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Audi S
e-tron GT
: Combined electric power consumption in kWh/100 km (62.1 mi): 19.7 –18.0 (WLTP); combined CO
2
emissions in g/km (g/mi): 0; CO
2
class: A Audi RS
e-tron GT
: Combined electric power consumption in kWh/100 km (62.1 mi): 21.1 –18.4 (WLTP); combined CO
2
emissions in g/km (g/mi): 0; CO
2
class: A Audi RS
e-tron GT
performance: Combined electric power consumption in kWh/100 km (62.1 mi): 20.8 –18.7 (WLTP); combined CO
2
emissions in g/km (g/mi): 0; CO
2
class: A
Models
06/18/2024
The new Audi
e-tron GT
: An electrifying masterpiece
The Audi
e-tron GT
quattro
has been the electric and sporty top model in Audi’s product portfolio since its premiere in 2021. The four-door Gran Turismo combines evocative design with a powerful drive system and dynamic handling. The new versions significantly improve the sporty vehicle's range, performance, charging, and handling. With the RS
e-tron GT
performance
, Audi is debuting its first fully electric RS performance model. The new models in the Audi
e-tron GT
family are available to order now.
Audi
e-tron GT
quattro
: Electric power consumption (combined): 21.6–19.6 kWh/100 km; CO
2
emissions (combined): 0 g/km; CO
2
-class: A
Sustainability
04/29/2024
Audi charging hub Tokyo: premium charging experience now also in Japan
The Four Rings opened their first Audi charging hub outside Europe on April 26, 2024. In Tokyo, the capital of Japan, drivers of electric cars of all brands can now charge at four fast-charging points, each with up to 150 kilowatts (kW) – an excellent figure for charging power in Japan. Thanks to a buffer storage unit, the Audi charging hub places low demands on the local power grid. The seventh Audi charging hub overall only uses electricity from renewable sources.
Sustainability
04/23/2024
Environmental Partnership in Thailand Continues: Education Offensive for Schools
Sustainability begins in the mind. The Audi Environmental Foundation, the Ferry Porsche Foundation, the Bentley Environmental Foundation and the green start-up everwave are convinced of this. With an innovative educational initiative for schools in Bangkok, the quartet is raising awareness of sustainable action. The program complements the environmental partnership's cleanup activities launched in 2023. The aim is to reduce the inflow of garbage into the Chao Phraya River via its side channels, to permanently clear the water of waste and to establish a stable garbage processing infrastructure around the Thai capital.
Company
03/11/2024
Water recycling at Audi Brussels: A milestone for sustainable water use
As of this date, Audi Brussels is using treated water in manufacturing and testing processes, under its pioneering “Re-Use” program. This joint project with the Belgian company Hydria, which specializes in the collection and treatment of wastewater, marks a significant step forward for water conservation in automotive manufacturing.
Sustainability
03/05/2024
Charging without barriers at Audi: challenge accepted
When creating infrastructure for electric vehicles, it is important to remember people with mobility requirements. Audi brand ambassador Gerd Schönfelder, the most successful Winter Paralympian of all time, and Audi driver Uwe Herrmann have clear ideas on what charging without barriers and disability-friendly vehicle modifications should look like. Schönfelder lost his right arm and shoulder in an accident at the age of 19, while Hermann has been using a wheelchair since adolescence. While Schönfelder has been driving an Audi Q4
e-tron
for the past 18 months, Herrmann (still) drives an Audi with a gasoline engine and is curious to hear about Schönfelder’s experiences. At the opening of the sixth Audi charging hub in Frankfurt am Main, the two men met up for a chat.
Sustainability
03/05/2024
Audi charging hub in Frankfurt: easy, fast, and without barriers
Audi opens its sixth charging hub in Frankfurt am Main. At Orber Straße, the drivers of electric cars of all makes can charge their vehicles with up to 320 kW of power using four high-power-charging (HPC) stations. While their car charges, users can have an enjoyable experience at the adjacent Klassikstadt Frankfurt. Audi has partnered up with this enterprise located in a listed historical former factory that boasts an internationally renowned collection of vintage and modern classic cars and offers a range of services. Guests can choose from a wide selection of snacks, beverages, and hot meals and enjoy them in an attractive, comfortable setting. Moreover, all Audi charging hubs are designed to be barrier-free: a swivel arm, for which a patent has been registered, height-adjustable displays, and ample room for maneuvering – in a wheelchair, for example – make charging easy for all, including people with disabilities.
