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Audi’s new 3.0L diesel; ready for 48V mild hybrid system

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In the new Audi A5 and Q5 models, the V6 diesel outputs 210 kW (286 hp) as well as 620 N·m (457lb-ft) of torque (this engine version is not yet for sale. To minimize the related extra fuel consumption, the NOC kicks in especially at low exhaust temperatures. Audi engineers have intensively further developed the new 3.0

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet. Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. As used in this section and Sec.

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Audi presents results of diesel assessment to KBA

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—Abraham Schot, interim CEO and Audi AG Board of Management Member for Sales and Marketing. To conduct this exhaustive analysis, our engine development colleagues combed through more than 750,000 pages of documentation. Some two-thirds of those automobiles have already been dealt with.

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Audi presents results of diesel assessment to KBA

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—Abraham Schot, interim CEO and Audi AG Board of Management Member for Sales and Marketing. To conduct this exhaustive analysis, our engine development colleagues combed through more than 750,000 pages of documentation. Some two-thirds of those automobiles have already been dealt with.

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