Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 16, 2023

Team Audi Sport shaped the 2023 Dakar Rally with innovation and performance right up to the end despite various setbacks. The Audi RS Q e-tron with its electric drive concept scored a total of 14 podium results on 15 event days including the prologue.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2021

Constellium SE has expanded its longstanding partnership with Audi to supply advanced aluminum solutions for the Audi e-tron GT. These products are also supplied for Audi’s first fully-electric model, the Audi e-tron SUV, along with extruded components for the e-tron’s battery enclosure and side impact beams.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 3, 2024

Audi is dipping a toe into these muddy waters with the all-electric Q8 e-tron Edition Dakar. The Audi Q8 e-tron edition Dakar is obviously based on a Q8 55 e-tron quattro in Advanced trim, complete with a net battery size of 106 kWh (gross: 114 kWh) and two electric motors good for a total of 402 horsepower and 490 lb-ft of torque.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2019

Audi is introducing a new highly efficient turbo engine for the 2019 DTM racing season (touring car racing series). The two-liter four-cylinder power-plant of the Audi RS 5 DTM delivers more than 610 horsepower—100 hp more than its naturally aspirated V8 predecessor. — Head of Audi Motorsport Dieter Gass.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2018

The 2019 Audi e-tron, the first all-electric vehicle from Audi, will make its global debut on 17 September at an event in San Francisco. US customers will be able to configure and reserve their 2019 Audi e-tron on that date as well. Audi expects the e-tron in showrooms in the first part of 2019.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2020

Audi is offering its successful full-size station wagon A6 Avant as a plug-in hybrid: The new A6 Avant 55 TFSI e quattro has a system output of 270 kW (367 PS) (combined fuel consumption 2.1–1.9 The Audi A6 Avant PHEV thus has an efficient and permanently available all-wheel drive for an equally high level of traction and dynamic handling.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Audi has introduced the latest version of the SQ5 TDI diesel. The SQ5 TDI was first introduced in the fall of 2012 as the first Audi S model powered by a diesel engine. Audi SQ5 TDI mild hybrid 48V drivetrain. For exhaust gas aftertreatment, Audi uses twin-dosing technology based two SCR catalytic converters working together.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2019

As the exclusive shuttle partner, Audi is providing a fleet of 50 Audi e-tron cars for the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2019. Three mobile Audi charging containers with a total output of 700 kW and a capacity of 1.14 Three mobile Audi charging containers with a total output of 700 kW and a capacity of 1.14

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EV Specifications

JULY 25, 2023

Development of the first Audi model based on the new Premium Platform Electric (PPE) is on the home stretch. During test drives, selected media representatives are able to get behind the wheel of an Audi Q6 e-tron prototype personally and share their impressions with AUDI AG’s Technical Development team.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Audi and Deutsche Telekom are entering into a 5G technology partnership together with the city of Ingolstadt. As well as Audi, other industrial companies will be able to use the local 5G infrastructure. Audi Electronics Venture GmbH (AEV) has been developing new technologies for the automobiles of the Audi brand since October 2001.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2021

As of the beginning of 2021, Audi has converted its European vehicle range to the level of the Euro 6d emission standard. Audi has implemented this in the form of software in the engine control unit. Audi made a considerable effort to ensure that the values were under the new emission limits in all conditions.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

After developing it for what feels like years now, Audi AG is finally set for a world premiere of the Q6 e-tron – its first EV model to debut on the Premium Platform Electric (PPE) co-developed with Porsche. The Q6 is the latest existing Audi model to go all-electric. Here’s what we know so far. Stay tuned.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2017

In July, Audi will host the “Audi Summit” in Barcelona to showcase pioneering solutions for the urban mobility of tomorrow and to stage the premiere of the brand’s new flagship, the Audi A8. In the run-up to the event, Audi has released a teaser video of AI remote parking in the new A8.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The Audi E-tron is one of a handful electric cars currently rated for towing. Audi recently showed off that capability with a very special payload.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2017

From October 4 to 6, 2017 the Audi Production division in Ingolstadt is holding its second Smart Factory Hackathon. They will have 25 hours to do so, as a reminder of Audi’s 25 th hour—the extra hour that drivers will gain in the future with autonomous cars. Interested students and young professionals can apply immediately.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2017

Audi became the first company to demonstrate an automated vehicle in New York, at an event near the state capitol today. Audi offered rides and demonstrations of Audi Highway Pilot technology—SAE International Level 3 automation—to legislators, their staffs, media and other stakeholders.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2019

The Audi A3 Sportback g-tron is starting the new model year with a technology update. To enable the four-cylinder engine to run on these fuels, Audi engineers modified its cylinder head, turbocharging, fuel injection system and catalytic converter. With an increased tank volume, the compact model can cover around 400 kilometers (248.5

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Green Car Reports

MAY 23, 2019

Not every electric-car first-drive event urges us to climb a mountain to get a good idea of driving range. But that’s what Audi had us do with its 2019 E-tron electric SUV: drive it on a prescribed route that took us nearly 195 miles from Yountville, California (102 feet elevation) and over.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2014

