Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Audi will be competing in the famous Dakar Rally for the first time in 2022 with an innovative prototype. The alternative drive concept combines an electric drivetrain with a high-voltage battery and a highly efficient energy converter for the first time. The Audi e-tron is a bestseller in many markets.

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Green Car Congress

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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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Audi is discontinuing the TT this year and will be offering a Final Edition built in limited quantities. The answer is that Audi wanted to differentiate the model from everything else that wore the TT badge. But it clashes with the convertible's singular color scheme of Goodwood Green with a Palomino Brown leather interior.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2016

LanzaTech has been selected by the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) to receive a $4-million award to design and plan a demonstration-scale facility using industrial off gases to produce 3 million gallons/year of low-carbon jet and diesel fuels. The LanzaTech award was one of six totaling $12.9 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Audi’s latest e-fuels project is participation in a a pilot plant project in Dresden that produces diesel fuel from water, CO 2 and green electricity. Audi and project partners including Climeworks and sunfire ( earlier post ) opened the plant today. Audi is the exclusive partner in the automotive industry. The Audi e?gas

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2021

As of the beginning of 2021, Audi has converted its European vehicle range to the level of the Euro 6d emission standard. Audi has implemented this in the form of software in the engine control unit. Audi made a considerable effort to ensure that the values were under the new emission limits in all conditions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2019

The Audi A3 Sportback g-tron is starting the new model year with a technology update. To enable the four-cylinder engine to run on these fuels, Audi engineers modified its cylinder head, turbocharging, fuel injection system and catalytic converter. miles) (WLTP cycle) in natural gas operation. Equipped with a new 1.5

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Joule and Audi AG have entered a strategic partnership to accelerate the commercialization of Joule’s sustainable transportation fuels, Sunflow-E and Sunflow-D, for the global ethanol and diesel markets respectively. Joule will also benefit from Audi’s expertise and global reach as well as from the strength of its brand.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Audi investigating its e-fuels in an optical research engine using laser-induced fluorescence. —Reiner Mangold, Head of Sustainable Product Development at Audi. Audi notes that the partnership with Joule is still in a development phase and that large-scale production is still quite a way off. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2016

Global Bioenergies and Audi have signed a new collaboration agreement earlier post ) to further broaden the feedstock flexibility of Global Bioenergies’ bio-isobutene process, which uses fermentation of sugars. The isobutene was then shipped to Germany and converted into isooctane. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2022

Six models from the Volkswagen, Audi and CUPRA brands will now be manufactured in Zwickau based on the modular electric drive matrix (MEB). After Gläserne Manufaktur Dresden, we have now converted a second Volkswagen factory in Saxony to dedicated electric vehicle production. The plants in Emden (ID.4), 4), Hanover (ID.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Global Bioenergies, the developer of a process to convert renewable resources into light olefin hydrocarbons via fermentation (with an initial focus on isobutene) ( earlier post ), signed a contribution agreement with the shareholders of Syngip B.V. to transfer all Syngip shares to Global Bioenergies S.A. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Audi presented the Audi prologue concept car, featuring a mild hybrid powertrain with a 48V electrical subsystem. At the upcoming Geneva show, Audi will show a new variant of the prologue—the Audi prologue Avant—featuring a plug-in hybrid powertrain. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2013

Audi A3 Sportback g-tron. Audi will introduce the compact A3 Sportback g-tron—which can be powered by the CO 2 -neutral Audi e-gas, synthetic methane generated from eco-electricity in the Audi e-gas project ( earlier post )—at the end of the year. The Audi A3 Sportback g-tron is fully bivalent—i.e.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2017

The US has charged a former Audi manager via criminal complaint for his role in a conspiracy to defraud US regulators and customers by implementing defeat device software in thousands of Audi diesel vehicles to cheat US emissions tests. Beginning in or about 2006, Audi was designing the new 3.0

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Green Car Congress

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. 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. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2016

In a demonstration of its ongoing development of advanced alternative powertrains, Audi unveiled the new h-tron quattro fuel cell concept vehicle at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The Audi h-tron quattro concept combines an Audi fifth-generation fuel cell stack delivering up to 110 kW with a power-optimized 1.8

