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2011 Audi A2 Electric Car Concept: New Info, Images

Green Car Reports

Late last week Audi released some teaser sketches of its A2 concept car due at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, now less than a week away.

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Audi Trickles Out Urban Concept Info: Now, Content-Free Video

Green Car Reports

If you're going to shoot a teaser video of a radical new concept car, maybe it's not such a good idea to do it in a gigantic plaza in the middle of a large European city.

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Porsche is finally unveiling the Macan EV this week, its latest sketches show an early look

Baua Electric

The Porsche Macan is based on the Audi co-developed PPE platform, which will also power the upcoming Q6 E-Tron. After several delays, Audi began “a new chapter in drive production” with the start of electric motor production for the PPE in November. The Győr, Hungary, site supplies both Audi and Porsche.

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Volkswagen’s MEB for EVs: long electric range, open-platform, open-space, pricing for the volume market; “tablet on wheels”

Green Car Congress

Until recently, the four main modular toolkits (modularen Baukästen) of the Group were: the MQB (transverse, driven by the Volkswagen brand); the MLB (longitudinal, driven by the Audi brand); the MSB (standard drive, driven by Porsche); and the NSF (New Small Family). Earlier post.) The first production MEB vehicle, a version of the I.D.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

The lines are drawn with a brilliant, clean, and slightly cold aesthetic, and materials are matte and, according to the press info, it’s a fully vegan interior with the WeaveTech fabric and reconstructed wood trim. The Audi E-tron is another luxury competitor, but I haven’t had any seat time in it yet.

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$90M UR:BAN research initiative presenting results on ADAS and traffic management for cities; intelligent vehicles

Green Car Congress

Infrastructure control and networking with innovative vehicle concepts and systems. They are displayed via an advanced Man-Machine-Interface (MMI) using the Driver Info Center in the instrument panel, with secondary information shown in the central console. Human Factors in Traffic (€17 million).

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