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Audi to demonstrate automated driving technology in Florida

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Audi will be the first to test its automated driving technology on the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway in Tampa, Florida—which recently was designated as an automated driving and connected car test bed—using an Audi A7 equipped to handle piloted driving functions on freeway conditions up to 40 mph (64 km/h).

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Audi receives first autonomous driving permit issued by the State of California

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Audi will be the first company to receive a newly established autonomous driving permit issued by California. Audi has conducted research over tens of thousands of miles in Europe and various US states, where such testing is permitted. Audi envisions this technology could be ready for consumer introduction within five years.

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US’ EV registrations rise 95% with the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y at the helm

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Tesla remains the dominant player in this category, with 71% of new electric vehicles registered in the United States being a car from the company. . The Golden State corresponded to 38% of new EV registrations in Q1 2021, while Florida comprised 7.2%. EVs still only comprised 2.3% of EV registrations in the first quarter of 2021. .

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Porsche Whistleblower: “60% of all delivered Taycan have battery issues that caused replacements, damages and fires”

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Tesla offered to help Porsche with battery management through Audi contacts years ago, but Porsche management at the time rejected any external help, saying it could handle everything internally, the source noted. Instead, the company is reportedly hiding the problem for cost and reputational reasons, the source stated.

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Audi going to the moon; Audi lunar e-quattro rover

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Audi is supporting the German team (the “ Part-Time Scientists ”) in the Google Lunar XPRIZE (GLXP) competition with its know-how in several fields of technology from quattro all-wheel drive and lightweight construction to electric mobility and piloted driving. —Luca de Meo, Audi Board Member for Sales and Marketing. —Prof.

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IKEA to quadruple EV chargers thanks to Electrify America partnership

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The Swedish furniture company announced today that it would install more than 200 EV chargers that will be capable of charging speeds between 150 kW to 350 kW. The company also wishes to halve the number of relative emissions from customer and co-worker travel by 2030. I’d love to hear from you!

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2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5: First of an aggressive wave of new EVs

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Upcoming entries include the Audi Q4 e-tron, Kia EV6, Nissan Ariya, Subaru Solterra, Toyota bZ4X, and a Chevrolet crossover to be launched in 2023. It’s the first of 23 new battery-electric vehicles the company plans to launch by 2025, under three brands, and they’re targeting total global sales of a million EVs by the end of that year.

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