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2023 Audi TT Given Sendoff Limited Edition Model

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Audi is discontinuing the TT this year and will be offering a Final Edition built in limited quantities. The answer is that Audi wanted to differentiate the model from everything else that wore the TT badge. Audi offered a slew of colors back then, including eight individual greens.

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US charges Audi manager with conspiracy to cheat US emissions tests; sacrificing NOx control for a sound system

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The US has charged a former Audi manager via criminal complaint for his role in a conspiracy to defraud US regulators and customers by implementing defeat device software in thousands of Audi diesel vehicles to cheat US emissions tests. Beginning in or about 2006, Audi was designing the new 3.0 —Criminal Complaint, USA v.

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New Audi S6 and S7 diesel TDI models pair 48V system with electric compressor

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The new Audi S6 and S7 models in Europe are making their entrance with a torquey V6 TDI engine. For the first time, Audi has combined an electric-powered compressor (EPC) with a 48-volt primary electrical system. seconds, with the S6 Avant and S7 Sportback taking a tenth of a second longer over the standard sprint. 37.3 – 37.9

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McKinsey & Co. survey finds huge gap between piloting and deploying digital manufacturing; automotive no exception

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Audi, for example, just last week announced plans with Ericsson to pilot the use of 5G as a future-proof enabling communication technology for such Industry 4.0 Field testing will begin later this year at the Audi Production Lab in Gaimersheim, Germany. activities. Earlier post.) Automakers are even more bullish on their Industry 4.0

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US charges former CEO of Volkswagen AG Winterkorn with conspiracy and wire fraud in diesel emissions scandal

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A US federal indictment is charging Martin Winterkorn, the former chairman of the management board of Volkswagen AG (VW), with conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with VW’s cheating on US diesel vehicle emissions requirements. The remaining three counts charge Winterkorn with wire fraud in connection with the scheme.

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Singapore LTA selects nuTonomy for trials of autonomous mobility-on-demand transportation service; new AV testing center

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This provides a more comfortable option for first-and-last-mile connectivity. Delphi Automotive Systems has been testing its self-driving technology in the United States, where an Audi SQ5 prototype completed a coast-to-coast drive from San Francisco to New York in 99%autonomous mode last year.

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EPA issues a second notice of violation to Volkswagen alleging emissions cheating in MY 2014-2016 3.0L diesels

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EPA issued a second notice of violation ( NOV ) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., liter engines for model years (MY) 2014 through 2016 that results in increased NO x emissions of up to nine times EPA’s standard. alleging emissions cheating. Earlier post.). city, highway).

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