Posts Tagged ‘e-tron’

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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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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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    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
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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 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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    Audi R8 e-tron win the Silvretta E-Auto Rally
    The Audi team secured a double victory for the four rings in the inaugural “Silvretta E-Auto Rally Montafon 2010” and the 13th “Silvretta Classic Montafon” with the Audi e-tron technology demonstrator based on the R8 and the Audi ur-quattro from 1988. Three-time Mille Miglia winner Luciano Viaro clinched first place in the classic car rally. Development Chief Michael...
    by at July 13th, 2010 at 04:07 am
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