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Audi Q8 e-tron morphed into a beastly off-road EV with a new Dakar edition

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Audi took the Q8 e-tron and turned it into an all-electric off-road machine. The Audi Q8 e-tron edition Dakar is optimized for adventurers who “want to drive off the beaten path electrically.” Audi says the new off-road EV can hit 0 to 100 km/hr (62 mph) in 5.9 The new Dakar edition is based on a Q8 advanced 55 e-tron quattro.

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2011 Audi A2 Electric Car Concept: New Info, Images

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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

Audi has now released the official teaser video (view it at the bottom of this story) for the e-tron Urban Concept vehicle it will officially unveil next month at the 2011. 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

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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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Europe’s Most Financed Luxury Car Brand

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Audi is 5th place with 2 countries. Both in the UK and Ireland, Audi and BMW are joint first place (18.1k The UK also chose two German luxury car brands (Audi & BMW) over numerous British options, as did Italy, ignoring Ferrari & Maserati! This help to show that BMW is more of a bank than a car company. Methodology.

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KBA: Volkswagen to recall 8.5M vehicles with EA 189 diesel in Europe; EA 288 engines not affected

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info set up on October 2, 2015 and enter the chassis number of their vehicle to find out if they are affected. Similar customer websites are active in the other EU countries and for the Audi, SEAT and ŠKODA brands. In addition, every Volkswagen customer, can visit the German website www.volkswagen.de/info

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Porsche finally unveils the sporty all-electric Macan EV with up to 381 miles range

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The new electric SUV marks the debut of the Audi co-developed 800V PPE platform. For the first time, Porsche says passengers can also view info, adjust settings, or stream content with an additional available 10.9″ The two electric SUVs have a top speed of 136 mph (220 km/h) and 161 mph (260 km/h). infotainment.

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