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Car Manufacturers Support Integrated Standard For A Modular Connector System For Electric Vehicle Charging

Car Manufacturers Support Integrated Standard For A Modular Connector System For Electric Vehicle Charging

Car manufacturers Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche and Volkswagen commonly support a modular connector system for electric vehicle charging. A globally integrated standard is to ensure that customers always have direct and easy access to the energy grid, independent of vehicle brand and supplier of electric energy. ... Continue reading

Greater Efficiency And More Power For Revised Audi Q7 Range

Greater Efficiency And More Power For Revised Audi Q7 Range

Audi's Q7 has reset the benchmark in the premium full-sized SUV market with the introduction of three new powerful, and yet frugal, engines and a new 8-speed tiptronic transmission. ... Continue reading

Road-Going Audi A1 E-Tron Creates a Buzz In Munich

Road-Going Audi A1 E-Tron Creates a Buzz In Munich

Munich's electricity supply is about to spark 20 road-ready Audi A1 e-trons into life on the German city's streets as part of an exciting pilot project undertaken by Audi AG in partnership with E.ON, the Munich municipal utility company Stadtwerke Munchen (SWM) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM). ... Continue reading

Esquire Magazine Unanimously Names the 2010 Audi S4 as the '2010 Esquire Car of the Year'

Esquire Magazine Unanimously Names the 2010 Audi S4 as the '2010 Esquire Car of the Year'

HERNDON, Va., Sept. 13 -- In a unanimous vote, Esquire magazine today named the 2010 Audi S4 as the "2010 Esquire Car of the Year." The 2010 Audi S4 rose above the competition to claim the top spot after a vigorous six-month test drive by Esquire drivers. With its advanced performance and full array of standard feature ... Continue reading

Volkswagen of America Appoints Jonathan Browning New Chief Executive Officer - COMPLETE VIDEO

Volkswagen of America Appoints Jonathan Browning New Chief Executive Officer - COMPLETE VIDEO

HERNDON, Va., Sept. 13 -- WHAT: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VWGoA) will announce the appointment of its new chief executive officer. WHERE: The National Press Club The First Amendment Room, 13th Floor 529 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C. WHEN: Monday, Sept. ... Continue reading

Audi Teams Up With Athletes and Celebrities for Fourth Audi Best Buddies Challenge: Hearst Castle

Audi Teams Up With Athletes and Celebrities for Fourth Audi Best Buddies Challenge: Hearst Castle

- California's First Lady Maria Shriver to serve as Honorary Chair - 1,500 people to participate in the Challenge to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities - Fleet of all-new Audi A8 vehicles to make their way down the Pacific Coast Highway HERNDON, Va., Sept. 10 -- Audi, in conjunction with Be ... Continue reading

Audi Announces a New Species of R8 Spyder

Audi Announces a New Species of R8 Spyder

The Audi R8 Spyder is about to perform a pincer movement on the open-air supercar establishment as it adopts a new generation 4.2-litre V8 FSI petrol engine to run alongside the existing 5.2-litre V10 FSI. ... Continue reading

Audi Sets 2011 Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 Quattro Prices; Confirms Audi RS5 Coupe is Coming to U.S. - NEW VIDEO

Audi Sets 2011 Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 Quattro Prices; Confirms Audi RS5 Coupe is Coming to U.S. - NEW VIDEO

- The first open-top Audi supercar will begin at $161,000 MSRP - The V10 Audi R8 Spyder achieves 525-hp and a top speed of 195 mph - Planned arrival for the RS5 Coupe in the U.S. market is 2012 HERNDON, Va., July 23 -- Audi today announced that pricing for the new 2011 R8 Spyder 5.2 quattro® supercar will begin at $16 ... Continue reading

Audi Reports August 2010 U.S. Sales

Audi Reports August 2010 U.S. Sales

- August 2010 sales of 9,182 vehicles rose 14% above August 2009, topping previous August record set in 2003 - Consumers continue to demand TDI clean diesel vehicles, as both the Audi Q7 TDI and A3 TDI posted significant sales mix gains in the most recent month - Q5 crossover sales increased 78.8% from August 2009 sale ... Continue reading

New Audi A1 Begins To Make Its Mark

New Audi A1 Begins To Make Its Mark

The long wait is over: starting tomorrow, the Audi A1 will be available to test drive at Audi Centres in Germany. Deliveries will simultaneously begin in Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland, followed by most other mainland European markets from mid-September. The UK will receive its first cars in November. ... Continue reading

Clean Diesel: No Longer an Oxymoron Argonne National Laboratory Brings Diesel into Focus

Clean Diesel: No Longer an Oxymoron Argonne National Laboratory Brings Diesel into Focus

Clean Diesel: No Longer an Oxymoron. Argonne National Laboratory brings Diesel into Focus. </p><p>By Larry Nutson <br>Senior Editor, Chicago Bureau <br>The Auto Channel Chicago, IL August 20, 2010 – From virtually every news source all we hear is that electric cars will be in everyone’s future. Well, not so f ... Continue reading

Audi: Robots Land in Trafalgar Square

Audi: Robots Land in Trafalgar Square

The London Design Festival has invited Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram to design this year`s Trafalgar Square Installation. ... Continue reading

Audi Rails Against Inefficient Performance Right From the Start

Audi Rails Against Inefficient Performance Right From the Start

Audi is blazing yet another trail in the all-important battle to minimise the car's environmental impact by using trains powered by green electricity to transport its now 36-strong model range from its headquarters in Ingolstadt, Germany, to the North Sea loading port of Emden. This innovative logistics concept is a pi ... Continue reading

Audi Reviews, Comparisons and Prices - Audi Buyers Guide

Audi Reviews, Comparisons and Prices - Audi Buyers Guide

SEE ALSO: Audi Reviews 1996-2011 SEE ALSO: Audi Buyers Guide AUDI AG, commonly known as Audi (pronounced /a'ʊdi/), is a premium luxury German automobile manufacturer which produces Audi branded cars, with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. Audi has been an almost wholly-owned (99.7%) subsidiary of the Volkswagen G ... Continue reading

Audi Centre Cairns Is Officially Opened

Audi Centre Cairns Is Officially Opened

The new Audi Centre Cairns facility, at 303 - 309 Mulgrave Road, Cairns celebrated its official opening on 13 August 2010. ... Continue reading

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