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Audi shows new A6 e-tron concept electric vehicle in Shanghai

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For the first time the presentation of AUDI AG at Auto Shanghai 2021 is taking place with two partners at a shared trade-fair stand. The first two products are made by a new partner, SAIC Audi. A6 e-tron concept. At the end of 2020 Audi announced the founding of the Audi FAW NEV Co.

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Audi Sends Off the RS 6 Avant with a Limited-Edition GT Model

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Beyond being one of my absolute dream cars, the Audi RS 6 Avant is just a very impressive car. Audi will make just 660 units of the car, 85 of which are destined for sale in the United States. Audi will make just 660 units of the car, 85 of which are destined for sale in the United States.

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Audi AG developing automotive driver health as new business area; leveraging digitalization, connected vehicles

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Audi AG has become a founding partner in Berlin’s “ Flying Health Incubator ”, a center supporting startups that develop digital innovations in the healthcare sector. The investment highlights Audi’s interest in developing “automotive health”—enhancing the customer’s health and fitness while driving—as a new business area.

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Audi To Sell Electric Urban Concept, Join The Not-Quite-Car Parade?

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Audi is close to approving plans to build a limited number of the all-electric two-seat Urban Concept vehicle that it launched at the recent Frankfurt Motor Show, according to CAR magazine in England, If built for sale, most likely only in Europe, the production Audi.

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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.

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Volkswagen Group appoints new heads of Global R&D, Group Design, Group Product and Modular Toolkit Strategy

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He began his career at Audi in Ingolstadt in 1987. He held various responsibilities in the export section of Sales at Volkswagen AG from 1983. He was given responsibility for sales in North-West Europe at the Volkswagen brand from 1995. Wolfram Thomas takes charge of Group Production.

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A Volkswagen brand pickup will not happen, but we still have Scout’s EV truck coming

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The VW Amarok is based on Ford’s newest Ranger and is for sale in Europe, Asia, and Africa, but not North America. Volkswagen also teased the Tarok pickup concept in 2019, asking, “Is America ready for a smaller pickup again?” Many expected a VW “Ranger” version of the Amarok to launch in the US, but that part of the deal fell through.

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