Audi is adding 4G LTE to its new vehicles, starting with the 2015 A3, which will be available in just a few months. 4G LTE is the super-fast technology present in some smartphones and tablets to make data streaming as close to instantaneous as possible. To do this, Audi is teaming with AT&T who will […]
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NAIAS 2014: R8 E-Tron Will Return as a Production Vehicle
Audi announced this week at the North American International Auto Show that production of the R8 e-tron will resume after nary a word has been heard about it for nearly two years. The R8 e-tron is an electric version of the popular R8 model. You might recall seeing the R8 e-tron if you saw Iron […]
NAIAS 2014: The Audi Shooting Brake Concept
Audi sent fuel-efficient passion beams into our hearts and minds yesterday at the North American International Auto Show with their ‘Audi Shooting Brake concept’. The full name appears to be the Plug-In Allroad Shooting Brake Concept (right?). A shooting-brake for the uninformed (as we were until a few minutes ago) is an old term that […]
Audi Debuts Driverless Car at CES 2014
What’s stopping automakers from selling driverless cars? Not all that much, it seems. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Audi revealed today a giant step forward in a car that drove itself right onto the stage and stopped just like a rational human being with a decent instinct for self-preservation would. And there […]
“We have redefined light”
Okay, that might be shooting for the moon. But you have to admire the gutsiness of claim by Stephan Berlitz, Audi’s head of lighting development. Mr. Berlitz was referring to the technology seen above. Audi’s “Matrix” light system uses a camera on the car to control 50 miniature LED lamps to spare as many as […]