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Conti CityPlus concept tire premieres at IAA Mobility

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At IAA Mobility in Munich, Germany, Continental unveiled its new tire concept Conti CityPlus. The results are lower CO 2 emissions from passenger cars with combustion engines and longer driving ranges for electric vehicles. 3, Mercedes-Benz EQA, Tesla Model 3, Audi Q4 E-TRON, Skoda Octavia, VW Golf 8, Audi A3 and more.

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Audi switching from truck to rail for battery delivery

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The move will significantly reduce Audi’s carbon emissions and also save money. Brussels plays a pioneering role, but we developed this sustainable logistics concept for battery modules and cells in Audi’s entire production network. —Dieter Braun, Head of Supply Chain at Audi AG. r LC by rail to Brussels.

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Start of production for Audi Q4 e-tron in Zwickau

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Production of the Audi Q4 e-tron has finally started in Zwickau. The fully electric compact model is the first electric SUV to be produced by Audi in Germany. At the multi-brand plant in Zwickau, the Audi Q4 e-tron will be rolling off the same production line as the Volkswagen ID.4 4 and, in the future, another Volkswagen model.

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Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

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Audi has set the goal of successively reducing vehicle-specific CO 2 emissions by 30% by 2025 compared with reference year 2015 and over the entire product lifecycle. In the long term, Audi is pursuing the vision of CO2-neutral mobility and aims to be climate-neutral throughout the company on balance by 2050. Earlier post.).

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Audi partnering with Climeworks on CO2 direct air capture and storage

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Audi is partnering with the Zurich-based environmental start-up and promoting a future technology with the project. Climeworks is removing 1,000 metric tons thereof from the atmosphere on behalf of Audi. One quarter of that will be credited to Audi. —Hagen Seifert, Head of Sustainable Product Concepts at Audi.

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Brussels plant kicks off production for the new Audi Q8 e-tron

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The first Audi Q8 e-tron drove off the production line at the Brussels plant yesterday, 14 December, marking the beginning of an era for the new top model in Audi’s electric SUV range. The plant has been a model for sustainable production since the production of the Audi e-tron began. 2018 saw the birth of the Audi e-tron.

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Audi RS Q e-tron to use ethanol-to-gasoline/e-methanol blend in 2023 Dakar Rally

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At its Dakar debut in January 2022, the Audi RS Q e-tron ( earlier post ) series hybrid set standards in efficiency and competitiveness of e-mobility in motorsport. The drive concept in principle already requires less fuel than conventional systems—but now there is now a further optimization with the fuel mixture.

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