Company
01/31/2024
Audi Ingolstadt: net carbon neutral production since January 2024
The Audi plant in Ingolstadt began net carbon-neutral production on January 1, 2024. After Brussels (Belgium, 2018) and Győr (Hungary, 2020), it is the third Audi plant to operate with net zero emissions. In addition are the Audi R8 and
e-tron GT
quattro
models, which have been built at Böllinger Höfe with net zero emissions since 2020. As part of its Mission:Zero environmental program, Audi has set itself the goal of achieving net carbon neutrality at all its sites worldwide by 2025. By then, the final steps will have been taken in Neckarsulm and San José Chiapa (Mexico).
Sustainability
01/08/2024
Protecting biodiversity: projects at all Audi locations
In addition to decarbonization, resource efficiency, and water use, Audi’s cross-site environmental program Mission:Zero also focuses on biodiversity as one of its four key areas of activity. From fields of flowers and colonies of wild bees to reforestation projects: As a member of the “Biodiversity in Good Company” initiative, the brand with the four rings again took action in 2023 with a variety of projects to protect biodiversity at all Audi locations.
Technology
12/20/2023
Jens van Eikels: “To me, premium charging means easy, quick charging in a pleasant environment”
Charging should be an effortless and relaxed aspect of owning an electric car – owners should not have to compare prices or be tied to charging stations from a particular provider every time they charge. Jens van Eikels, Head of the Charging Project House at AUDI AG, a central hub for all issues relating to charging, infrastructure, and technology understands what electric car drivers want and expect. In this interview, Eikels gives expert insight into how Audi plans to make the charging process, and its various charging and service offerings, even more simple for users.
Company
12/12/2023
Christmas donation: Audi employees support regional organizations with 720,000 euros
For the 47th time, the Audi Works Council has called on the staff to participate in the traditional Christmas donation. An impressive 99.6 percent of Audi employees heeded the call and donated a total of 493,032 euros to charitable and social institutions, organizations, and associations in the region. As every year, the company also contributed to the staff donation, rounding up the amount to 720,000 euros.
Strategic topics
09/28/2023
Dialogue on future-oriented sustainability: Audi at the One Young World Summit
Innovations for a changing world: The One Young World Summit, held in Belfast from October 2nd to 5th, will bring together more than 2,000 young people to discuss the social tasks of our time. Audi will also be represented at the event again. Bentley, Volkswagen subsidiary Elli (Electric Life), Audi, and the Audi Environmental Foundation are sending a total of 34 employees and scholars from all over the world to Northern Ireland – with future-oriented projects and ideas in tow. Xavier Ros, Member of the Board of Management for Human Resources at AUDI AG, sees curiosity and openness to impulses from outside, along with never stopping learning, as fundamental tasks of our time and part of Audi’s DNA.
Sustainability
09/14/2023
Using high-tech and local partners to combat plastic garbage in Thailand’s rivers
The Audi Environmental Foundation, together with the Ferry Porsche Foundation, is supporting the green start-up everwave to rid the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok of plastic garbage. Since May, a garbage collection boat from Germany equipped with high-tech equipment has been removing waste from the river - up to five tons daily under ideal conditions. By cooperating with the local non-governmental organization (NGO) TerraCycle Thai Foundation, the project partners aim to establish in the medium term a stable infrastructure for waste processing in the region around the Thai capital of Bangkok.
Lifecycle analysis
Further information on the topic
Strategic topics
03/03/2023
Turning old into new: MaterialLoop project tests circular economy potential of end-of-life vehicles
With its joint project ”MaterialLoop”, Audi is taking the next step toward closing more material cycles in the automotive industry. Together with 15 partners from the research, recycling, and supplier sectors, the brand with the four rings is looking into the reuse of so-called post-consumer materials, which are taken from customer vehicles at the end of their lifecycle, from the automotive sector for the production of new cars. As part of Audi’s circular economy strategy, the project provides valuable insight on how a circular economy can be put into practice.
