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Audi Brussels to produce exclusively e-tron quattro SUV, battery packs; A1 production moving to Spain

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As of 2018, Audi Brussels will produce exclusively the commercial version of Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ). Audi will transfer production of the Audi A1 from Brussels to Martorell in Spain; in 2014, Audi Brussels produced 115,378 Audi A1 models.

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Audi unveils e-tron FE05 for new Formula E season

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Audi unveiled the newly developed Audi e-tron FE05 for the ABB FIA Formula E Championship. In the fourth season of the all-electric race series, which concluded with Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler winning the teams’ title in New York mid-July, the Audi e-tron FE04 very often proved to be the most efficient car.

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Audi sponsors AI conference NIPS 2016, demonstrates how car develops intelligent parking strategies

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Audi is a sponsor this year of the annual Conference and Workshop on Neural Information Processing Systems ( NIPS ) and is showcasing its expertise at the conference on artificial intelligence for the first time. The company is the only automaker represented at NIPS 2016 with its own stand and a showcase. NVIDIA is also a NIPS 2016 sponsor.)

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Cupra Tavascan EV coming to Australia in 2025

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Unlike the four models the Spain-based and VW Group-owned brand already offers, this one will be manufactured in China. 6 and ID.Buzz, Skoda’s Enyaq and Enyaq Coupe, Audi’s Q4 e-tron and Q5 e-tron, plus Cupra’s own Born (which is a lightly reworked ID.3 The Tavascan is based on VW Group’s versatile MEB platform.

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Mercedes-Benz Vans introduces the series version of the EQV electric van prior to display at IAA in September

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Mercedes-Benz Vans presented the Concept EQV as a study at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2019. As a series-produced vehicle, the EQV is fully integrated into the production operations of the plant in Vitoria in northern Spain, where the V-Class and Mercedes-Benz Vito are also made. kWh/100 km, provisional figure) is making its debut.

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Best EVs of 2022: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year

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The Audi e-Tron GT , Kia EV6 GT and Hyundai Ioniq 5 N would be at the top of that list. It’s not due to reach Australia until late 2023, but I drove it at its international media launch in Spain in early 2022. The EV I’m most looking forward to in 2023. Iain Curry: Hyundai Ioniq 5 AWD. Biggest EV surprise of 2022.