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Audi opens power-to-gas facility in Werlte/Emsland; e-gas from water, green electricity and CO2

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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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European consortium launches 4-year, $80M L3Pilot research project to test Level 3, 4 autonomous driving in 11 countries

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The strong integration of the entire European automobile industry and the scientific support by experts in the areas of mobility and automated vehicles will drive this initiative forward and make it successful. —Aria Etemad from Volkswagen Group Research, project coordinator L3Pilot.

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New milestone in 2023: What drove India to record over 41 lakh car sales

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the Indian automobile industry has been showing great resilience. Some prominent electric cars launched last year in India included the MG Comet, tata Nexon EV facelift, BMW iX1 , BMW i7, Citroen eC3, Volvo C40 recharge, Hyundai Ioniq 5, Audi Q8 e-tron, Audi Q8 e-tron Sportback etc.

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Oil companies “break the circle”! Total Energy to build tens of thousands of charging piles in China

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Behind the popularity of charging piles in the oil circle, the transportation industry is undergoing a major change unseen in a century. The automobile industry has been developed for more than 200 years, and the use of petroleum as fuel has dominated most of the time. who moved the oil cheese. the only way.

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Volkswagen Group Research and KUKA partner to develop robot-supported services for autonomous and electric vehicles

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Audi recently established Autonomous Intelligent Driving GmbH for self-drive systems. KUKA AG is one of the biggest providers of intelligent automation solutions and is the world’s leading manufacturer of production plants in the automobile industry. This company is carrying out work for the entire Volkswagen Group.

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Volkswagen Adding 1.6B to Investment for China; 6B Total

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With the new total of €6 billion (US$8 billion), the Group intends to maintain and reinforce its leading position on one of the key sales markets of the automobile industry. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Management Board of Volkswagen AG Volkswagen had already decided to invest €4.4 billion (US$5.9

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Much Awaited Electric Cars Sales Report – Feb’ 23

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With the advent of battery technology, the automobile industry is shifting towards electric vehicles from the gasoline ones. 41 AUDI AG 8 8 8 0.0 E-car manufacturer Feb’ 23 Jan’ 23 Feb’ 22 YoY% MoM% TATA Motors 3,776 2,426 2,316 63.04 56 MG Motors 345 425 38 807.89 -19 BYD India 228 132 12 1800.0 14 Mercedes-Benz 30 39 4 650.0

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