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Audi opens 1.9 MWh battery storage unit on EUREF Campus in Berlin

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Audi has opened Germany’s largest multi-use battery energy storage unit on the EUREF Campus in Berlin. The Audi storage unit has a capacity of 1.9 MWh and uses used lithium-ion batteries from development vehicles to test various interaction scenarios between electric cars and the power grid.

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Audi to have a plug-in hybrid in every model series; new BEV in 2018

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Audi will have a plug-in hybrid in every model series in the coming years as part of its efforts in efficiency and sustainability, said Prof. Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board of Management at Audi AG for Technical Development, during his speech at Audi’s Annual Press Conference in Ingolstadt. Earlier post.)

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Audi unveils grandsphere concept; electric Level 4 sedan

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Audi unveiled the grandsphere concept study—the second of three “sphere” concept cars from Audi. long grandsphere electric sedan combines the luxury of private travel in the greatest of comfort with a comprehensive onboard experience offering. Earlier post.) Drive system and charging.

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Audi scraps A2 electric car plan

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Premium car maker Audi is planning a u-turn on some of its electric car plans according to automotive magazine, Car. According to the British mag, Audi has cancelled its plans to produce a battery-powered A2 model and is likely to axe plans for the A1 e-tron hybrid.

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Volkswagen Group and Hamburg partner to bid to host 2021 ITS World Congress

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A further 30 purely battery-powered vehicles will follow in the period to 2025. Spearheaded by Porsche, the Group is driving the expansion of a fast-charging infrastructure for electric cars. Sedric”, the Volkswagen Group’s concept car, gave a glimpse of autonomous driving of the future. Earlier post.)

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Quick drive of the Passat HyMotion hydrogen fuel cell hybrid

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In addition, Volkswagen brought a pair of the hydrogen Passats to the Los Angeles Auto Show for test drives (and Audi brought a pair of its A7 Sportback h-tron hydrogen fuel cell plug-in hybrids for drives, as well.). The 100 kW fuel cell system (also applied in the A7) has a system power of 100 kW. The concept car has high-voltage 1.1

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

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But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. Ignoring the briefly popular commercial electrics around at the turn of the last century, EVs have been experimental concepts or limited edition runs until relatively recently.

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