Posts Tagged ‘audi’

  • Audi Unveils Electric Urban Concept: 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show
    The 1+1-seat Audi urban concept, an ultra-light car for congested urban spaces, has been unveiled time at the Audi Urban Future. The Audi urban concept features an all-new design that still has certain historical roots in the Auto Union racecars of the 1930s. They were well ahead of their time conceptually: they were extremely lightweight and their engines were mounted...
    by at September 11th, 2011 at 02:09 pm
  • Audi Releases First Photos of Electric A2 Concept
    Audi has released first photos and more details of the electric A2 concept, ahead of car’s public debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show next week. The electric A2 clean appearance concentrates on the essentials; all details are subtle but shaped for visual impact. The dark glass roof of the white-painted show car switches to transparency at the touch of a button. The...
    by at September 6th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
  • Audi A2 Electric Car Concept: 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show
    Audi is offering another glimpse into the future of mobility at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show with the Audi A2 concept – a compact technical study with electric drive that offers plenty of room for four people. The Audi A2 concept is 3.80 meters long, 1.69 meters wide and 1.49 meters high, yet it manages to make a powerful impression on the street. Its clean appearance...
    by at September 2nd, 2011 at 11:09 am
  • Audi Urban Concept Cars: 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show
    Audi has released first photos of its electric-powered Urban Concept and its open-top sister, the Urban Spider Concept. Audi will show a hard-top Sportback model and an open Spyder version of the Urban Concept at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The Audi Urban Concept cars, which are a 1+1 seat, aren’t based on an existing model and were developed to be as...
    by at August 28th, 2011 at 02:08 am
  • 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
  • Audi A3 e-tron Concept: Shanghai Auto Show
    Audi has unveiled its latest e-tron concept, the Audi A3 e-tron, at the Shanghai Auto Show this week. Carrying over much of the earlier A3 Sedan concept’s styling, the new A3 e-tron continues Audi’s plug-in vehicle line-up that started with the Audi e-tron unveiled at 2009 Frankfurt Show, than the smaller e-tron concept in Detroit last year, the R8 e-tron and the...
    by at April 18th, 2011 at 11:04 pm
  • Audi Previews A5 e-tron Quattro Plug-In Hybrid Prototype
    Audi released photos and some details of its A5 e-tron Quattro plug-in hybrid prototype, and said the prototype is currently undergoing cold weather testing in Sweden. Audi A5 e-tron earns its “Quattro” moniker not with a conventional all-wheel-drive system, but with what Audi is calling an “electric rear axle”. Although Audi did not release a whole deal of details...
    by at April 3rd, 2011 at 02:04 pm
  • 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