Audi News Articles
Audi’s Piloted Driving Project Recognized By The MIT
Audi’s autonomous driving project has been recognized once again. Every year the editors of the MIT Technology Review look for companies all over the world that have announced groundbreaking technologies. This year the jury put Audi on the list of “50 Disruptive Companies” in recognition of the piloted driving project it presented at the Consumer [...]Audi R18 e-tron Quattro To Compete First-Last Appearance In Sebring
Audi’s R18 e-tron quattro will be celebrating both a debut and a farewell this coming weekend: it will contest the 12-hour race at Sebring (Florida) for the first time and at the same time, it is provisionally the LMP1 sports car’s final appearance in the North American endurance classic. Audi said the race at Sebring [...]Audi A3 TDI Is Bound for US
Audi announced at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show that its 2010 A3 2.0 TDI will be coming to the US early next year. The diesel hatchback, which participated in the Audi Mileage Marathon last fall, averaged more than 45 miles per gallon over the course of the 4,000-mile journey. The A3 is considered one of [...]Cylinder Deactivation Now Found in Audi’s A3 With 1.4-liter TFSI
Audi’s A3 equipped with the 1.4-liter TFSI engine will have access to Cylinder-on-Demand (CoD) technology. According to Audi, the A3 with CoD technology will return fuel economy figures of up to 60.1mpg. Capable of making a near seamless switch between two cylinder and four cylinder operation in as little as 13 milliseconds, this system allows [...]Audi Adding Long-Tail Hybrid e-tron For Spa Race
Audi will be testing a new long-tail version of the Audi R18 e-tron quattro hybrid sports car in Belgium. Round 2 of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) will be held May 4 at Spa, in Belgium. Audi Sport Team Joest wants to optimally prepare for the Le Mans 24 Hours, the pinnacle of the [...]Audi Unveils A8 Hybrid and A1 Plug-in Hybrid Concepts
Both vehicles are still concepts, but Audi executives are promising to deliver on electric-drive vehicles. Earlier this week at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, Volkswagen promised to lift hybrids out of its niche status and to produce electric cars. Audi, Volkswagen’s luxury brand, echoed the sentiment, making a commitment to full hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and [...]2009 Audi Q7 Hybrid
On March 24, 2008, Automotive News reported that Audi will not sell the Q7 Hybrid in the United States. Johan deNysschen, head of the Audi brand in the U.S., said Audi could not make a business case for the gas-electric version of the Q7, based largely on a weak dollar. The Audi Q7 is one [...]Audi’s tron Family Includes Two A3 Variants
According to Audi, one of the strategic corporate objectives of the company is to develop technologies that combine driving fun with sustainability. The German company said it seeks solutions that strike a balance between individual mobility on the one hand and economy, ecology and the requirements of Audi customers on the other. Audi’s answer comes [...]Trio Of New Diesel Models Coming From Audi
Audi is making a big diesel push, introducing three more TDI models. Audi is expanding its TDI models with the A6 TDI, A7 TDI and Q5 TDI. These new TDI clean diesel models join the newly-introduced A8 L TDI, and highly-successful Q7 TDI. EPA estimated fuel economy figures for the new clean diesel introductions are [...]Natural Gas Audi A3 Unveiled
Audi is jumping on the CNG bandwagon with a natural gas version of its A3 hatchback. Named A3 Sportback g-tron by Audi, the natural gas vehicle showcases what Audi qualifies as state-of-the-art CNG drive technology, starting with the fuel storage. The vehicle has two tanks, located under the luggage compartment floor. Each can hold seven [...]