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Audi ultra
Building an Audi is an extremely complicated business. And yet a simple principle applies for all models: all vehicle components
interlock precisely in order to produce emission-reducing synergies. What started in accordance with this principle at the end
of the 1980s with Audi lightweight construction and the revolutionary Audi Space Frame (ASF®) is now known as the reversal
of the weight spiral: every lightweight component has an impact on other components, which can in turn be made smaller.
In this way, existing forms and materials are continuously being improved with regard to their functionality, the lowest possible
weight and their production process. With the goal of building vehicles that are even more efficient and make more sparing
use of resources. At the same time, more and more efficiency technologies are being built into an Audi. These include recuperation
and the start-stop system. Not to mention progressive, efficient high-tech engines. For greater driving dynamics, high
compression, more efficient combustion and lower CO₂ emissions. All this is known as Audi ultra. Today and in the future –
towards CO₂-reduced mobility.
Audi ultra
Perfectly combined.
The future of efficient technologies.
>>> Recuperation
Braking that leads to even more efficient
driving. With brake energy recovery
(recuperation). Part of the kinetic energy
produced when braking and coasting is
temporarily stored in the vehicle’s battery
and then used when accelerating.
Depending on thedriving cycle, this
can save up to 3 % of fuel.
>>> Engine expertise
Powerfully and efficiently driven. By Audi ultra
with efficiency technologies in the engine sector.
Such as Audi cylinder on demand which reduces
the amount of energy consumed by the engine.
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