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Audi Sport presents hybrid race car RS Q e-tron for Dakar

July 25, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Audi Sport is now presenting the RS Q e-tron, the hybrid race car with which the manufacturer will compete in the Dakar Rally in January 2022. The drivetrain of the Audi RS Q e-tron is electric and comes from the current Formula E racing car Audi e-tron FE07. According to Audi Sport, barely a year […]

Three Formula E motors and a DTM engine combine in the Audi RS Q e-tron

July 23, 2021 Jonathan M. Gitlin Syndicated Comments Off

Audi will enter this extreme series hybrid off-roader in the 2022 Dakar Rally.

Audi RS Q e-tron is 670 hp electrified Dakar monster

July 23, 2021 Blagojce Krivevski Syndicated Comments Off

Clear the stage for an electrifying high-tech test laboratory: just under a year after the initial concept idea, Audi Sport has started testing the new Audi RS Q e-tron, with which Audi will take on one of the greatest challenges there is …

Volkswagen sold over 170,000 EVs in the first half of 2021

July 20, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

The Volkswagen Group delivered more than twice as many electric cars in the first half of 2021 as in the same period last year (+165.2 per cent). A total of 170,939 of the Group’s battery-electric cars were sold worldwide by the end of June, 110,991 of them in the second quarter alone. In addition, the […]

Volkswagen Group more than doubles EV sales in H1 of 2021

July 20, 2021 Blagojce Krivevski Syndicated Comments Off

The Volkswagen Group has continued its successful electric offensive in the first half of 2021. The following new BEV models were launched in this period: Volkswagen ID.4, Volkswagen ID.6, ŠKODA Enyaq iV, Audi Q4 e-tron, Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron, Audi …

Audi invests in drive development in Hungary

July 19, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Audi Hungaria has announced that it will invest a double-digit million euro amount in local technical development over the next two years. The focus of the investment is on the installation of a functional test bench for the development of electric drives and transmissions. In addition, the existing test benches are to be upgraded for […]

Audi invests in drive development in Hungary

July 19, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Audi to unveil trio of ‘Sphere’ concepts for performance, luxury and urban mobility

July 19, 2021 Blagojce Krivevski Syndicated Comments Off

In the coming months, Audi will use three innovative concept cars to illustrate how the brand will design the future of the luxury class. The shared root word “sphere” in their model names emphasizes all three designs’ focus on the new interior conc…

VW Group’s 10-year plan: A single EV platform across all its brands

July 14, 2021 Jonathan M. Gitlin Syndicated Comments Off

The new platform, due in 2025, will be called SSP.

Volkswagen presents strategy til 2030

July 13, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Volkswagen has presented its strategy for 2030 called ‘New Auto’. At the core of this strategy is the shift to electromobility and the gradual phasing out of the combustion engine – but it goes far beyond electrifying the hardware that has been dominant for so long It has already been very clear for a while […]