article thumbnail

Audi to build production plant in Mexico; new SUV begins production in 2016

Green Car Congress

AUDI AG Board of Management and Supervisory Board of AUDI AG approved plans to build a North American plant in Mexico. It will be possible to supply customers worldwide with cars built in Mexico to Audi’s renowned standard of quality. TFSI in the RS Q3 concept combines gasoline direct injection and turbocharging.

Mexico 218
article thumbnail

Mazda to increase production capacity for SKYACTIV engines from 800,000 to 1 million units

Green Car Congress

Mazda Motor Corporation is enhancing production capacity for SKYACTIV-G gasoline engines and SKYACTIV-D diesel engines at its Hiroshima Plant. In addition, the engines will be produced in Mexico at Mazda Motor Manufacturing de Mexico S.A. Earlier post.) where production began in June of 2013.

Mazda 207
article thumbnail

Audi A3 g-tron goes on sale in Germany; CO2-neutral in e-gas mode

Green Car Congress

liter TFSI engine developing 81 kW (110 hp) can be operated using either natural gas, e-gas generated by Audi ( earlier post ) or gasoline. The Audi A3 g-tron forms part of a new, integrated sustainable mobility concept from the brand. In pure e-gas mode, using the Audi e-gas fuel card, the g-tron is CO 2 -neutral, Audi says.

Audi 275
article thumbnail

NSF launches $20M engineering research center aimed at converting natural gas into transportation fuels: CISTAR

Green Car Congress

The NSF Engineering Research Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources ( CISTAR ) will develop technologies for responsible conversion of alkanes—light hydrocarbons including methane, ethane and propane—into more valuable liquid fuels, including gasoline and diesel fuels.

Convert 170
article thumbnail

Audi boosting investment over next 5 years by 9% to €24B; 70% to new models and technology

Green Car Congress

In order to meet ambitious CO 2 limits, the company is working not only on the next generation of fuel-efficient gasoline and diesel engines, but also on plug-in hybrids such as the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron, which became available in the first markets at the end the year. billion) of capitalized development costs.

Audi 199
article thumbnail

Audi testing find e-ethanol and e-diesel produced by Joule often perform better than conventional counterparts

Green Car Congress

Our test shows that as well as electric driving on renewable electricity, there are other concepts that permit long-distance, low-emission driving. Audi operates a research facility in Hobbs, New Mexico for the production of e-ethanol and e-diesel in partnership with Joule. Reinhard Otten (2013) Alternative Kraftstoffe der 3.

Audi 285
article thumbnail

One-step hydrotreatment process for conversion of vegetable oils to renewable diesel and LPG

Green Car Congress

Researchers from Japan and Mexico have developed a one-step hydrotreatment process over catalysts containing Ni-Mo and solid acids for the conversion of vegetable oils (Jatropha, palm and canola) to renewable diesel and LPG fuels. However, it needs further research to investigate how to achieve the concept satisfactorily.

Oil 230