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Audi’s €36M e performance research project closes; electric F12 e Sport with split voltage battery packs and 3 motors

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Audi—collaborating with Bosch, RWTH Aachen University, and others— launched the e performance project at the Audi Electronics Venture GmbH (AEV) on 1 October 2009 with the objective of developing a scalable systems architecture for electric-powered cars that also included a plug-in hybrid drive. Click to enlarge.

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Background on the 2.0L diesel engines at the core of the Volkswagen emissions testing debacle

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Last Friday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (ARB) charged that Volkswagen (Jetta, Beetle, Golf, Passat) and Audi (A3) passenger cars equipped with 2.0-liter This is referred to as the Gen 1 aftertreatment design in the EPA/ARB documents.). Earlier post.) Volkswagen planned to use both.

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

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The power electronics converts the direct current (DC) stored in the battery to alternating current (AC). Volkswagen implemented an acoustic concept for the e-Golf that is specifically tailored to the characteristics of an electric vehicle, greatly enhancing its already quiet attributes. Volkswagen is electrifying all vehicle classes.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. Showed BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS series PHEV concept in December 08. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. Slide and summary table last modified February 2, 2009.

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