least for a little while. According to VDA estimates, the global market should see a 2% growth to 77.4 It forecasts the global market to grow by 2% to 77.4 million cars, compared to the 78.8

Market 52
article thumbnail

SEAT reduces waste by 34% since 2010, expects to achieve 60% reduction by 2025

Green Car Congress

One of SEAT’s landmark environmental initiatives is the SEAT al Sol solar power park on the roofs of the Martorell factory, the largest facility of its kind in Europe and one of the largest in the global auto industry. The company invested €23 million on these implementations.

Waste 199
article thumbnail

Eaton Supercharger Debuts in China on Three New Chery Engines

Green Car Congress

Fuel savings and emission reduction are the new themes for China’s auto industry. Chery is continuing to leverage global resources and is making great strides in building core technological competitiveness, as well as actively following government policies to reduce greenhouse gases and emissions.

Eaton 199
article thumbnail

New: EVAdoption Quarterly US Electric Vehicle (EV) Sales Scoreboard

EV Adoption

We recognize that this scoreboard has limited value today due to the small number and randomness of the these 9 EVs currently included, but part of our goal is to shine a light on the general lack of transparency in the auto industry when it comes to US EV sales data. New to the scoreboard in Q3 was the Audi e-tron GT.

Sale 52