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Audi releases DEKRA-certified corporate carbon footprint

Green Car Congress

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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Audi realigns motorsport strategy: electric instead of endurance; out of FIA WEC at end of 2016 season

Green Car Congress

Audi is realigning its motorsport strategy. Instead, Audi is taking up a factory-backed commitment ( earlier post ) in the all-electric Formula E racing series. That is why the Board of Management had decided to terminate Audi’s commitment in endurance racing. The ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport FE02 for 2016/2017.

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Audi Sets US Pricing for 2010 MY A3 TDI Clean Diesel; Arrives in Showrooms in Late November 2009

Green Car Congress

Audi announced pricing for the 2010 A3 TDI, its second US clean diesel offering launched this year. Audi launched its first TDI clean diesel model, the Q7 TDI, earlier this year. During the coast-to-coast 2008 Audi Mileage Marathon, the Audi A3 2.0 Earlier post.) L/100 km (50.0 Earlier post.).

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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

Green Car Congress

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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DEED advertising pays off

Electric Auto Association

In addition to securing cars from private owners and the local Audi, BMW, Mercedes, and Tesla dealerships, a used EV dealer was also engaged. So that meant I had a plug-in hybrid in 2008,” he said, explaining that it wasn’t long before folks from Toyota paid him a visit. Everyone loved these cars,” Beas said.

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EVs Take 55% Of The German Auto Market In December!

CleanTechnica EVs

of the month’s passenger auto sales, with full electrics taking a third (33.2%), and plugin hybrids taking over a fifth (22.2%). Plugless hybrids took 12.8%, […]. The tide has turned in the electrification of the German auto market, with plugin electric vehicles taking the majority of sales for the first time in December.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Audi E-tron 5,612. The German Juggernaut — the Volkswagen ID4, Audi E-tron(s) & Porsche Taycan. Volkswagen Group (which includes VW, Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini and Bentley in the U.S.) Audi has already spun off one additional E-tron model, the fastback GT, but others are due shortly. Tesla Model 3 80,681.