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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 in turn can 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 the driving cycle,
this can save up to 3 % of fuel.
>>> Engine expertise
Powerfully and efficiently driven. By Audi ultra
with the efficiency technologies in the engine
sector. Such as Audi cylinder on demand and
the Audi valvelift system, which both reduce the
amount of energy consumed by the engine,
or clean diesel technology, which can help to
reduce emissions.
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