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Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

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Audi has set the goal of successively reducing vehicle-specific CO 2 emissions by 30% by 2025 compared with reference year 2015 and over the entire product lifecycle. In the long term, Audi is pursuing the vision of CO2-neutral mobility and aims to be climate-neutral throughout the company on balance by 2050. 97.9 - 111.9

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Audi and KIT working on recycling for automotive plastics via pyrolysis oil

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Audi and the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) are therefore launching a pilot project for chemical recycling as part of the “Industrial Resource Strategies” THINKTANK in order to feed such mixed plastic fractions back into a resource-conserving circular system. The most recent example is the utilization of PET in the Audi A3.

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California, 6 automakers finalize bilateral Clean Car Framework agreements

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Automakers who voluntarily agreed to the framework agreements are BMW of North America (including Rolls Royce for purposes of the agreement), Ford, Honda, Volkswagen Group of America (including VW and Audi), and Volvo. Generally they promote enhanced distribution of zero emission vehicles.

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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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Under the changing situation, there is not much time left for traditional oil companies to “break the circle” Total Energy launches new company. Among the oil companies breaking through the siege of new energy vehicles, the international giant Total Energy has found a suitable breakthrough: charging piles.

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Pike ranks Volkswagen Group as the global leader in clean diesel vehicles

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The new Pike Pulse Report: Clean Diesel Vehicles from Pike Research ranks the Volkswagen Group as the leader in this market, due to the efforts of the Volkswagen and Audi brands. The company has long. particulate matter (PM) emissions set by the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Tier 2 standards or the EU’s Euro 5 standards.

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Bain: Germany’s goal of 1M electric cars by 2020 is unattainable; fewer than 50,000 units on road by end of this year

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The German Federal Government plan to have one million electric cars on its roads by 2020 has failed, according to the analysis of international management consulting firm Bain & Company. Stricter emission laws and the technological advances in electric drives will accelerate the trend towards e-mobility in the medium term, Bain said.

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

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In powertrain production, new generations of engines will be launched with enhanced performance, fuel consumption and emission levels. These companies will invest a total of €10.6 The Volkswagen Group is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. billion (US$14.5

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