Audi News
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Volkswagen Group is moving toward wrapping up its diesel deceit in the United States, but in Europe, it may only be starting. European owners of Volkswagen Group vehicles—Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, and Skoda—may justifiably feel as if they've received the short end of the stick when it comes to compensation. In fact, there is no compensation. DON'T MISS: Settlement for Audi, Porsche, VW 3.0-liter diesel TDI owners announced The news service Reuters reports that VW Group will not offer a buyback option and has no have plans to compensate owners in any way, shape, or form. Naturally...
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Audi e-tron Sportback, second electric car from automaker, to enter production in 2019
Audi has confirmed what was seemingly already known: the e-tron Sportback concept is headed to production. The e-tron Sportback concept was revealed at the 2017 Shanghai auto show earlier this year and the production version will arrive in 2019 bearing the same name. The brand last week confirmed...
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Germany investigates possible Audi diesel emission cheats
Just as the Volkswagen Group begins to wind down its diesel scandal in the United States, things may be ramping up in Europe. A German government task force discovered a new type of defeat device in Audi vehicles, which allows the cars to cheat emission tests. Both V-6 and V-8 powered Audi A8...
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Audi confirms (again) 3 electric cars on the market by 2020
German automakers are beginning to play catch-up with electric vehicles, as Tesla continues to corner the market. Audi has once again reconfirmed its plans to bring three battery-powered electric vehicles to production by the year 2020. The German luxury brand reiterated the plan at the annual...
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Audi e-tron Sportback Concept: full electic-car details, photos from Shanghai auto show
Audi has injected a dash of sporting character and a look at the future of electric-vehicle design into its latest e-tron concept car, which made its debut at the 2017 Shanghai auto show. The Audi e-tron Sportback Concept previews a coupe-esque electric utility vehicle to come following the...
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All-electric Audi e-tron Sportback concept teased for Shanghai auto show
The Shanghai auto show is shaping up to be a showcase for all the green cars and concepts that were absent from last week's New York auto show. Among them is a concept for a "four-door coupe" version of the Audi e-tron all-electric SUV that'll go into production sometime next year. The Audi e-Tron...
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It may have taken some time, but the auto industry is now reacting to Tesla in full force. More than four years after the first Tesla Model S was delivered, we are on the verge of a bumper crop of luxury electric cars. A mix of established automakers and startups looking to emulate Tesla's success are planning a growing array of new models, the first of which will enter production next year. DON'T MISS: Six new electric cars coming for 2018 and 2019 While some of this contingent are sedans like the Model S, many are crossover utilities that compete more directly with the Tesla Model X. That's...
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Which luxury brand will do best in electric cars? Poll results
Within the next two years we will see new all-electric luxury cars from Audi, BMW, Jaguar, and Mercedes-Benz appear in actual showrooms. All four of those makes have shown concepts for their pricey, 200-mile-plus electric cars, and most of them are expected to go on sale in the second half of next...
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Audi A5 is third model to run on natural gas, for Europe only
New natural-gas passenger cars from major carmakers have disappeared from the U.S. Natural-gas options are available for large pickup trucks and vans but only exist for cars through aftermarket conversions offered by specialty firms. In Europe, though, the German luxury maker Audi remains committed...
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Which VW diesels can be fixed (updated), and which can't?
More than 16 months after Volkswagen's use of illegal "defeat device" software in diesel vehicles was announced by the Environmental Protection Agency, some progress is finally being made in addressing the affected cars. Settlements are now in place for almost half a million VW and Audi models with...
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Bosch to pay VW diesel owners $330 million in emission scandal too
With a judge set to weigh in on the settlement VW Group negotiated with its 3.0-liter V-6 diesel owners, Volkswagen seems to have settled most of the U.S. legal claims stemming from its diesel-emission cheating scandal. Total costs in the U.S. alone are now more than $20 billion, and among other...
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Settlement for Audi, Porsche, VW 3.0-liter diesel TDI owners announced
Volkswagen today announced that it had reached a settlement with owners of Audi, Porsche, and VW vehicles fitted with its 3.0-liter V-6 diesel engine. Different remedies apply depending on the vehicle's model year: 2009 through 2012 cars will be bought back, while 2013 through 2016 vehicles will be...
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As it works to recover from its diesel emission scandal, the Volkswagen Group is rapidly embracing electric cars. By 2025, the company hopes to be selling 1 million electric cars per year, and plans to launch 30 different electric models across multiple brands in the coming years. According to a news report, China—for several years, the world's largest single car market—will be a major focus of the VW Group's electric-car activities. DON'T MISS: China to loosen electric-car rules for foreign makers, because they didn't work The automaker is planning no fewer than eight new or...
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VW to pay $1 billion-plus for 3.0-liter diesel cheats; separately, Bosch pays too
Costs of a Volkswagen 3.0-liter diesel settlement could rise to $1 billion.
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VW 3-liter diesel updates OKed, but buyback negotiations continue
VW Group announced yesterday it had reached a preliminary agreement with various regulators to resolve civil suits related to "defeat device" software in vehicles fitted with its 3.0-liter V-6 diesel engines. Those cars—a variety of SUVs and sedans sold by Audi, Porsche, and...
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Audi e-tron vs Jaguar I-Pace vs Mercedes EQ: electric luxury SUVs compared
Audi, Jaguar, and Mercedes-Benz all plan to launch luxury electric SUVs in the next few years.
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BMW, Ford, Mercedes, VW Group to build electric-car fast-charging network in Europe
With a slew of 200-mile electric cars planned for 2018 and later, the question of how their drivers will be able to make long-distance trips is coming to the fore in a big way. Silicon Valley electric-car maker Tesla Motors laid out the template with its Supercharger network, which now numbers 327...
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Diesel: Mercedes asks if it's worth the effort, Audi sticks with it for U.S.
Mercedes-Benz is considering whether to stop selling diesels in the U.S.
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Audi will stop racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and focus on Formula E instead.
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California found a new cheat device in Audi transmissions: report
Just when it looked like the Volkswagen Group was getting a grip on its diesel emissions cheating scandal that erupted in September 2015, a report has come out claiming the automaker has cars with a different type of “defeat device” used to hide emissions from regulators...
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What will VW do with TDI diesel buyback cars? It's not what you think
Within weeks, Volkswagen and Audi will starting buying back thousands of 2.0-liter diesel cars sold between 2009 and 2015. So what will the company do once it's legally taken possession of those vehicles, the first of close to half a million caught up in the VW diesel emission scandal? It turns out...
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Among large luxury sedans, Tesla dominates Mercedes (also Audi, BMW, Lexus)
Tesla claims to outsell all other "large luxury sedans" in the U.S.
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Buybacks coming for Audi Q7 TDI diesel SUVs: German report
Audi will buy back 25,000 Q7 TDI SUVs, according to a German report.
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Audi electric SUV to carry e-tron name (not Q6), a la first quattro
Audi's electric SUV will be called simply "e-tron."
Stephen Edelstein