Green Car Congress
MARCH 7, 2019
Like all automobile manufacturers, Audi is obliged by law to take back energy carriers after they have been used in cars. Audi calculates that it would save millions if it converted its entire fleet of factory vehicles to lithium-ion batteries at its 16 production sites worldwide.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 27, 2014
The concept vehicle employs Schaeffler systems such as a thermal management module and all-wheel drive (AWD) disconnect clutch. Contributions towards the results were also made by the detailed friction optimization work carried out on the belt drive, the valve train and the balancer shafts, as well as the optimization of the torque converter.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 22, 2016
Among the new features in the R18 are a more radical aerodynamics concept, including a new safety cell; a Li-ion battery replacing the flywheel energy storage system; and a revised V6 TDI diesel engine. The FIA WEC regulations have been providing automobile manufacturers with incentives to build increasingly efficient race cars since 2014.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 1, 2013
Key modifications relate to the cylinder head, turbocharging, injection system, and the catalytic converter. In tune with the ultra-lightweight construction concept, each tank weighs 27 kilograms (59.52 With the e-gas project, Audi is the first automobile manufacturer to develop an entire chain of sustainable energy carriers.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 4, 2010
Estimated price increases are based on current economic conditions and the concept of “incremental retail price equivalent (RPE) cost,” which represents the average additional price consumers would pay for a fuel economy technology. Engines and Technologies.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
In dialogue between customers and the experts of Mercedes-Benz Vans, operator concepts are individually tailored to industry requirements, fleet size, driving profile to the architectural conditions for establishing a proprietary charging infrastructure on a company’s premises, thus creating a comprehensive ecosystem.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2015
An innovative method of reusing energy, the nanogenerator ultimately could provide automobile manufacturers a new way to squeeze greater efficiency out of their vehicles. The TENG is a novel energy harvesting device to convert mechanical energy into electricity based on the universally known triboelectric principle—i.e.,
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