Sustainability
10/20/2022
Audi and Krajete Filter CO
2
Out of the Air
AUDI AG and the Linz-based green tech company Krajete GmbH are jointly developing new technologies for filtering emissions from ambient air. In addition to robust adsorber materials, these so-called direct air capturing technologies (DAC) are based, above all, on innovative processes. They make far-reaching energy and cost reductions possible.
Audi Q4 45
e-tron
quattro
: Combined power consumption in kWh/100 km: 21.3 – 17.9 (WLTP); 18.2 – 16.5 (NEDC); Combined CO
2
emissions in g/km: 0
Models
07/29/2021
Q4
e-tron
series adds new all-wheel-drive model: Q4 45
e-tron
quattro
now available to preorder
The Audi Q4
e-tron
and Q4 Sportback
e-tron
are the first compact electric SUVs from the brand with the four rings. Following their launch in April, two new versions have been added to the range – the Q4 Sportback 40
e-tron
, the model with the longest range in the series, and an all-wheel-drive version, the Q4 45
e-tron
quattro
– both of which are available to order now.
Expansion of green charging
Further information on the topic
Technology
12/20/2023
Jens van Eikels: “To me, premium charging means easy, quick charging in a pleasant environment”
Charging should be an effortless and relaxed aspect of owning an electric car – owners should not have to compare prices or be tied to charging stations from a particular provider every time they charge. Jens van Eikels, Head of the Charging Project House at AUDI AG, a central hub for all issues relating to charging, infrastructure, and technology understands what electric car drivers want and expect. In this interview, Eikels gives expert insight into how Audi plans to make the charging process, and its various charging and service offerings, even more simple for users.
Company
06/17/2021
Partnership with energy providers: Audi funding expansion of renewable energy to increase the number of charging stations in Europe that use green power
The company’s vision is absolutely clear: Audi wants to become a provider of carbon-neutral mobility. To achieve this goal, the company is partnering with energy providers to support the expansion of renewable energy sources. The aim is to work with these different partners to build new wind and solar farms in various European countries by 2025, which together are expected to generate around 5 terawatt hours of additional green power. This corresponds to an installed capacity of about 250 new wind turbines. The aim is for the proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources by the cooperation partners to increase along with the increasing proportion of electric cars. The first project, a solar park in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, is being developed in collaboration with the German utility company RWE. The plant will come on stream in 2022 and is designed for a total capacity of 170 million kilowatt hours. Encompassing nearly 420,000 solar panels, it will be one of the largest independent solar parks in Germany. Further projects are to quickly follow.
Charging technology and infrastructure
Further information on the topic
Audi
e-tron GT
quattro
: Electric power consumption (combined): 21.6–19.6 kWh/100 km; CO
2
emissions (combined): 0 g/km; CO
2
-class: A
Sustainability
04/29/2024
Audi charging hub Tokyo: premium charging experience now also in Japan
The Four Rings opened their first Audi charging hub outside Europe on April 26, 2024. In Tokyo, the capital of Japan, drivers of electric cars of all brands can now charge at four fast-charging points, each with up to 150 kilowatts (kW) – an excellent figure for charging power in Japan. Thanks to a buffer storage unit, the Audi charging hub places low demands on the local power grid. The seventh Audi charging hub overall only uses electricity from renewable sources.
Sustainability
03/05/2024
Charging without barriers at Audi: challenge accepted
When creating infrastructure for electric vehicles, it is important to remember people with mobility requirements. Audi brand ambassador Gerd Schönfelder, the most successful Winter Paralympian of all time, and Audi driver Uwe Herrmann have clear ideas on what charging without barriers and disability-friendly vehicle modifications should look like. Schönfelder lost his right arm and shoulder in an accident at the age of 19, while Hermann has been using a wheelchair since adolescence. While Schönfelder has been driving an Audi Q4
e-tron
for the past 18 months, Herrmann (still) drives an Audi with a gasoline engine and is curious to hear about Schönfelder’s experiences. At the opening of the sixth Audi charging hub in Frankfurt am Main, the two men met up for a chat.
