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Audi and Hyundai to partner on fuel cell technology

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Audi AG and Hyundai Motor Group will partner on the development of fuel cell technology. Audi and Hyundai are also exploring more far-reaching collaboration on the development of this sustainable technology. —Peter Mertens, Board Member for Technical Development at Audi. The “h” stands for the element hydrogen.

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Audi releases DEKRA-certified corporate carbon footprint

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The Audi Group has calculated its corporate carbon footprint and is the first premium automobile manufacturer to be certified according to the international standard ISO 14064. Audi made a detailed assessment of emissions in all automobile lifecycle phases; experts of DEKRA Certification GmbH and DEKRA Certification Inc.

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2nd Audi Autonomous Driving Cup

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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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Volkswagen Group Takes 90.1% Stake in Italdesign Giugiaro

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The shares are being acquired by Audi’s Italian subsidiary Lamborghini Holding S.p.A. Giugiaro made a name for himself not only with the Golf I, but also with concepts for important models such as the first Volkswagen Passat, Scirocco or the Audi 80. A comprehensive development framework agreement was concluded in 2008.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales. Whereas Audi and Mercedes increased the registrations of their E-Tron and GLE by 86% and 213% respectively. >.

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Volkswagen Opens New Plant in Pune, India

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Experts predict that the Indian automobile market will grow from the present 1.2 The Volkswagen Group has already been building Skoda, Volkswagen and Audi models at its plant in Aurangabad since 2001. In 2008, the Volkswagen Group produced 6.347 million vehicles worldwide, some 66.2% (4.201 million) of which were built outside Germany.

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Volkswagen Group to invest €51.6B over next five years; seeking to make itself future-proof

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The Volkswagen Group is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. In 2009, the Group increased the number of vehicles delivered to customers to 6.336 million (2008: 6.257 million), corresponding to a 11.3% share of the world passenger car market.

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