Audi's Traffic Light Information system, which puts a countdown to the next green light on your dashboard, is launching in ten more cities across the US, the automaker has confirmed. First launched in 2016, the technology is one of the earliest examples of V2I, or Vehicle-to-Infrastructure, to reach production cars.
A cybersecurity firm called Computest has found that the infotainment systems inside some Audi and VW cars is vulnerable to remote hacking. The researchers who discovered the issue are Daan Keuper and Thijs Alkemade. The researchers say that they have confirmed these exploits using a VW Golf GTE and an Audi A3 Sportback e-tron model.
Audi gets an A for showmanship, introducing the world’s first 95kWh battery for the upcoming all-electric Audi e-tron SUV in a lighting-filled Faraday cage. Typically, you wouldn't want the sort of high voltages your EV relies on to be visibly dancing around the car, but a big battery deserves a big splash. When it reaches the road, mind, the e-tron's bleeding-edge power tech will be an even bigger deal.
Crossovers and SUVs may be today's big thing, but the 2019 Audi A6 Avant proves wagons can be just as appealing - or even more so. The new A6 Avant - "Avant" being the German automaker's branding for this particular body style - takes the A6 sedan and lengthens it in a deeply pleasing way, with a rakish tilt to the rear glass and a general tapering to the lines that emphasize the A6's existing good looks. Read on for five things you should know about this handsome new wagon.
Audi has unveiled the new A6 Avant and it is a dead sexy wagon that we deserve here in the States. The Avant is 16.4-feet long and has a sporty, but elegant design that looks fantastic. The car is 6.2-feet wide and 4.8-feet high with a larger interior than the outgoing model. It also promises more front and rear elbow room and more knee room for rear seat passengers.
Audi has priced up its beguiling - and very limited edition - 2018 R8 RWS, the rear-wheel drive version of its R8 supercar. Designed to give those wanting a taste of something different from Audi Sport's usual quattro all-wheel drive fare a little excitement, the coupe trades go-anywhere grip for something more unusual.
Your eyes do not deceive you: this new, outlandish Audi racer isn't CGI, or a teaser for the PlayStation 5's graphical talents. In fact, it's a full-sized, fully functional, and very, very powerful real life version of the Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo.
All-wheel drive systems in sports cars like the Audi R8 are a little like boxing gloves, in that the added safeguards give the people behind them the confidence to attack past their usual means. A bare-knuckle pugilist is less likely to put hand-bones vs face-bones to the test with a full force skull punch, but shod them with a padded mitt, and they’ll have no issue ringing the other guy’s bell all night long.
The Audi RS 5 Coupe has only been on sale in the US for a few weeks, and tonight Audi unveiled the Sportback version of the RS 5 in New York City. The 2019 RS 5 Sportback marks the seventh new Audi Sport entry. With seating for five, the 444 hp TFSI biturbo V6 coupled with quattro sport rear differential promises exceptional performance and handling.
Audi is working on an all-electric Grand Tourer, a sleek four-door sedan which should not only give Tesla some sleepless nights but do plenty to push EVs into the limelight. Previewed in prototype form at Audi's Annual Press Conference in Ingolstadt, Germany today, the Audi E-Tron GT promises zero-emissions but no shortage of performance or luxury.
Audi's traffic light information system, which gives drivers a "time to green" countdown on their dashboard as they wait their turn, is expanding to a new city. The system launched in Las Vegas, Nevada, back in 2016, but after getting the green light in Washington, D.C. is now supported in eight different cities across the US.
Audi's high-tech reinvention of its luxury sedan range continues, with the 2019 Audi A6 the latest to break cover. Making its official debut at the Geneva Motor Show 2018 next week, the new A6 brings the German automaker's full-size sedan into its eighth generation, borrowing gadgetry from the larger and more expensive 2019 Audi A8.