Sustainability
03/05/2024
Audi charging hub in Frankfurt: easy, fast, and without barriers
Audi opens its sixth charging hub in Frankfurt am Main. At Orber Straße, the drivers of electric cars of all makes can charge their vehicles with up to 320 kW of power using four high-power-charging (HPC) stations. While their car charges, users can have an enjoyable experience at the adjacent Klassikstadt Frankfurt. Audi has partnered up with this enterprise located in a listed historical former factory that boasts an internationally renowned collection of vintage and modern classic cars and offers a range of services. Guests can choose from a wide selection of snacks, beverages, and hot meals and enjoy them in an attractive, comfortable setting. Moreover, all Audi charging hubs are designed to be barrier-free: a swivel arm, for which a patent has been registered, height-adjustable displays, and ample room for maneuvering – in a wheelchair, for example – make charging easy for all, including people with disabilities.
Technology
12/20/2023
Jens van Eikels: “To me, premium charging means easy, quick charging in a pleasant environment”
Charging should be an effortless and relaxed aspect of owning an electric car – owners should not have to compare prices or be tied to charging stations from a particular provider every time they charge. Jens van Eikels, Head of the Charging Project House at AUDI AG, a central hub for all issues relating to charging, infrastructure, and technology understands what electric car drivers want and expect. In this interview, Eikels gives expert insight into how Audi plans to make the charging process, and its various charging and service offerings, even more simple for users.
Audi SQ8 Sportback
e-tron
: Combined electric power consumption in kWh/100 km: 28.2–25.3; combined CO
2
emissions in g/km: 0
Sustainability
09/12/2023
New Audi charging hub opens in Munich
Audi has opened a new Audi charging hub in Munich’s Obersendling district. Brand ambassador Felix Neureuther, who was present at the opening, was very happy about the charging offering. The brand with the four rings has recently begun cooperating with &Charge, a company that enables users to publicly rate charging stations and rewards them for doing so. A pilot project is being launched at the Audi charging hub in Nuremberg with the aim of adding an augmented reality experience to the digital ecosystem.
Technology
06/15/2023
Audi redefines quick charging: first Audi charging hub in Austria opened in Salzburg
Audi is opening its first charging hub in Austria: Following locations in Nuremberg, Berlin, and Zurich, the brand with the four rings opened a premium quick-charging station in Salzburg today, its fourth worldwide. Just next door, MOONCITY is Salzburg’s competence and experience center for new and electric mobility. It provides the perfect infrastructure in the immediate vicinity of the hub, so charging is a customer-friendly and pleasant experience.
Technology
04/13/2023
“Electrifying” opportunities instead of charging boredom: New Audi charging hub in downtown Berlin
The brand with the four rings is opening a third Audi charging hub right in the center of Berlin. In the German capital, as in Nuremberg and Zurich, second-life batteries will act as buffer storage, and, like Zurich, the compact Audi charging hub with four quick-charging points will be used. At the site in Prenzlauer Berg, however, Audi is taking a different approach to the power hookup. This development is explained in this interview by Elias Hammer, who is the Audi Manager responsible for the rollout in Berlin and for the energy system integration for the Audi charging hub. Future users of the Audi charging hub in Berlin can look forward to an “electrifying wait” during charging instead of the usual boredom as the cooperation with Frischeparadies will mean the time can be put to good use. For Jörg Haucke, a Q4
e-tron
customer living in Berlin, the Audi charging hub is the perfect solution for urban charging, with many large cities currently still lacking a quick-charging infrastructure.
Audi RS
e-tron GT
: Combined electric power consumption in kWh/100 km: 22.1–19.8; combined CO
2
emissions in g/km: 0
Sustainability
01/18/2023
Global Battery Alliance Launches World’s First Battery Passport Proof of Concept
The Global Battery Alliance (“GBA”), the world’s largest multi-stakeholder organisation to establish a sustainable battery value chain by 2030, today launched the proof of concept for its Battery Passport at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos.