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Joule, a pioneer in the production of liquid fuels from recycled CO 2 , and HeidelbergCement, a German multinational building material company, are partnering to explore application of Joule’s technology to mitigate carbon emissions in cement manufacturing. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

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. TFSI with a displacement of 1,984 cc is available in two versions for the Audi A4 and A4 Avant.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Audi A3 TCNG for e-gas project. Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

More than two and one-half years after the car was first announced ( earlier post ) and more than one year after sales began in Germany and Central Europe ( earlier post ), the US-spec version of the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid will begin arriving in US showrooms in the next few weeks. seconds—comparable to the 7.4

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Dr. Martin Winterkorn said that “ The Porsche Mission E and the Audi e-tron quattro concept are nothing less than a quantum leap for our industry ”—both vehicles have an all-electric range of 500 kilometers (311 miles). Audi e-tron quattro. Audi will present an all-electric, luxury-class sport SUV in early 2018.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The Audi e-tron concept. At the Frankfurt Motor Show, Audi unveiled the e-tron. Audi engineers are also working on an inductive (wireless) charging solution to make charging more convenient. The Audi development engineers drew on the core competence of the company for the e-tron. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The technologies in Alcoa’s roadmap, including a new, proprietary post-consumer scrap recycling process, have the potential to decarbonize a significant portion of the upstream aluminum supply chain and provide a competitive advantage in a carbon-constrained world. The Refinery of the Future: Targeting zero-carbon emissions alumina refining.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2016

Global Bioenergies and LanzaTech have signed a new collaboration agreement to broaden the feedstock flexibility of Global Bioenergies’ renewable isobutene process and the product-portfolio of LanzaTech’s carbon capture technology. The isobutene was then shipped to Germany and converted into isooctane. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Global Bioenergies is now entering the final phase of demonstrating its technology for converting renewable carbon into hydrocarbons. Global Bioenergies is partnering with Audi, earlier post.) It can also be converted into isododecane, a compound found in jet fuel. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2015

In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2011

TFSI twin turbo V8 for the upcoming Audi top-of-the-line S8 ( earlier post ), due on market in early summer 2012, develops 382 kW (520 hp), while consuming 10.2 liters per 100 km (23 mpg US), the Audi S8 is significantly more fuel efficient than its competitors, according to Audi. Audi S8 cylinder on demand.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Clariant, a global provider of specialty chemicals, has supplied a proprietary CO 2 -SNG (synthetic natural gas) catalyst for the methanation unit of Audi’s new power-to-gas facility in Werlte, Germany. The “e-gas plant” was started up in June this year and is part of Audi’s sustainability initiative. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2018

Global Bioenergies (GBE), the company developing a process converting renewable resources into isobutene via fermentation ( earlier post ), and SkyNRG, world market leader in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), will collaborate to accelerate the commercialization of Global Bioenergies’ approach to process isobutene into a jet fuel blending component.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2017

Researchers at the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, with partners from the automotive industry (Audi, VW) and the petroleum industry (Shell, OMV) have launched the €1.46-million In subsequent project phases of P2X, the green OTTO-R fuel will be used in tests by Audi and VW.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

The consortium will study various plant scenarios t convert forestry products and residues profitably into bio-isooctane, a 100-octane rating, high-performance. Global Bioenergies is also partnering with Audi on the production of bio-isobutene-derived iso-octane.( bio-based gasoline derived from bio-isobutene. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In addition, Volkswagen brought a pair of the hydrogen Passats to the Los Angeles Auto Show for test drives (and Audi brought a pair of its A7 Sportback h-tron hydrogen fuel cell plug-in hybrids for drives, as well.). Bottom: On recharge, energy will flow from the fuel cell through the tri-port converter to the battery. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2014

Power-to-gas, or e-gas as Audi calls it, converts surplus electricity into synthetic natural gas and utilizes the existing gas infrastructure. Alternatively, it is also possible to convert it back into electricity with the aid of gas power stations. Direct use can be made of natural gas in homes or to drive vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

Like other major automakers, Audi (and its parent Volkswagen Group) is working on meeting its medium-term regulatory requirements (e.g., Like other major automakers, Audi (and its parent Volkswagen Group) is working on meeting its medium-term regulatory requirements (e.g., Audi’s basic goal is to combine renewable energy (e.g.

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