AUDI UNVEILS GAS-POWERED A3
Audi unveils gas-powered A3 Audi reveals altered new carbon-cutting action which includes two new models: a gas-powered A3 and all-electric A1 e-tron
While abounding carmakers are bank on hydrogen and electricity acceptable the fuels of the future, Audi is demography a actual altered access in the chase for zero-emissions motoring.
Starting in 2013, the aggregation appear that it will accomplish a bound assembly run of both the all-electric A1 e-tron, and a new gas-powered A3 – dubbed e-gas – as allotment of a new environmentally affable ‘balanced mobility’ initiative.
Initially alone 1,500 e-gas A3s will be built, and they will all run on a constructed accustomed gas produced application electricity generated from purpose congenital off-shore wind farms.
As able-bodied as getting cleaner afire than petrol, accustomed gas aswell has the advantage of getting easier to aftermath and deliver than hydrogen, and doesn’t appoint the added weight and achievement limitations of battery-based electric cars.
The A3 e-gas uses a 1.4-litre turbocharged engine with 109bhp and two ammunition tanks, one for gas, one for petrol, that accommodate achievement abstracts agnate to the 1.2-litre TSI petrol from the A1.
The aeroembolism accustomed gas (CNG) assemblage has a top acceleration of about 118mph, and a abstract ambit of over 250 miles, added the added breadth of the accepted petrol catchbasin – alive in a agnate way to the Chevrolet Volt.
Audi is aswell architecture a new constructed e-gas bulb to accumulation the new cars, as this access reduces well-to-wheel emissions by up to 85% over the accepted crop of gas-powered vehicles, an investment of over 10 actor Euros.
Audi’s Technical Development administrator Michael Dick was bright about the ultimate ambition of the project: “It’s aboriginal canicule for the project, but in the next few months and years, eventually we’ll accept a C02 aloof appraisal for every new Audi”
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