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CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
PRODUCT-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
MANAGEMENT REPORT
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A
As part of our quest for carbon-neutral mobility, we at Audi are
also pursuing another highly promising concept for substituting
gasoline and diesel with entirely new, renewable fuels – Audi
e-fuels. This initiative is also based on the principle of taking
CO2from the atmosphere and turning it into carbon-neutral
fuels. For some time now, we have already been researching the
manufacture of synthetic ethanol, or Audi e-ethanol, and syn-
thetic diesel, or Audi e-diesel, in collaboration with innovative
partners. At the start of 2014, we embarked on an additional
research and development collaboration with a high-profile
partner, with the goal of producing biomass-free isooctane
(Audi e-gasoline) and preparing it for use by final consumers.
Thanks to its innovative energy management, the lighting
technology used in our Matrix LED headlights was recognized
by the European Commission as an eco-innovation. As well as
increasing safety and convenience, this lighting technology de-
monstrably improves fuel efficiency. The European Commission
has confirmed this in bench tests (www.automobilwoche.de/
article/20130417/NACHRICHTEN/130419923/eu-bestatigt-
erstmals-oko-innovation-eines-autoherstellers – link only
available in German).
Detailed information on the subject of “Lighting
technology” can be found on pages 159 f.
Milestones in efficiency technology from the Audi brand
2012
2011
2009
2006
2003
2002
1999
1994
2013
1989
2014
>Presentation of the SQ5 TDI, the first S model with TDI engine in the history of Audi
>Launch of Audi A6 hybrid and Audi A8 hybrid
>Launch of cylinder on demand technology in the S6, S6 Avant, S7 Sportback and S8
>Launch of Q5 hybrid quattro
>Launch of freewheeling function on the Audi Q3
>Participation of e-gas powered Audi A3 TCNG in the Michelin Challenge Bibendum 2011
>Launch of start-stop system and driver information system with efficiency program
>Launch of Audi valvelift system (AVS)
>Launch of Audi S tronic
>Launch of FSI technology
>Volume-produced car with all-aluminum body: Audi A2
>Launch of Audi Space Frame (ASF)
>Launch of TDI technology
>Audi duo hybrid model
>150 models ≤ 140 g CO
2
/km; 63 models ≤ 120 g CO
2
/km; 11 models ≤ 100 g CO
2
/km
>Opening of the Audi e-gas plant in Werlte
>Launch of cylinder on demand technology in the A1, A3, RS 6 Avant and RS7 Sportback
>Launch of Matrix LED headlights on the improved A8
>Launch of the A3 Sportback e-tron with plug-in hybrid technology
>Launch of cylinder on demand technology on the W12 engine in the new Audi A8L
>Launch of the A3 Sportback g-tron for operation on Audi e-gas or natural gas