Audi working on electric vehicles
6 May, 2008
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Although Toyota, Honda, Nissan and even Volvo have already showcased plug-in hybrid/electric cars (run all day and charge at night), some German manufacturers have acted a little slowly.
BMW still hasn’t decided if it will build electric cars, Mercedes has recently begun work, so has Porsche and now, Volkswagen’s luxury brand Audi has joined the fight.
Audi boss Rupert Stadler told Welt am Sonntag (German weekly) in a recent interview that the company sees “great opportunities in electric cars” and will have Audis with no exhaust emissions in showrooms within ten years.
The concept of an electric car is relatively simple, so simple in fact, that GM had already built a working and running model, which it sold in the late 90s (EV-1). The key to a successful electric car is the battery. Manufacturers are all currently working on next-generation batteries to store the huge amounts of energy needed to power their electric cars.
Mr Stadler was asked if his company was falling behind domestic rivals Mercedes and BMW in the development of lithium-ion batteries, he said Audi’s research capacities were larger than those of its German competitors.
“Electric cars offer great opportunities, which we have already seized on,” Stadler said without elaborating.
The push to be green is not vital for mainstream manufacturers as they try and beat new stricter emission regulations both in Europe and in the U.S.
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May 6th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
*****PRIMO!*****
I always think of its old proper name, Auto-Union..
Cheeers
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May 6th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
10 years later isnt it?…………….. about?
FINALLY AUDI!
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May 6th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
I recently read an article about hybrids and plug -in stating that the batteries currently used only give optimum performance for 2 years. Hmmm whats that saying to me. No i’ll never buy an electric car yet with its premium price tag and all the expensive repair costs to follow for currenly less performance than a fossil fuel polluter.
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May 6th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
No name watch who killed the electric car and watch the EV-1 against a mx5 and a corvette.
electric done right isnt slow
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May 10th, 2008 at 10:58 am
so all the big manufacturers are making electric cars?
What does that tell you about the future of oil?
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