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Audi A5 Avant e-hybrid quattro

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03/25/2025

New Audi A5 e-hybrids combine dynamics, efficiency, and long electric range

Built on the Premium Platform Combustion (PPC), the new Audi A5 is welcoming additional members to its family. Alongside the pure combustion engine models, Audi is now offering two plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) models in two power levels for the A5 series for the first time. Customers will benefit from greater comfort and technical innovations for their daily mobility. The new generation of HV batteries boasts around 45 percent higher capacity. The increased regenerative braking performance contributes to an electric range of up to 110 kilometers.

Audi and DAZN bring major-league thrills to your car

Technology

03/12/2025

Audi and DAZN bring major-league thrills to your car

Featuring UEFA Champions League, the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, American sports like NFL and NBA, and handball and golf: Audi is expanding its Audi Application Store offer to include the DAZN app, bringing the sports streaming service into the vehicle – with Audi as the first automaker ever to do so. Sports fans can experience the content both on the MMI touch display and MMI passenger display. The DAZN app is now available in the new models of the Audi A5, Audi Q5, Audi A6, Audi A6 e-tron, and Audi Q6 e-tron series via the Audi Application Store.

Audi simulates global power grids to test EV charging

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01/29/2025

Audi simulates global power grids to test EV charging

Whether with 110 or 230 volts or 50 or 60 hertz, at Audi in Ingolstadt, electric cars can now be charged as if they were in China, the United States, or in numerous other countries around the globe. At the new electric-charging test center at the Ingolstadt site, Technical Development is testing electric Audi models under the conditions that prevail in the various sales regions. The results are incorporated directly into the research and development of the vehicles. This means that customers always benefit from the best charging experience, no matter where they are in the world.

MHEV plus: the next generation of hybridization at Audi

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01/27/2025

MHEV plus: the next generation of hybridization at Audi

With the new A5 and Q5 series built on the Premium Platform Combustion (PPC), Audi has launched its first combustion engines with the new MHEV plus technology. With its unique interplay between the powertrain generator (PTG), belt alternator starter (BAS), and a lithium iron phosphate battery, the 48-volt mild hybrid system supports the combustion engine, reduces carbon emissions, and simultaneously increases performance and agility. The PTG, which can be fully coupled or decoupled, features integrated power electronics and an electric motor that enables partially electric driving. This reduces consumption and makes for an even smoother driving experience.

Illuminating insights!

Technology

12/10/2024

Illuminating insights!

Lighting technology and lighting design may seem to have a lot in common at first glance but, in fact, a careful balancing act between aesthetics and functionality takes place behind the scenes. In this article, Stefan Staudacher, head of rear lighting development, and lighting designer Christoph Häußinger shine some light on how designers and developers work together to find the best solutions, despite their different requirements.

Audi RS 3 Sportback / Audi RS 3 Sedan

Models

10/28/2024

Lateral dynamics in precision: the performance curve of the Audi RS 3

The Audi RS 3 is the most powerful model in its series and the gateway into the world of Audi Sport. With the upgrade of the current generation, it is even sportier, thanks in part to an optimized chassis setup. The increased agility ensures best times and immense driving pleasure on winding terrain – on the racetrack and in everyday use.

Audi A3 Sportback TFSI e

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10/15/2024

More powerful and efficient than ever: the new A3 Sportback TFSI e

With a higher battery capacity, DC charging at fast-charging stations, and an electric range of up to 143 kilometers, the Audi A3 Sportback TFSI e is undergoing a comprehensive technology upgrade. Its intelligent drive management ensures outstanding efficiency, high recuperation performance, and locally emission-free driving over long distances in everyday life. The plug-in hybrid combines dynamic handling with increased comfort.

Top marks for the Audi Q6 e-tron in terms of safety

Models

10/08/2024

Top marks for the Audi Q6 e-tron in terms of safety

The renowned European consumer protection organization Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme) has awarded the Audi Q6 e-tron the top rating of “five stars”. The vehicle was assessed in the categories “protection of adult occupants”, “child safety”, “protection of vulnerable road users”, and “assistance systems available as standard” and achieved excellent results in all test categories.

Audi RS e-tron GT performance

Models

09/17/2024

Audi’s most powerful production vehicle: The new RS e-tron GT performance

With the Audi RS e-tron GT performance, Audi is debuting its first fully electric RS performance model. The four-door coupé demonstrates bundled technical expertise – and Audi’s passion for details. Powerful, sporty, and confident, it reflects the brand’s high standards for developing and building cars. The RS e-tron GT performance is the dynamic flagship for electric mobility at Audi.

Audi RS e-tron GT performance

Models

09/17/2024

299 times special: Audi exclusive makes the Audi e-tron GT more personal than ever

The car is an unmistakable expression of one´s own personality – that is the philosophy of Audi exclusive. Since 1995, the brand with the four rings has been setting standards in the personalization of premium vehicles in keeping with this motto. An early example of this pioneering spirit was the Office packages for the first-generation Audi A8, which included a refrigerator, bar compartment, VHS player and monitor, folding table, and power curtains.

With a Cd value of 0.21, the A6 Sportback e-tron starts a new chapter in Audi's history

Technology

09/10/2024

A6 Sportback e-tron: The most aerodynamic Audi of all time

With an exceptionally low Cd value of 0.21, the Audi A6 Sportback e-tron is the most aerodynamic Audi of all time and leads the entire VW Group in its segment in terms of aerodynamics. The A6 Avant e-tron also achieves an excellent Cd value of 0.24, placing it at the top of its body segment. Aerodynamics developers Andreas Lauterbach and Matteo Ghelfi and wheel designer Andreas Valencia Pollex explain how they achieved the record value with meticulous attention to detail.

Audi A6 e-tron: As exciting as the show car

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Models

08/06/2024

Audi A6 e-tron: As exciting as the show car

They live next door to each other, with garages adjacent, and that is where they love spending their time together. Sascha Heyde and Wolf Seebers are car guys through and through and have been friends for 20 years – and as Audi exterior designers, they shaped the A6 e-tron family together. They first revealed their vision in the stunning A6 e-tron concept and A6 Avant e-tron concept; now, they have brought the design and technology of these vehicles to series production. But how does one make one’s ideal a reality? A conversation about and with two real brothers of design.

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Audi and DAZN bring major-league thrills to your car

Audi simulates global power grids to test EV charging

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MHEV plus: the next generation of hybridization at Audi

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