The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 3, 2024

Rigs like the Porsche 911 Dakar and Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato get big grins and all the ink but jacked up machines like the Wilderness line at Subaru are pushing these builds well into the mainstream. Audi is dipping a toe into these muddy waters with the all-electric Q8 e-tron Edition Dakar. second when compared to the 5.8-second

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JANUARY 18, 2020

Audi is working to electrify one in ten parking spaces at its German plants by mid-2022; most of these charging spaces will be accessible to the public. In addition, there is the equipment of the three Audi Training Center locations at Munich airport. Audi’s largest individual charging park with a power input of 2.1

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

Presales of the Audi Q7 TFSI e quattro (combined fuel consumption 3.0–2.8 A permanently excited synchronous motor (PSM), which is characterized by a high power density and compact design, serves as the electric motor. It is designed such that drivers can cover a large section of their daily journeys on electric power.

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MARCH 31, 2021

one of the largest school bus makers in the US, has joined a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Audi of America, Applied Information, and Temple, Inc., —Brad Stertz, director, Government Affairs, Audi of America. Audi believes C-V2X can provide significant safety benefits to alleviate traffic risks facing vulnerable road users.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

Audi Sport GmbH has fine-tuned many details of the RS 4 Avant which was newly introduced in September 2017, including the addition of a new high-torque twin-turbo V6 with a power output of 331 kW (450 metric hp) and 600 N·m (442.5 TFSI twin-turbo V6, Audi Sport GmbH is building on the legendary 2.7 With the 2.9

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Teslarati

MARCH 10, 2023

Alfa Romeo is planning to build out a lineup of electric vehicles in 2027, which will follow the 1,000-horsepower Giulia EV that it will release in 2025. However, the SUV it wants to build will also appeal to that market, as it is one of the most popular body styles in the U.S. I’d love to hear from you!

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

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. The new electric car is expected to launch in 2027.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Audi unveiled its all-electric Audi e-tron mid-size SUV—its first fully electric production model—in an event in San Francisco. inches high—basically, in-between the Audi Q5 and Q8—offering the spaciousness and comfort commensurate with an Audi. US figures will be available closer to launch.

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MARCH 10, 2016

Audi Electronic Venture GmbH ( AEV ), a fully owned Audi subsidiary, is holding the second Audi Autonomous Driving Cup from 22-24 March 2016. Eight university teams will take part in the competition at the Audi museum mobile in Ingolstadt. Our engineers at Audi likewise use the ADTF development environment.

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JANUARY 25, 2017

Audi AG has started a development partnership with EOS, a global provider of high-end Additive Manufacturing (AM) solutions. The EOS consulting division “Additive Minds" is supporting Audi in the holistic implementation of this industrial 3D printing technology and the development of a corresponding 3D printing center in Ingolstadt.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Audi AG has opened its new Audi R&D Center Asia in Beijing, China. The center is part of Audi’s global R&D and will closely cooperate with the development departments of FAW-Volkswagen. The head of the Audi R&D Center Asia is Lorenz Fuehrlinger. compared to the previous year.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Audi is systematically building on its e-fuels strategy. For some years now, Audi has been conducting research into climate-friendly, CO 2 -based fuels such as e-gas, e-gasoline or synthetically manufactured e-diesel fuel. —Reiner Mangold, Head of Sustainable Product Development at Audi. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

Only a week after the World Championship winning Audi R18 e-tron quattro race car’s last run in a race, its successor is ready to hit the track. Audi Sport in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm has developed a fundamentally new Le Mans prototype that corresponds to the Technical Regulations for 2014 and is designed for maximum efficiency.

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JUNE 26, 2017

Schaeffler and Audi have agreed on an extensive cooperation in the development of the powertrain for the next three generations of the Formula E race car. Audi AG entered the series with a factory-backed commitment as of the fourth season beginning in fall of 2017 ( earlier post ). Schaeffler Chief Technology Officer Prof.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

Among its many offerings at the Paris Motor Show, Audi is unveiling the Audi TT Sportback concept—a car that leverages but elongates the design idiom of the classic TT. Audi TT Sportback concept in Paris. The turbocharger has also been redeveloped and builds up a maximum relative boost pressure of 1.8

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MAY 9, 2012

p> Audi has opened its high-voltage battery project house in Gaimersheim near Ingolstadt. Around 100 electronics experts newly hired by Audi specifically for this project work at the facility, which covers 3,500 square meters. The development and manufacture of batteries for the Audi R8 e-tron and all Audi A1 e-tron fleet batteries.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Audi’s e-gas plant. Audi has opened its e-gas plant in Werlte, making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers. The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert 6MW of input power, utilizes renewable electricity for electrolysis to produce oxygen and hydrogen. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2015

The new Audi R18 made its world premiere on the occasion of the Audi Sport Finale at the Audi Training Center Munich on Saturday. Audi Sport has fundamentally re-designed the Audi R18 for the 2016 season. —Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich. In the DTM, Audi relies on continuity.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

C-V2X direct communications is designed to support active safety and helps enhance situational awareness by detecting and exchanging information using low latency transmission in the globally harmonized 5.9 Thomas Müller, head of electrics/electronics, Audi. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.,

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APRIL 30, 2023

The Electronic Brake Booster not only eliminates the need for a vacuum pump and the hoses that go with it, but also requires little installation space due to its compact design. In addition, it guarantees faster brake pressure build-up than a vacuum brake booster, which results in shorter braking distances in emergency situations.