Audi this week demonstrated some of the early concept results of the Audi Urban Intelligent Assist (AUIA) project to media in San Francisco. Highlights of the featured technology include: Audi Driver Centric Urban Navigation. Audi Urban Assistance. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Please turn left at the park”).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

In China, Audi has signed tripartite memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent respectively. In Beijing, Audi operates its largest research and development facility outside of Germany. MMI Screen of the Audi A4 L in China. —Joachim Wedler, President of Audi China. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2017

The new Audi A8 will feature a fully active, electromechanical suspension system which drives each wheel individually and adapts to the prevailing road conditions. The Audi SQ7 TDI introduced in 2016 offered a 48V subsystem as well as a 12V system for the alternator. In the event of an imminent side impact at more than 25 km/h (15.5

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Over the past decade and a half, Audi has built a racing dynasty. The German luxury automaker has dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race, one of the most prestigious events in motorsports. Bring its Le Mans sibling into rush-hour traffic Audi will pull. But that dominance is coming to an end.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The Audi e-tron electric crossover won't be the only new model with a plug coming soon. The company plans up to 12 new plug-in models by 2025, Audi revealed at the launch event for the e-tron quattro SUV in California last month, according to a report in British magazine Autocar.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

The new Audi R18 made its world premiere on the occasion of the Audi Sport Finale at the Audi Training Center Munich on Saturday. Audi Sport has fundamentally re-designed the Audi R18 for the 2016 season. —Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich. In the DTM, Audi relies on continuity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2017

For the next generation of the Audi A8, an intelligent mix of four materials—aluminum, steel, magnesium and carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP)—is being used for the first time in the weight-bearing body structure—more materials than in any of the brand’s previous production models. 36 millimeters (1.4

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Electrek

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Less than two weeks after speculation began to swirl regarding this week’s NIO Day 2023 event and which new model we might see unveiled, the Chinese automaker’s founder, chairman, and CEO William Li has come out and confirmed it will be the ET9.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The first Audi Q8 e-tron rolled off the production line at Audi’s factory in Brussels, Belgium on December 14th. The event in and of itself was fairly mundane, with employees and company leadership standing at the end of the production line to drive the vehicles off the line.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2015

Audi is hosting the inaugural Autonomous Driving Cup, which is intended primarily for students in computer science, electrical engineering or mechanical engineering. Audi provides the hardware—a 1:8-scale Audi Q5—and the students develop the software.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2013

Driving in chaotic urban traffic can be as nearly as stressful as jumping out of an airplane, according to new findings from an Audi and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study. For Audi, the research helps validate how driver assistance and connectivity technologies can help ease the stress of daily driving.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

At the Volkswagen Group’s PhD Event 2016, some 600 specialist visitors informed themselves about current research work. 108 young researchers presented the topics of their doctoral theses at the MobileLifeCampus in Wolfsburg. The project is focused on topics such as e-mobility, connectivity and new mobility concepts.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Audi will present the new second-generation Audi Q7 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. The new Audi Q7 also marks the debut of the second-generation modular longitudinal platform (MLB), the Audi technology matrix for models with longitudinally mounted engines, said Prof. The new Q7.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2013

Audi''s Gen 2 3.0L Audi of America introduced four new TDI clean diesel models for the US market this year—the Audi A8, A7, A6, Q5—along with an updated Q7 TDI, all equipped with a second-generation 3.0L TDI clean diesel represents almost 25% of Audi and Volkswagen US sales. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 26, 2018

In the wake of its massive diesel emissions scandal, VW and its luxury brand Audi apologized by promising to deliver electric cars. Now that effort has been delayed by the arrest of Audi's CEO, Rupert Stadler, who was scheduled to introduce the brand's first electric car, the 2019 Audi e-tron SUV, at an event in Brussels on August 30.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2014

Credit: Audi. liter EA888 Gen3 engine featured in Audi’s all-road shooting brake plug-in hybrid concept unveiled at the North American International Auto Show this week ( earlier post ) features—as does its production ilk—a dual injection system that combines direct injection with indirect injection into the intake manifold.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2011

Former Le Mans Winner Frank Biela driving the Audi e-tron Spyder. Audi is presenting the Audi e-tron Spyder concept plug-in diesel hybrid car ( earlier post ) against the backdrop of “Le Mans vers le futur,” an event held in Le Mans as a venue for manufacturers to showcase innovative drivetrain technologies.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

Audi is providing more details on the coming A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. In purely electric mode, the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron achieves a top speed of 130 km/h (81 mph) with a range of up to 50 km (31 miles). The Audi A3 Sportback e-tron uses a parallel hybrid design. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

In a presentation at the 2011 Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) in Pasadena, California last week, Daniel Andree, a battery development engineer at Audi AG, outlined the implementation of a Sanyo lithium-ion battery pack in the upcoming 2012 Audi Q5 compact crossover hybrid. Earlier post.).

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