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Porsche and Audi to work on shared vehicle architecture; electrification, autonomy, digitization

Green Car Congress

Within the Volkswagen Group, Porsche AG and AUDI AG now plan to cooperate more closely on future vehicle architectures, with a particular focus on electrification, digitization and autonomous driving. In the coming months, joint Audi-Porsche teams will prepare the specific areas of cooperation and define the roadmap as far as 2025.

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Audi to invest ~€14B in electromobility, digitalization and autonomous driving over next 5 years

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Starting with the Audi e-tron, the brand’s first all-electric SUV, the company will launch numerous electric cars in the coming years. With models such as the recently presented Audi e-tron GT concept [ earlier post ], we want to electrify people again for Audi and at the same time be an agile and very efficient company.” e-tron GT concept.

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Volkswagen CrossBlue Coupé plug-in makes its European debut; showcasing the MQB

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Volkswagen brought the new CrossBlue Coupé plug-in hybrid sporty mid-size SUV show car, introduced in April at Auto Shanghai 2013 ( earlier post ), to a media event in Berlin for its European premiere. The Group also is using the New Small Family (NSF) kit; the MLB (Modular longitudinal kit); and the MSB (Modular standard kit).

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BYD launches $233K Yangwang U9 electric supercar that will smoke a Ferrari and can dance

Baua Electric

In December, the brand began deliveries of its first vehicle, the U8 off-road SUV, with starting prices over $150,000 (1,089,000 yuan). The luxury SUV has generated hype as a Mercedes G-Class and Land Rover Defender rival with 1,200 hp and premium features like tank turns and tire blowout stabilization. It also supports dual charging.

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2024 Dodge Charger Daytona: the ‘Brotherhood of Muscle’ goes electric – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona is a Detroit anomaly: it’s a passenger car in an age of trucks and SUVs, it’s battery-electric when U.S. kilowatt-hour battery pack with 13 modules containing Samsung nickel-cobalt-aluminium cells, operating at 400 volts and delivering a peak discharge rate of 550 kilowatts. No one cares!

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Audis e-tron quattro EV: evolutionary powertrain with a dash of revolution for production in 2018; MLB evo

Green Car Congress

Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV concept, which made its formal debut at IAA in Frankfurt ( earlier post ), is a strong indicator of Audi’s series-production electric SUV due in 2018—especially in terms of the powertrain. The e-tron quattro SUV can “ turn like a hunting dog after a rabbit.”

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Tesla Model Y Performance versus Kia EV6 GT: Which is Australia’s best go-fast EV?

EV Central

Extra performance kit here includes electronically controlled suspension and an electronically controlled limited slip differential (e-LSD). Which one has the best battery and driving range? Tesla Model Y Performance More Tesla digging required here, I’m afraid, as the brand doesn’t publish battery data.

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