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Audi sets new lap record for diesels on Sachsenring; electric compressor overcomes turbo lag, enhances sprint performance

Green Car Congress

Audi has set a new record time on the Sachsenring for cars with a diesel engine. The Audi RS 5 TDI competition concept rounded the 3.6 results of a gasoline-fueled 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. The fastest lap on the Sachsenring was set this year by a 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z06 with a time of 1:30.47.).

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2024 Field Rover Game SV, 2024 Chevy Colorado ZR2 Bison: This Generation’s Manage Footage

Baua Electric

2024 Audi Q6 E-Tron secret agent photographs – Picture credit score: Baldauf One of the most automobiles we spied this era used to be the after Audi Q6 E-Tron. The newcomer is just badged as an SV, and it packs a turbocharged 4.4-liter liter V-8 mated to a mild-hybrid machine spitting out a mixed 626 hp.

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Taycan review, Equinox EV deal, R1T top safety, 70-mile PHEVs: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV Drivers of the Chevy Bolt EV may qualify for a $3,000 discount on the Chevy Equinox EV. And the Chevrolet Silverado EV RST electric truck got a lower price than anticipated, as well as more miles of EPA range than it was originally supposed to get.

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Tesla Servicing, Charging Station Ratings, The End of Internal Combustion: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today on Green Car Reports: We find out how Tesla treats its customers when something breaks, we drool over the Audi Sport Quattro concept, and the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf hit new sales highs. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Chevrolet Bolt 22,799. Audi E-tron 5,612. The German Juggernaut — the Volkswagen ID4, Audi E-tron(s) & Porsche Taycan. Volkswagen Group (which includes VW, Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini and Bentley in the U.S.) Audi has already spun off one additional E-tron model, the fastback GT, but others are due shortly.

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Size or Speed? IIHS Study Examines Safety Between Models

The Truth About Cars

The IIHS faulted Dodge, Ford, and Chevrolet for marketing their vehicles in a manner that encourages aggressive driving. The concept was drilled into your author’s head as a youth while attending motorcycle safety courses. blind spot monitoring) seem to be a net positive.

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

Clean Fleet Report

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. Good examples of all-new electric cars are the Nissan Leaf battery-electric and the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid , which both debuted in 2010 as 2011 models.

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