Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
Two of the total of four carbon fiber composite hydrogen tanks are housed under the rear seat and the other two in the luggage compartment floor. Hackenberg (right) explaining at the fuel cell technology workshop. The 12-volt battery is also mounted at the rear. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board of Management for Technical Development at Audi, during a fuel cell technology workshop held at the LA show, and may be ready to talk about that technology by the end of next year. An outer skin made from carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) encases the inner aluminum shell.
Green Car Congress
JULY 21, 2014
We are starting with optimizing our conventional drive trains—the TDI diesel engines, the TSI engines, the DSG transmission, all of those technologies have helped us to lower our fuel consumption a lot. Think of diesel in the early 1990s where it had tiny single digit market shares, and now it’s up to 50%. Bottom right.
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