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US charges Audi manager with conspiracy to cheat US emissions tests; sacrificing NOx control for a sound system

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The US has charged a former Audi manager via criminal complaint for his role in a conspiracy to defraud US regulators and customers by implementing defeat device software in thousands of Audi diesel vehicles to cheat US emissions tests. Beginning in or about 2006, Audi was designing the new 3.0

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EC fines automakers $1B for colluding on technical development of NOx aftertreatment systems

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The European Commission has found that Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen group (Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche) breached EU antitrust rules by colluding on technical development of NO x aftertreatment systems. A marketable filling solution was crucial to enabling wide-scale use of the highly efficient SCR system for exhaust gas treatment.

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Audi launches next-gen A4 with new Millerized TFSI engine; g-tron model w/ Audi e-gas

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Audi has unveiled the new-generation Audi A4 and A4 Avant, developed with a high priority on the reduction of CO 2 emissions. TFSI based on Miller cycle, introduced by Audi earlier this year at the Vienna Motor Symposium. All engines comply with the Euro 6 emission limits, so that the TDI has been labeled a clean diesel.

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Audi’s new 3.0L diesel; ready for 48V mild hybrid system

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Audi engineers have intensively further developed the new 3.0 In the new Audi A5 and Q5 models, the V6 diesel outputs 210 kW (286 hp) as well as 620 N·m (457lb-ft) of torque (this engine version is not yet for sale. As with all V engines from Audi, its two banks lie at a 90-degree angle from one another. millimeters (3.3

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New VW EA288 diesel to debut in 2H 2014 in the MY 2015 Golf, Jetta, Passat and Beetle; MDB comes to the US (updated with diagrams)

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liter diesels currently fitted in Audi and Volkswagen TDI Clean Diesel models. The third circuit cools the charge air for more efficient combustion. The charge air intercooler is integrated into the intake manifold. Charge air cooling. Exhaust gas aftertreatment module close to engine. warming if necessary.

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A closer look at the basics of Volkswagen Group’s important new 2.0L diesel MDB engine

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liter diesel, prominently showing the closely attached exhaust aftertreatment system. liter TDI Clean Diesel engines fitted in Audi and Volkswagen TDI Clean Diesel models, and as such, is a strategically important engine. The cylinder head intake and exhaust valves are arranged one behind the other. The EA288 2.0-liter

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EPA and California ARB charge Volkswagen with using software defeat device to circumvent NOx testing in 4-cylinder 2.0L diesels

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EPA has issued a notice of violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. The NOV alleges that Volkswagen and Audi cars from model years 2009-2015 equipped with 2.0-liter, Audi A3 (Model Years 2009 – 2015). collectively referred to here as Volkswagen).

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