Articles tagged "AUDI"

Last year, Audi filed a lawsuit against Nio in Munich saying that Nio's ES6 and ES8 models infringe on trademark rights and sound a lot like Audi's S6 and S8 sport lineups. The German court ruled in favor of Audi at first. Meanwhile, the Chinese...

Audi's design chief Marc Lichte shared some of the company's plans regarding the fully-electric version of its flagship model, the A8. The EV is expected to be announced sometime next year and it will be very close to the Grandsphere...

As far as the world of concept cars goes, Audi’s latest addition is a bit of a mixed bag. Extremely good looking mixed bag. On one hand, despite looking futuristic, it is by far the closest to production car Audi has released in this series. On the...

Audi Activesphere will be the fourth and final electric car concept in a family that Audi introduced first back in August 2021. The latest EV concept will look to deliver maximum flexibility on and off the road and will offer a glimpse of the future...

Audi just gently reminded us that the fourth installment of the Sphere, electric concept cars saga, is on its way. In the teaser, which reveals as little as possible, the company claims the upcoming Audi Activesphere will blend “exceptional...

The moment Nio announced its plans to expand its electric car business into Europe, the company was served court papers. Audi did not like the fact that Nio’s naming nomenclature resembled its own - the company argued that Nio ES8 is way too similar...

Three major German manufactures posted their consolidated reports for the entire 2022 and they all tell a similar story. VW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz saw a sharp increase in the number of EVs sold, while their ICE vehicle sales...

Audi made public its plans to totally switch to electric vehicles around the end of 2018, and the company has said it will start announcing only electric vehicles starting in the year 2026. After that point, the automaker will start the process of...

Audi is accelerating its transition to electric-only automaker with ambitious plans for all of its global factories making EVs by 2026. But it is 2026 that marks the end of new ICE-powered cars - it will be the last year Audi plans to introduce a...

Audi's versatile concept EV called Activesphere will be fully revealed during the company's Celebration of Progress event on January 26. The event's name in line with Audi's motto "Progress through technology", and the Activesphere is just one of...

First units of the completely updated and now called Audi Q8 e-tron have rolled off the production line in Brussels, Belgium. The factory has already produced 160,000 electric cars since production started in 2018. The factory is unique as it is...

It only has been a month since Audi unveiled its refreshed Q8 e-tron with better battery technology and some design updates, and now both German and the UK websites launched the configurators with full pricing and specifications. The cheapest...

Audi is revamping its e-tron Charging Service, which will from January 1, 2023 be known simply as the Audi Charging Service (ACS). It will initially be available in 27 countries with over 800 providers, giving access to around 400,000 charging...

Ken Block’s first ever Elecrikhana clocked up some serious views - nearly 4.5 millions and still counting. By all means it was the probably most significant show produced by Ken Block and his team, not only it was set in the one and only Las Vegas,...

Audi announced the opening of its new R&D center in Beijing, China. The new 6,000 square meters facility spans five floors and has room for all departments of Audi China's R&D division. Audi Design China gets a dedicated area where it will use the...

Audi e-tron sold 150,000 units in 4 years since it was introduced to the market, it’s quite remarkable achievement because it has done it quietly and almost under the radar. It still looked fresh but Audi decided it was time for an update - the...

Audi is pushing ahead with its range rebranding and renaming process to simplify the lineup and make the cars a little bit easier to identify which segment they belong to. But this isn’t just a name update, earlier in September Audi actually...

According to reports from the local German press, Audi is planning to increase the production of the all electric e-tron GT. Since the car is sharing production facilities with the company flagship model, the A8, the only way to increase numbers of...

There is no question that electric car battery fires are dangerous. They are nowhere near as common as gasoline-powered car fires but nonetheless they do happen. In fact an electric car has 10 times less chance of self-combusting compared to an ICE...

Audi took the wraps off its E-tron Prototype during the German E-Cannonball rally. Despite the car having “prototype” plastered all over it, according to the sources from Audi - this is a production-ready preview of the updated Audi e-tron. The...