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

Audi has begun using a new 1,000 horsepower plug-in hybrid shunting locomotive manufactured by Alstom in daily operations at the Audi plant in Ingolstadt, Germany. The new locomotive runs without any emissions inside the plant buildings and can operate for up to two hours at a time in purely electric mode.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

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. Altera: Automotive Vision System Design Variables and FPGA Advantages. Design Challenges. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 25, 2015

At CES Asia 2015 in Shanghai, Audi is showcasing a piloted driving technology study version of its new R8 e-tron battery-electric sports car, introduced earlier this year at the Geneva show. Audi is also featuring a piloted driving version of its A7 Sportback. Piloted driving in China: the Audi strategy. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 26, 2023

SEAT has designed a strategic plan that includes five main pillars: people and organization, electrification and product, production end to end (E2E), digitalization and sustainability. As part of the global production system of the Volkswagen Group, the Martorell plant has also produced the Audi Q3 and currently manufactures the Audi A1.

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MARCH 22, 2016

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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EV Central

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Lyriq is expected to be priced from about $150,000, putting in rarefied EV air against the likes of the Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV , BMW iX and Audi Q8 e-tron. Still, the arrival of Cadillac signals the intention of the iconically American brand to take on the world’s best luxury brands, including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Volvo and Lexus.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 14, 2024

Conventional wisdom among EV advocates is that this is a mistake—industry leader Tesla and other startups have generally taken a clean-sheet approach to designing both their cars and the factories that make them. Starting in 2027, BMW says it will produce only EVs in Munich, although it will continue to build ICE vehicles at other sites.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

Separately, Audi of America, also part of the larger Volkswagen Group, also announced its own carbon offset program for the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid (PHEV) ( earlier post ) with 3Degrees, as well as SunPower and Bosch partnerships. 3Degrees and carbon offsets. Installation costs will be extra.

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DECEMBER 19, 2016

Audi is developing a new modular assembly principle intended as the enabler of the post-production line assembly era. Audi anticipates modular assembly will deliver productivity benefits of at least 20%. For Audi, these are the driverless transport systems (DTS), which began testing at Ingolstadt in 2015. Earlier post.

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JUNE 29, 2015

Audi has unveiled the new-generation Audi A4 and A4 Avant, developed with a high priority on the reduction of CO 2 emissions. TFSI based on Miller cycle, introduced by Audi earlier this year at the Vienna Motor Symposium. The valve-drive module in the cylinder head is designed to be light and rigid. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 21, 2014

Under the agreement, GBE will supply Audi with isooctane derived from isobutene produced at its new pre-commercial pilot system at the Fraunhofer CBP in Leuna. During the two-year collaboration, this agreement also foresees the possibility for Audi to acquire shares of Global Bioenergies corresponding to less than 2% of its capital.

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MAY 6, 2012

When the new A3 is launched ( earlier post ), Audi will be offering one TDI and two TFSI engines, with a 1.4L Also playing a large role are technologies from the Audi modular efficiency platform. Weight reduction in the Audi A3. This lets Audi developers shift the front axle forward by 40 mm (1.57 Click to enlarge.

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MAY 26, 2015

Last week, Audi and its partner Global Bioenergies announced that the first batch of renewable isooctane—which Audi calls “e-benzin”—using Global Bioenergies’ fermentative isobutene pathway (sugar→isobutene→isooctane) had been produced and presented to Audi by Global Bioenergies. Audi e-fuels.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Audi has put a new topcoat paint shop into operation at its plant in Ingolstadt. Sustainable operations have high priority at Audi. Dr. Hubert Waltl, Member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG for Production and Logistics. The complete topcoat painting process for an Audi model lasts about three hours. —Prof.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Volkswagen is undertaking the setup and operation of the 5G infrastructure itself in a move designed to build up competitive expertise in using this important technology of the future and ensure data security. Our aim is therefore to build up extensive experience in the operation and industrial use of 5G technology.

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Current EV

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

One of the most successful German-engineered luxury automotive brands, Audi AG delivered about 1.845 million vehicles globally in 2019. Audi sold just over 224,000 vehicles in 2019 and launched the brand’s first fully electric vehicle, the Audi e-tron – one of four fully electric models coming to the U.S. In the U.S.,

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Alcoa has developed a new all-aluminum space frame and bus design for BYD that has reduced the weight of the new BYD Electric Bus body by 40%—or nearly one ton—versus steel options. Alcoa will be the exclusive supplier of the new bus design as well as sheet product from its Bohai rolling mill in Qinhuangdao, Hebei.

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