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Audi of America and Arcadia offer renewable energy subscription with e-tron or e-tron Sportback lease or purchase

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Arcadia connects renters and homeowners across the US to wind and solar energy through utility data and billing technology. These customers are allocated a portion of the energy output from their community solar projects and earn credits on their power bills as the projects generate power and add renewable energy to their local grid.

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Electrify America acquiring 30 Envision solar-powered EV charging stations for rural California

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Electrify America is investing $2 million in solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in rural California that are not tied to the electrical grid. Deployment takes only minutes, and the chargers can fit easily inside a standard parking spot, preserving available parking.

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Audi introduces new CNG A3 Sportback

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Power is transferred to the front wheels via the standard seven-speed S tronic. The synthetic fuel is produced at the power-to-gas plant in Werlte from water and carbon dioxide using electricity generated by wind power. The CNG model accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h (62.1 seconds on its way to a top speed of 211 km/h (131.1

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Audi introduces new A4 Avant g-tron; Audi e-gas offered as standard

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Additionally, Audi is now offering e-gas to power the A3 Sportback g-tron as standard; customers will pay only the regular natural gas price. When the new A4 Avant g-tron and the A5 Sportback g-tron come on market later this year, the e-gas offer as standard will apply to these models as well. mph) in just 8.5

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Audi to introduce natural gas A3 Sportback g-tron at year’s end; CO2-neutral e-gas

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When the energy required to build the e-gas facility and wind power generators is included in a comprehensive analysis, CO 2 emissions under e-Gas operation are still less than 30 grams per km (48.28 The power-to-gas process links the electricity grid and gas network bi-directionally for the first time.

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Mercedes-AMG reveals performance hybrid and battery-electric AMG derivative strategy

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87 mph, when the maximum speed of the electric motor would be reached at approx. Electric drive mode: all-electric driving from a standstill up to 81 mph, the combustion engine always remains switched off. The reduced yaw damping and increased agility support dynamic maneuvers such as driving on winding country roads.

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How a motor’s operating speed, torque and control strategy affect its efficiency

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Either type of dyno can use a 3-phase motor and an inverter operating in regeneration mode as the load, and by doing so can either recycle most of the traction motor’s output back into the battery pack, or even to the mains (though that requires another inverter operating at a fixed frequency and synchronized to the mains, or grid-tied ).

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