Posts Tagged ‘Audi E-Tron’

  • Audi Developing e-sound for e-tron Electric Cars [video]
    Audi has developed e-sound for its R8 e-tron electric car, saving absent-minded pedestrians from an unfortunate encounter with this battery-powered road rocket. In a series-production Audi, a combustion engine currently supplies the music. The motor in an electric-powered e-tron is not an option, as it is too quiet and its high frequencies are not exactly melodious. Audi’s...
    by at April 8th, 2012 at 12:04 am
  • Audi to Start U.S.-based A3 e-tron Electric Car Pilot Program
    Audi today announced the battery-electric Audi A3 e-tron pilot program in cities across the United States to define a progressive e-mobility driver experience for premium car buyers. The Audi A3 e-tron pilot program will take place in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and Denver markets, where Audi engineers and technical experts will explore electric cars...
    by at February 27th, 2012 at 02:02 pm
  • Audi A1 e-tron wins Silvretta Electric Car Rally
    Audi is this year’s overall winner of the second Silvretta Electric Car Rally in Austria’s Montafon region. The 2011 victory of the A1 e-tron follows the R8 e-tron’s win last year. The second Audi in the rally, a Q5 HFC with a fuel cell finished in sixth place. A total of 32 electric vehicles were evaluated. After three days, 307 kilometers and a total altitude difference...
    by at July 12th, 2011 at 09:07 am
  • Audi Brings e-tron Spyder Concept to Le Mans
    Audi is demonstrating the Audi e-tron Spyder electric concept car at “Le Mans vers le Futur” (Le Mans toward the future), a support event for the 79th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which takes place June 11-12. Backed by the power of three propulsion units, the Audi e-tron Spyder is fit for the racetrack. Two asynchronous electric motors drive the front wheels...
    by at June 12th, 2011 at 06:06 am
  • Audi R8 e-tron: A Look Inside the Workshop
    The first all-electric Audi will be built at the Neckarsulm site, with a small production run of the R8 e-tron electric sports car to hit the roads in late 2012. quattro GmbH is currently building the first technology platform for the electric model at the Neckarsulm plant’s satellite site in Heilbronn-Biberach. Specially qualified employees are borrowing from the series...
    by at May 12th, 2011 at 04:05 am
  • UQM Supplying Electric Drive Motors for Audi A1 e-tron Test-fleet Build
    UQM Technologies will supply PowerPhase electric propulsion systems as part of an Audi test-fleet build and vehicle development process for the Audi A1 e-tron electric car. The UQM PowerPhase engine range is a lightweight electric drive motor and controller. This power-dense, brushless, permanent-magnet engine range can be supplied with up to 300 Nm of peak torque and...
    by at February 8th, 2011 at 01:02 pm
  • Auto Union Type C e-tron Study
    Audi will be showing the “Auto Union Type C e-tron study” with electric drive at the 62nd International Toy Fair in Nuremberg. This is based on the limited-edition pedal car model which is sold through quattro GmbH, a subsidiary of AUDI AG. The body of the hand-finished unique specimen is made of aluminum and carbon-look material and is suitable for children and adults...
    by at January 21st, 2011 at 02:01 am
  • Audi Expands Solar Capacity to Charge e-tron Electric Cars
    Audi has announced it will install additional photovoltaic modules a 7,500 square meter area of its main plant in Ingolstadt in Germany, which will be used to charge the batteries of the Audi’s e-tron electric cars. Audi is again extending its cooperation with Green City Energy: in 2009 this Munich-based company installed photovoltaic modules on an area of 11,600 square...
    by at December 5th, 2010 at 12:12 am
  • 2012 Audi R8 e-tron
    Audi has released today the full 2012 Audi R8 e-tron specification together with a new video of its electric super car. The Audi R8 e-tron is a high-powered sports car with a purely electric drive. Its four engines provide a total power of 230 kW (313 hp) for splendid driving performance. They can be individually actuated – for an entirely new developmental stage of...
    by at November 10th, 2010 at 08:11 am
  • Audi e-tron Spyder Concept Unveiled in Paris
    Audi unveiled a roofless Spyder version of its e-tron plug-in hybrid sports car at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. The Audi e-tron Spyder is diesel-electric plug-in hybrid sports car in contrast to the all-electric e-tron Concept which was shown a year ago at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show and the smaller all-electric e-tron Concept which Audi showed at the Detroit Motor Show...
    by at September 30th, 2010 at 06:09 am