Audi Q8 55
e-tron
quattro
Combined electric power consumption in kWh/100 km (62.1 mi): 24.4–20.6 (WLTP); combined CO
2
emissions in g/km (g/mi): 0 (0). Audi SQ8 Sportback
e-tron
Combined electric power consumption in kWh/100 km (62.1 mi): 27.0–23.5 (WLTP); combined CO
2
emissions in g/km (g/mi): 0 (0)
Sustainability
11/28/2022
New Audi charging service: unrestricted mobility in 27 European countries
Three requirements must be met for electromobility to succeed: high range, the ability to recharge high-voltage batteries quickly, and uncomplicated access to a dense network of charging points.
Audi RS
e-tron GT
: Combined electric power consumption in kWh/100 km (62.1 mi): - (NEDC), 22.1 - 19.8 (WLTP); combined CO
2
emissions in g/km (g/mi): 0 Only consumption and emissions values are only available according to WLTP and not according to NEFZ for this vehicle
Company
11/05/2022
Audi Adds Brand Exclusive Charging Stations to its Premium E-mobility Ecosystem in China
The Four Rings are accelerating their e-offensive in China. As part of the “Vorsprung 2030 China Strategy”, Audi is enriching its mobility ecosystem by bringing the Audi Charging Station to customers in China. The first batch will go live before the end of this year.
Technology
06/08/2022
Audi continues to roll out charging hub after success of initial pilot phase
Feedback following the pilot phase of the Audi charging hub in Nuremberg turned out to be overwhelmingly positive. The fact that repeat customers accounted for some 60 percent of charging sessions confirms the Four Ring’s globally unique, urban charging concept. The Audi charging hub mostly serves urban drivers who aren’t able to charge at home. Starting in the second half of the year, a second compact Audi charging hub pilot site will open in downtown Zurich, followed by sites in Salzburg and Berlin. Additional sites are slated to open in Germany in 2023 and mid-2024.
Technology
06/08/2022
Audi battery testing center in Gaimersheim: Where range and fast charging come together
Electric models must be suitable for everyday use. Purchasing decisions are significantly affected above all by range, but also by the charging performance of the built-in high-voltage batteries. For this reason, Audi designs, develops, and checks battery cells and battery components on its own at its battery testing center in Gaimersheim.
Recyclates
Further information on the topic
Strategic topics
03/03/2023
Turning old into new: MaterialLoop project tests circular economy potential of end-of-life vehicles
With its joint project ”MaterialLoop”, Audi is taking the next step toward closing more material cycles in the automotive industry. Together with 15 partners from the research, recycling, and supplier sectors, the brand with the four rings is looking into the reuse of so-called post-consumer materials, which are taken from customer vehicles at the end of their lifecycle, from the automotive sector for the production of new cars. As part of Audi’s circular economy strategy, the project provides valuable insight on how a circular economy can be put into practice.
Sustainability
09/26/2022
Pilot Project: Physical Recycling Makes Mixed Plastic Waste Recyclable
Audi is promoting sustainable product development and wants to establish more and more cycles. Together with partners from science and industry, the company with the four rings is researching ways of improving material recyclability and saving primary materials. In collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute, the manufacturer is now testing an additional method of recycling plastics and making them usable for mass production. As part of Audi Environmental Week, Audi employees will be focusing on recycling and many other ideas for a more sustainable company. This is the campaign’s second year and it is intended to promote networking, exchange, and interdisciplinary cooperation with the aim of improving Audi’s sustainability performance.
Company
04/25/2022
Pilot project started: Faulty car glass to be turned into new windowpanes for the Audi Q4
e-tron
Faulty car windows often go in the recycling bin when the cracked part cannot be fixed. A closed material circuit does not yet exist for damaged car glass. This is where Audi and its partner companies Reiling Glas Recycling, Saint-Gobain Glass, and Saint-Gobain Sekurit are now doing pioneering work as part of a joint pilot project. The partner companies want to turn the damaged auto glass into recyclable material for model production and have drawn up a multi-stage process for that purpose: using an innovative recycling process, the car windows are first broken into small pieces. Then all the non-glass impurities like glue residue are eliminated. The resulting glass granulate is melted down and turned into new plate glass. That plate glass is then turned into a new car window. If this pilot is successful, the windows that are produced this way will be used in models in the Audi Q4
e-tron
series in the future.
