Audi will sell compact A1 outside Europe; will boost production capacity by 20%

Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants , MPG , Audi , Green Daily 2011 Audi A1 S Line - Click above for high-res image gallery For those residing in Europe, the Audi A1 , with a base price of 15,800 euros ($20,100 U.S. at the current exchange rate) is now appearing on showroom floors

Audi commits to 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup with R15+ TDI

Filed under: Diesel , Audi , Racing Allan McNish in Audi R15+ - Click above for high-res image gallery Ever since the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) announced the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup early this year, Audi has remained non-committal about participating. Actually, Audi has been non-committal about everything this year except for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Now, more than two months after coming away with its ninth victory in the French race , Audi has announced that it will run the R15+ TDI in the three-continent series starting next month at Silverstone in the UK

Audi to "more than double" its lineup of clean diesel models in U.S.

Filed under: Diesel , Audi , Green Daily , USA Audi A4 TDI - Click above for a high-res image gallery Audi U.S.A’s chief marketing officer, Scott Keogh, revealed the company’s diesel dreams in a recent interview with Green Car Advisor .

Report: Audi CEO confirms plans for mass-produced electric city car

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Audi , Green Daily , Lightweight Audi A1 e-Tron - Click above for high-res image gallery BMW recently revealed its plans for the Megacity electric vehicle and Daimler has touted its diminuitive Smart ED , but until now, Audi has remained mum on the subject of producing a rival electric city car. According to a report from What Car?, Audi chief executive officer Rupert Stadler has confirmed that the company will produce an electric supermini and is looking at a release date within the next five years

Audi e-tron wins Silvretta E-Auto Rally Montafon

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Audi Audi R8 e-Tron - Click above for high-res image gallery Last week, Audi technical development chief Micheal Dick and factory Le Mans pilot Lucas Luhr finished first overall in the inaugural Silvretta E-Auto Rally Montafon in Austria using the R8 e-Tron demonstrator. The winning car is based on the body of a standard R8 V10 coupe and powered by the four-motor electric drive system used on last year’s e-Tron concept. The E-Auto Rally took place over three days, including three stages and 10 time trials where the drivers had to match the target time

Audi R8 e-tron entered in road rally

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Audi , Racing Audi e-tron - Click above for high-res image Audi is letting the mighty e-tron out to play with the other kids. The company is taking its EV concept to the Silvretta E-Auto Rally in Austria. The competition is designed to pit the latest and greatest of the electric vehicle world against each other over 10 special stages that cover a total of 104 miles.

Challenge Bibendum: Audi’s E100-capable A5 can get to 25 mpg and 146 mph

Filed under: Ethanol , Flex-Fuel , Audi , AutoblogGreen Exclusive E100-capable Audi A5 prototype - Click above for high-res image gallery When we saw an Audi A5 quattro with the words “Ethanol E100″ at the Challenge Bibendum in Rio de Janiero recently, we knew it was something unusual. It was so different, in fact, that it’s taken Audi PR until today to get back to us and tell us exactly what we were looking at. it’s not that surprising that a car at a green transportation event in Brazil burns ethanol, but the fact that it can use nothing but the biofuel is a bit surprising

Audi e-tron spins around the track at 24 Hours of Le Mans

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Audi , Racing Audi e-tron at Le Mans - Click above for high-res image We’ve seed the Audi e-tron on the road , had a chance to sit shotgun for a quick ride and have taken our share of pictures of this R8-based electric car. None of these things, though, is quite as fun as taking the car around the track at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. That’s just what happened this past weekend when five-time Le Mans winner Frank Biela took the electric sports car for a loop before the 24-hour race officially started.

Audi TDI triumphs again at Le Mans with variable geometry turbos

Filed under: Diesel , MPG , Racing By now you’ve no doubt heard that Audi returned to the top of the podium at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year after losing out to Peugeot in 2009. Even though the Audi R15+ was much improved this year, it still didn’t have the outright speed to match the French diesels. Still, the extra speed did allow the Audis to push the Peugeots hard enough that ultimately all four 908s broke.

Diesels grab first 7 slots in first Le Mans qualifying session, Peugeot on top

Filed under: Diesel , Audi , Peugeot , Racing Peugeot 908 HDi practicing for 2010 Le Mans - Click above for high-res image gallery It looks like the Peugeot and Audi diesels will again be the cars to keep up with at Le Mans this year. During Wednesday night’s first qualifying session for this weekend’s 24-hour-race, the four Peugeot 908 and three Audi R15+ LMP1 cars grabbed the top seven positions on the grid.

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