Audi E-Tron Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 19:34:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Audi Begins Building E-Tron Crossover Motors In Hungary https://www.greenoptimistic.com/audi-building-e-tron-crossover-motors-hungary-20180725/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/audi-building-e-tron-crossover-motors-hungary-20180725/#respond Thu, 26 Jul 2018 19:34:46 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=66437 Audi has announced that it has launched serial production of electric motor axles for its upcoming Audi E-Tron crossover at its Hungarian plant, the company’s highest-volume plant. Peter Kössler, Board of Management Member for Production and Logistics at AUDI AG, commented at the event for the start of production: “Audi Hungaria has been involved in […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/audi-building-e-tron-crossover-motors-hungary-20180725/feed/ 0 66437 Audi e-tron Quattro Concept to Debut at 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show https://www.greenoptimistic.com/audi-e-tron-electric-vehicle-concept-frankfurt/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/audi-e-tron-electric-vehicle-concept-frankfurt/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:34:17 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56307 The 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show will host the worldwide debut of the Audi e-tron Quattro Concept, an all-electric SUV. Audi’s off-again on-again electric vehicles program seems like it could be back for good. Audi has already proven its electric vehicle powertrains, in vehicles such as the Audi A6 e-tron PHEV and Audi A3 e-tron PHEV. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/audi-e-tron-electric-vehicle-concept-frankfurt/feed/ 0 56307 Future Electric Vehicle Transmissions May Have Multi-Speed Gearboxes https://www.greenoptimistic.com/transmission-electric-vehicle-gearboxes/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/transmission-electric-vehicle-gearboxes/#respond Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:27:18 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=44997 For the most part, electric vehicle manufacturers have eschewed the multi-speed transmission in favor of a simpler and lighter single speed transmission. The reason for this is that electric vehicles do not really need a transmission, at least that is what electric-vehicle manufacturers thought. Because an electric motor is more easily balanced than a standard […]

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