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VW saga continues
- 29/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Following yesterday’s revelation that bosch warned Volkswagen back in 2007 about using ‘diesel duping’ software, German prosecutors have launched a criminal probe into former chief executive Martin Winterkorn, as two other car manufacturers names are added to the controversy. Audi and Skoda, who both fall [...] -
SMMT statement on emissions testing
- 23/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has released a statement following an admission by the world's biggest carmaker, Volkswagen, that it deceived US regulators in exhaust emissions tests. ‘The UK automotive industry understands the concerns consumers may have following the actions of one [...] -
VW dismissing CEO over emissions scandal
- 22/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Volkswagen will dismiss Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, according to reports in a German newspaper, after the carmaker admitted to cheating US vehicles emissions tests and said 11 million of its cars could be affected worldwide. The Tagesspiegel newspaper, cited unnamed sources on Volkswagen's supervisory board, [...] -
VW and Audi face credibility question
- 22/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Volkswagen and Audi could be facing a major credibility crisis in the UK market after the revelation that the company deliberately 'fixed' emissions software fitted to some of its vehicles in the US, say Glass's. The scandal means that models including the Audi A3, Volkswagen Jetta, Beetle, Golf and Passat were all [...] -
The age of enlightenment
- 27/08/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Magazine
As car technology continues to evolve at an astounding rate, one of the things manufacturers are focusing on, in regards to car safety, is the design and development of lighting. As car lighting is set to get increasingly more sophisticated, bodyshop magazine looks at what effect this will have on the repair [...] -
Audi reveal new OLED lighting tech
- 29/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Audi is presenting the next step in its pioneering automotive lighting programme at the IAA in Frankfurt. The Vorsprung durch Technik brand is forging ahead with new Matrix OLED lights that open up further creative opportunities for design due to their thin and flat composition and significantly increased [...] -
Audi race ahead with Autonomous RS7
- 14/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Audi is racing ahead with autonomous car technology having unveiled a faster and lighter version of the RS7 Piloted Driving Concept. The autonomous RS7 has been dubbed ‘Robby’ and this latest version carries over all of the kit, including sensors, cameras and GPS radars, from the previous Audi RS7 Piloted [...] -
New Audi A8 to drive itself
- 01/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Audi have revealed some of the revolutionary new tech that will be utilized in the next-generation Audi A8 saloon when it arrives in 2017. The German carmakers new flagship saloon will include Audi's piloted driving autonomous car tech, gesture control, and organic LED lighting ensuring it becomes the technological [...] -
Audi steps up e-diesel production
- 23/04/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Audi has taken another big step in the development of new, CO2-neutral fuels: a pilot plant in Dresden, Germany, has started production of the synthetic fuel Audi e-diesel. After a commissioning phase of just four months, the research facility in Dresden started producing its first batches of high-quality diesel [...] -
Audi continues zFAS development
- 10/04/2015
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The central driver assistance controller (zFAS) is the core of future systems for automated driving currently under development by Audi AG. The mastermind unit uses cutting edge, high performance processors and will work its way into the Audi model range step-by-step in the foreseeable future. It is a key milestone [...]
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