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• Audi e-tron Joins Growing Ranks of Go-Fast Electric Vehicles

  BNET - 2009-09-17

  The Audi e-tron has all-wheel-drive and styling like the hot Audi R8 sports car, but a battery powered drivetrain and four electric motors. by Jim Henry

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• A S-uper saloon for Audi fans

  - 2008-09-26

  Byline: By STEVE HUGHES AUDI will be offering more for less with its new S4 saloon and Avant models from next spring. The normally-aspirated V8 engine is replaced by a supercharged V6 that endows the cars with more rapid acceleration and significant economy gains. Despite cutting the...

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• Volkswagen Group of America Unveils Major Educational Philanthropic Effort; Opens U.S. Headquarters

  - 2008-09-18

  Company Contributes $2.1 Million for "Partners in Education" Program Designed to Support Region's Technical Training and Next Generation Engineering Programs HERNDON, Va. -- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. today announced a five-year, $2.1 million comprehensive education initiative designed to support students and teachers interested in advanced automotive technology and...

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• Audi Among Safety Leaders in the U.S.

  - 2007-11-16

  To: AUTO EDITORSContact: Jeff Kuhlman, +1-248-754-6017, mobile, +1-248-622-3703, jeff.kuhlman@audi.com, or Christian Bokich, +1-248-754-4729, mobile, +1-248-890-1790, christian.bokich@audi.com, both of Audi of America, Inc. AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The current line-up of Audi vehicles sold in the United States are some of the safest according to results from tests...

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• hello to the A1

  - 2007-10-21

  SAY hello to the A1 - Audi's attempt to out-Mini the Mini. Officially known as the Audi Metroproject Quattro, this heart- stoppingly pretty concept takes front-wheel power from the 150 bhp TFSi turbo lump (giving a 60 dash of seven-and-a-bit seconds), while its rear wheels are turned by an electric...

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• Petrol perfection

  - 2007-09-07

  Byline: By JONATHAN SMITH THERE'S hardly a motoring journal in the land that hasn't been singing the praises of the latest generation of diesel engines over the past decade. The current breed of oil burners are lauded for their refinement, speed and, of course, their economy. But not...

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• LEDs look forward.

  - 2007-04-30

  By Terry Costlow, Contributing Editor White LEDs are still fairly new, but they're now seeing use in one of most rugged applications, automotive headlights. Audi's R8 is the first to eliminate bulbs, using LEDs for both low and high beams. Philips Lumileds...

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• AUDI R8 LIT UP LIKE A XMAS TREE

  - 2006-12-24

  THE new Audi R8 sports car features 210 exterior LED lights including lights that illuminate the engine. A total of 24 front- mounted LED driving lamps and 186 LED brake lights will help the lucky driver of the 300km/h (187mph) car to see and be seen. Schoolboys...

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• OSRAM Opto Semiconductors' LEDs Provide High Visibility Forward Lighting for the New Audi R8

  - 2006-12-19

  Striking Daytime Running Lamps Enabled by Advanced Power TOPLED SAN JOSE, Calif. -- OSRAM Opto Semiconductors' broad array of Automotive LED solutions provide stylists with freedom to create imaginative designs, such as the high visibility daytime running lamps in Audi's newest sports car, the R8. The striking headlights feature...

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• Car buyers to see the light in LEDs

  - 2006-11-01

  LAS VEGAS -- Starting next year, automakers may be singing a new tune: Twinkle, twinkle, little car. That's because automotive lighting makers are working to bring headlights composed of tiny light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, to U.S. roads. LED headlights would be bright enough to illuminate the night road while being...

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