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Audi going to the moon; Audi lunar e-quattro rover

Green Car Congress

The concept of a privately financed mission to the moon is fascinating. In addition, the Audi Concept Design Studio in Munich is revising the rover, which will be named the “Audi lunar quattro,” to ensure ideal lightweight construction conditions. And innovative ideas need supporters that promote them.

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European consortium investigating graphene-based materials for lightweight cars; energy-efficient and safe vehicles

Green Car Congress

Our goal is that the future EESVs is achieved by a combination of novel materials concepts with safety design approaches through the development and optimisation of advanced ultra-light graphene-based polymer materials, efficient fabrication and manufacturing processes, and life-cycle analysis (LCA) to reduce the environmental impact of the vehicle.

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