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Audi opens new R&D center in Beijing

Green Car Congress

Audi is strengthening its development capabilities in China with a significant broadening of its R&D scope in the region and an expansion of its local Audi China R&D team. The new Audi China Building supports Audi’s efforts to establish additional research and production capacities in the country.

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Audi skysphere concept roadster hints at future design direction

Discover EV

Audi has revealed a striking new electric convertible concept. Called the skysphere, it’s the first of a new family of concepts which will demonstrate Audi’s future design direction. Perceived and designed at Audi Design Studio in Malibu, USA, it will make its debut at Pebble Beach this month.

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Audi introduces Q8 e-tron; improved efficiency and range; base price in Germany €74,400

Green Car Congress

Audi introduced its flagship electric SUV e-tron in 2018. Audi SQ8 Sportback e-tron quattro, Audi Q8 e-tron quattro. With their two motors, the Audi Q8 55 e-tron and Audi Q8 Sportback 55 e-tron generate 300 kW in boost mode and 664 N·m of torque. There are also 62 liters available in the frunk.

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Audi introducing V2I Traffic Light Information service in Europe

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Audi is introducing the vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) service “Traffic Light Information” in Europe. From July, Audi will network new models with the traffic lights in Ingolstadt/Germany; further European cities will follow from 2020 onwards. In the US, Audi customers have been using this service since late 2016.

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15% of Porsche USA Sales Now Electric, 9% of Audi USA Sales Electric

CleanTechnica EVs

There are now a few 100% electric vehicle brands — such as Tesla, Rivian, Lucid, and Polestar — but looking past them at legacy automakers, let’s see who’s leading the way in terms of their movement toward a 100% electric future. Note that we don’t have data on EV sales from all automakers. Data is […].

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Volkswagen Group of America joins LIFT for automotive light-weighting research; first automotive OEM member

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(VWGoA) has officially joined the LIFT (Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow) institute as a Silver Member to advance the group’s research into lightweight metals, therefore reducing the weight of future vehicles. Hagen Seifert, Head of Materials, Audi AG.

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Highlights from the unedited ‘Day by day Force’ podcasts, July 21-27

Baua Electric

It’s actually the largest product initiative we’ve ever seen on the Audi brand ever.” — Hildegard Wortmann, head of promoting and gross sales for Audi “We have our own members to represent. We have a different situation in Canada.

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