Posts Tagged ‘audi’

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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Audi Launches Electric Drive Test Center
    Audi commissioned a new development and testing center for electric drive systems at its Ingolstadt site this week – providing the company with an ideal environment for development of hybrid and electric vehicles. Around 840 employees will now work here to further advance drive systems, batteries and power electronics – using highly networked methods. Audi invested...
    by at November 10th, 2010 at 09:11 am
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    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
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    Audi Developing Artificial Noise for Electric Cars
    Audi is the latest manufacturer that has started the development of various acoustics systems that will “power” future electric cars. Audi is currently at work developing a particular sound for its future e-tron electric cars. The automaker sees this not just a matter of safety, but also a question of how its cars of the future should sound. An electric Audi...
    by at November 3rd, 2010 at 08:11 am
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    Audi Launches EV Partnership with Tongji University
    Audi has initiated a partnership with Chinese Tongji University, seeking to train the students going there in the fields of research, instruction and services regarding electromobility. Audi has been cooperating with Tongji University Shanghai since January. Students at TUS work together with the car manufacturer on various technical projects as part of their coursework...
    by at October 30th, 2010 at 08:10 am
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    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
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    Audi Begins A1 E-Tron Test in Munich
    Audi has announced its plans to test the Audi A1 e-tron range extended vehicle in the Munich region of Germany, as a part of the “Model Region Electromobility Munich” sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Transport. By the middle of next year, 20 Audi A1 e-tron models will hit the road as part of a project made in collaboration with E.ON, the Munich municipal...
    by at September 9th, 2010 at 07:09 am
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