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Audi donating €1 million in emergency aid for refugees in Europe

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Audi is providing €1 million (US$1.1 —Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG. The money from the corporate donation will flow to local aid projects at the Audi production sites. Volunteers recently renovated homes for underage migrants and organized excursions for refugee children.

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Audi unveils redesigned R18 diesel hybrid Le Mans racer for 2016 season

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Audi unveiled its redesigned R18 diesel hybrid Le Mans racer for the 2016 World Endurance Championship (WEC) season. As a result, Audi’s LMP1 sports car is more powerful and more efficient than its predecessor; the new R18 consumes less fuel than any of the generations before it. Wolfgang Ullrich, Head of Audi Motorsport.

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5G Automotive Association and European Automotive Telecom Alliance to cooperate on connected and autonomous driving

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5GAA and EATA are dedicated to prioritizing the use cases identified by the two organizations to identify the technical requirements that need to be addressed, both in the short and in the long term. The main objective of the Alliance is to promote the wide deployment of hybrid connectivity for connected and automated driving in Europe.

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ANSI Electric Vehicles Standards Panel to host first plenary 20-21 June in Detroit

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Participation in the June meeting and in the EVSP is open to all affected parties, including representatives of the automotive, electrotechnical and utilities industries, relevant trade associations, standards development and conformity assessment organizations, government agencies, and academia.

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What is the Combined Charging System (CCS) Standard?

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SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers) and the European Automobile Manufacturing Association (ACEA) proposed the Combined Charging System (CCS) standard in 2011. North American and European EV manufacturers are the leading drivers of CCS adoption, along with the industry-sponsored, non-profit organization CharIN.