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Audi Revolut F1 Team ignites 2026 campaign with successful first fire-up
Audi Revolut F1 Team successfully completed the inaugural fire-up of its car for the 2026 season, a significant milestone in its journey to the FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event, held at the team’s Hinwil facility on December 19, 2025, marks the first time the Audi Power Unit has been run while installed in the chassis, symbolizing the project’s transition from design to dynamic reality.
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Audi and its employees donate €850,000 to charity
For the 49th time, the Audi Works Council has called on the workforce to make its traditional Christmas donation. Once again, the response has been overwhelming: 99.7 percent of Audi employees and Audi BKK employees at the Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm sites took part in the campaign and donated a total of €677,076 to charitable and social institutions in their regions. As it does every year, the company topped up the amount – this year by €172,924 – bringing the Audi Christmas donation for 2025 to an impressive €850,000. With these donations, Audi is supporting more than 100 organizations and associations.
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Warning: scam in the used-car trade
Audi issues warning of a scam happening in the used-car trade. Fraudulent websites and fake catalogs are currently offering used Audi models at particularly low prices in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. They aim to lure potential customers and encourage them to purchase or make payments for nonexistent used Audi cars.
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Audi opens third charging hub in 2025: now also in Düsseldorf
Audi has opened its first Audi charging hub in North Rhine-Westphalia at the EUREF Campus in Düsseldorf, near the airport, sending another strong signal for sustainable mobility. The site is part of an innovative, future-oriented district that serves as a model region for the energy transition. Drivers of electric cars of all brands can charge quickly and conveniently at four high-power charging points with up to 400 kW charging capacity. In 2025, the Four Rings opened three new Audi charging hubs at sites in Kiefersfelden, Munich-Westkreuz, and Düsseldorf. The new hub brings the network to a total of nine locations in German-speaking countries.
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Audi Group forms strategic partnership: UST acquires majority stake in Italdesign
The Audi Group is entering into a strategic partnership with UST, a global transformation company specializing in AI-powered technology, design, and engineering. UST, headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California (USA), has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Italdesign. Italdesign’s current parent company Lamborghini is part of the Audi Group and will retain a significant stake. As a result, Audi will remain a strategic partner of Italdesign in the long term, as well as an important client of the company.