Company
01/12/2022
Second life for EV batteries: Audi and RWE build new type of energy storage system in Herdecke
Audi and RWE are breaking new ground together to drive the energy revolution forward – RWE has brought an energy storage facility on stream in Herdecke, Germany, that uses used lithium-ion batteries from Audi electric cars. With the help of 60 battery systems, the new type of storage facility on the site of RWE’s pumped-storage power plant on Lake Hengstey will be able to temporarily store around 4.5 megawatt hours of electricity.
Company
09/30/2021
Second life or recycling? BattMAN rescues batteries from a needlessly short lifespan!
The question is on the minds of everyone who is interested in e-mobility: What happens to the battery when an e-vehicle has reached the end of its service life? The answer is simple: The new analysis software BattMAN ReLife checks their state of health in just a few minutes. Starting immediately, the quick check system will be used as a means of initial diagnosis in battery recycling at the pilot plant that Volkswagen Group Components has been operating in Salzgitter since the beginning of the year.
Company
08/27/2021
Upcycling at Audi: a new lease on life for packaging
A new pilot project being implemented at Audi’s Neckarsulm site, among other initiatives, highlights just how important the sustainable use of resources is to the company. At this location, Audi produces 3D-printed assembly aids for vehicle production – and as of recently, from waste that is generated right there on site. These assembly aids are not only made of recycled material, they also promote ergonomic and safe work processes and are tailored precisely to the requirements of the employees. As such, the project is helping the company achieve the objectives of its cross-site environmental program “Mission:Zero.”
Company
06/17/2021
A new lease on life: recycling automotive plastics
As part of the THINKTANK Industrial Resource Strategies, researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have been working with Audi for a good six months on the pilot project “Chemical Recycling of plastics from automotive manufacturing.” Now that the project has been completed, it is clear that the Chemical Recycling of mixed plastic waste is both technically feasible and environmentally and financially promising. The plastic waste from automotive manufacturing can be processed into pyrolysis oil and could replace petroleum as a raw material for the production of high-quality plastic components in Audi models. The material cycles closed in this way save valuable resources, energy, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As such, Chemical Recycling represents a viable alternative to energy recovery and complements mechanical processing. In this way, Audi could use fossil resources for longer and thus scale back the procurement of additional fossil resources accordingly. Together with partners from the chemical industry and KIT, Audi now plans to take the next step and research the industrialization of this cycle.
Company
11/23/2020
Audi and KIT are working on recycling method for automotive plastics
A large number of components in automobiles are made from plastics. They have to meet exacting safety, heat resistance and quality requirements. That is why, so far, only petroleum-based materials have been suitable for manufacturing plastic components in automobiles that are subjected to particularly intensive wear. Such materials are not recyclable in most cases. Whereas plastics of the same type can often be mechanically recycled, recycling of mixed plastic waste poses a major challenge. Audi and the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) are therefore launching a pilot project for chemical recycling as part of the “Industrial Resource Strategies” THINKTANK in order to feed such mixed plastic fractions back into a resource-conserving circular system.
Audi
e-tron
55
quattro
: Combined electric power consumption in kWh/100 km: 23.1 - 21.0 (NEDC); combined CO
2
emissions in g/km: 0
Company
06/26/2020
Audi and EnBW cooperate on battery storage
The energy and transport revolution go hand in hand. Tie-ups between the two sectors will substantially help bring about this transformation. High-capacity batteries are increasingly becoming an indispensable part of a sustainable energy sector – be it as large-scale storage devices in power grids or as a power source for electric vehicles. Audi and EnBW therefore aim to work together on battery storage solutions. The use of used Audi electric car batteries lies at the heart of this initiative.
Audi A3 Sportback: Combined fuel consumption in l/100 km: 4.8–3.9 (49.0–60.3 US mpg); Combined CO
2
emissions in g/km: 111–99 (178.6–159.3 g/mi)
Audi MediaCenter
02/25/2020
From bottle to fabric: Seat upholstery made of PET
The fashion industry produces jewelry, clothes and bags from PET bottles. In addition, more and more furniture is being made from waste material such as paper shreds, plastic bottles and wood chippings. Audi is now offering seat upholstery made from recycled material for the new A3 for the first time.
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