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

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A large number of components in automobiles are made from plastics; these have to meet exacting safety, heat-resistance and quality requirements. That is why, so far, only petroleum-based materials have been suitable for manufacturing plastic components in automobiles that are subjected to particularly intensive wear.

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Audi opens Research & Development Center for Asia in Beijing, China

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Audi AG has opened its new Audi R&D Center Asia in Beijing, China. The center is part of Audi’s global R&D and will closely cooperate with the development departments of FAW-Volkswagen. The laboratories, prototype and R&D workshops cover an area of over 8,000 square meters. compared to the previous year.

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Audi of America officially introduces the new A3 family; plug-in hybrid version coming in 2015

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Audi of America officially announced plans today for the arrival in the US of the new A3 family of premium compact cars, with three body styles, five new engines and seven variants including its plug-in hybrid model. Audi first revealed the A3 Sportback e-tron at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show earlier this year. The Audi A3 stretches 175.5

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Audi and TTTech present prototype advanced ECU for piloted driving at CES; computing capacity superior to entire current A4

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Audi AG’s Ulrich Hackenberg (Member of the Board for Technical Development) holds the prototype zFAS at CES. At the CES in Las Vegas, Audi and its technology partner TTTech Computertechnik AG presented a prototype of the zFAS platform ECU for piloted driving. —Ricky Hudi, Head of Electronics, Audi AG. Click to enlarge.

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Audi expands connected services offerings

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Audi is broadening its range of online services with the new Audi connect offerings myCarManager and myService. The new services bring enhanced convenience and security, and are available immediately for the Audi Q7 and the new A4 model line. For the new services, Audi focused heavily on data security.

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

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As the number two OEM in the automobile business in the world, it only makes sense for us if we see a certain volume behind it. This includes the battery pack, power electronics and all the connections, and first pack power to the vehicle. Soeren Hinze, Volkswagen Electric-Traction (EL) Technical Development. (Dr.

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