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Volkswagen Group’s new Future Tracks program targeting digitalization era in auto industry; “James 2025”

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At the Geneva Motor Show and now at the IT trade fair CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, Volkswagen Group executive management has begun to outline its “Future Tracks” program which will address, among other things, what Chairman of the Board of Management Prof. Information technology has been a key component of the automobile industry for some time.

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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—Rupert Stadler, Audi CEO, at the International Vienna Motor Symposium in 2014. Pure isooctane (2,2,4 trimethylpentane) has both a high research octane number (RON) and a high motor octane number (MON): 100 RON and 100 MON. The automobile industry already invests in the production of CO 2 -neutral synthetic fuels.

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Audi TechDay e-mobility, Part 2: systems and components

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Electric motors are “all-rounders”, said Jörg Kerner, Head of Development - Electrical Drive. Unlike internal combustion engines, electric motors yield their maximum torque at extremely low rpms, practically from the starting position. The diameters of these motors are smaller than in the torque-optimized electric motors.

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