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Audi to compete in Dakar Rally in 2022 with series-hybrid electric prototype; factory team leaving Formula E

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Cross-country rallying will be the spearhead of the factory motorsport commitment in the future. We want to continue demonstrating the brand’s slogan ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ in international top-level motorsport in the future and develop innovative technologies for our road cars. The Audi e-tron is a bestseller in many markets.

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Toyota broadly outlines next-generation Prius; developing wireless inductive charging for the plug-in model; bullish on hydrogen

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Ogiso re-emphasized the importance of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, which he said “ will be in our future for a long time ”. Toyota’s first commercially available hydrogen fuel cell vehicle will go on sale in global markets in 2015. Market futures. Motorsports. Toyota’s TS-030 uses supercapacitors instead of batteries.

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