8 Mar 2023

Turning Old Into New: MaterialLoop Project Tests Circular Economy Potential of End-Of-Life Vehicles

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="84024"] source: Audi AG Audi is building knowledge to close the loop on materials such as steel, aluminum, plastic, and glass Markus Duesmann: “It is our goal to reuse as many materials as possible at high quality.” First project successes: recycled steel to be used in up to 15,000 inner door parts for the Audi A4 With its joint project ”MaterialLoop”, Audi is taking the next step toward closing more material cycles in the automotive...
Wed, Mar 08 , 2023 Bill
9 Feb 2023

Concept Corner: the Audi crosslane coupé

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="82892"] source: Audi AG Editor’s note: Occasionally, we feature a concept vehicle on the site. Most don’t make it into production but sometimes we wish they did Originally published on September 27, 2012 The Audi crosslane coupé makes its debut at the Paris Motor Show Audi provides a glimpse of the future shape of design, along with automotive and drive concepts, through its Audi crosslane coupé concept car. This vehicle is an entirely new ...
Thu, Feb 09 , 2023 Bill
24 Mar 2021

Audi CO2 Program: Sustainable Aluminum for Audi e-tron GT Wheels

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="59409"] source: Audi AG 20-inch wheels for the Audi e-tron GT2 made of CO2-reduced aluminum Innovative aluminum smelting technology releases oxygen instead of CO2 Marco Philippi, Head of Procurement Strategy: “This lets us increase our sustainability performance in the supply chain and ensure that our models arrive at the customers with a smaller carbon footprint” AUDI AG is systematically continuing its CO2 program i...
Wed, Mar 24 , 2021 Bill
26 Jul 2019

Audi and Hydro: Joint Commitment To Sustainable Aluminum

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="31323"] source: Audi AG Hydro supplies sustainable, ASI-certified aluminum to Audi Compliance with environmental and social standards in entire chain of custody Use in the battery housing of the Audi e-tron electric SUV The supply chain of the Audi e-tron is becoming more sustainable: The aluminum producer Hydro now supplies sustainable aluminum for the battery housing of the first fully electric model of the company....
Fri, Jul 26 , 2019 Bill