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Audi’s new Q3 Sportback to offer 48V mild-hybrid system

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Audi is adding the Q3 Sportback compact SUV in coupé shape to its model range. The Audi Q3 Sportback features progressive steering as standard—the gear ratio becomes increasingly direct as the steering angle increases. For the market launch in Europe, a gasoline and a diesel engine are available. TFSI is the most powerful engine.

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Porsche Whistleblower: “60% of all delivered Taycan have battery issues that caused replacements, damages and fires”

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Tesla offered to help Porsche with battery management through Audi contacts years ago, but Porsche management at the time rejected any external help, saying it could handle everything internally, the source noted. Around three years ago, Porsche asked Tesla through Audi contacts if they could help then, but at the time, Tesla declined.

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Domestic Tesla Model Y dominated the German EV market in January

Push EVs

Personally, I think the only “incentive” for PHEVs should be the intrinsic running cost savings that they provide when correctly used as a plugin , along with the convenience features of having a large battery (cabin pre-conditioning, etc), and the other experiential benefits of electric drive (smooth, silent, etc).

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Tesla says Model S comes out on top in US-NCAP crash testing with lowest Vehicle Safety Score

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In this case, lower is better: VSS is essentially a weighted average risk of personal injury resulting from the different NCAP crash tests. A relative risk score factor (RRS) is calculated as the quotient from combined injury probability and a statistical quantifying parameter.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

Cars That Think

For example, Daimler AG and Audi reportedly have eliminated 20,000 jobs, while auto supplier Bosch will be laying off 1,000 workers in a move to support vehicle electrification. It will be easy to view these figures as abstract statistics, unfortunately, and not as actual individuals whose livelihoods are disrupted.

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