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Updated Audi Q7 SUV has 48V MHEV as standard, new PHEV option

Green Car Congress

Audi’s updated Q7 SUV will have the company’s 48V mild-hybrid system (MHEV) as standard. mph), the Audi Q7 recuperates energy, rolls in idle or coasts for up to 40 seconds with the engine switched off. All of the engines in the Audi Q7 are coupled to an eight-speed tiptronic and permanent all?wheel wheel drive.

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First drive: US spec Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid; 83-86 MPGe with 16-17 mile EV range

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More than two and one-half years after the car was first announced ( earlier post ) and more than one year after sales began in Germany and Central Europe ( earlier post ), the US-spec version of the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid will begin arriving in US showrooms in the next few weeks. seconds—comparable to the 7.4

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Audi Chairman says 5 key innovation areas will determine the future of mobility; e-tron master plan calls for 6-figure sales by 2020 with an e-tron in every segment

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to the Annual Press Conference 2012 in Ingolstadt, Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of Audi AG, said that the company believes that five key innovation areas will determine the shape of future mobility: design; lightweight construction; connected vehicles; mobility services; and electric mobility. In his speech.

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2022 Audi e-tron S and e-tron S Sportback models coming to US this fall; prices start at $84,800

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The 2022 Audi e-tron S and e-tron S Sportback ( earlier post ) are making their way to the US this fall, adding to Audi’s portfolio of all-electric performance vehicles. Nearly two inches wider than the e-tron and e-tron Sportback models, the e-tron S is the only Audi “S” model with wider bodywork than the standard model.

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Road Test: 2024 Cadillac XT4 Premium Luxury FWD

Clean Fleet Report

There were both hard and soft surfaces throughout the cabin, but some of the hard plastic pieces fell a bit shy of a premium Cadillac standard. Plenty of room in back Standard equipment on the 2024 XT4 can be enhanced by available packages that add optional equipment and features. The hands-free lift gate revealed a cargo area of 22.5

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Hands-on with the ChatGPT-enabled VW ID.4, with big 2024 model year changes

Baua Electric

Like other VW Group EVs (including Audi, Porsche etc.), However, the regen was still quite light, and I found myself reaching for the brake pedal when entering flowing canyon corners, whereas in other EVs I would simply let off the accelerator to get the braking I wanted. 4 herself). A ChatGPT-enabled voice assistant in your ID.4

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Beach baby! 1971 VW Baja Beetle electromod is the ultimate electric toy

EV Central

Dressed in Audi Nardo grey paint, sporting protective bars and shoed with monstrous 305/70×16 Kumho Road Venture off-road rubber, it’s a Queensland beach toy par excellence. That’s covered by the original Beetle quarter lights which do a fine job directing air at front occupants when on the move. Air conditioning?