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The challenges of future mobility are as complex as our world,
which is changing more rapidly than ever. To start with, it is
necessary to reduce the burden on the environment. But people
are traveling by car more than ever before. Is it still possible
to do so with a clear conscience ? Audi tron technologies oer
a holistic solution to these issues. A solution that unifies the
benefits of new technologies in cars with mobility requirements –
including driving range and driving fun – in two pioneering con-
cepts : Audi e-tron and Audi g-tron technology. For Audi, society
journalist Anne Philippi, a longtime expert on the Californian
lifestyle and the mobility needs of the region, test drives the
A3 e-tron in Los Angeles. In Denmark, renowned Danish architect
and sustainability specialist Kristian Lars Ahlmark of schmidt
hammer lassen (SHL) architects lines up in the A3 g-tron.
We visit Los Angeles with the Audi A3 e-tron ; at the wheel is
Anne Philippi. Here, there is a dense infrastructure of
charging stations for electric cars. This is a place where sus-
tainable enjoyment is a way of life and a calling card ; a very
emotional philosophy of life. A plug-in hybrid combines
the benefits of electric drive with those of a highly ecient
combustion engine. It has two power sources for greater
range, better performance and fewer emissions. Two worlds
superbly united.
In Scandinavia, which has long been a frontrunner in the produc-
tion and use of alternative energies, people take the issue of
sustainability equally seriously, albeit from a much more rational
perspective. Yet the drive in the 81 kW (110 hp) Audi A3
g-tron elicits enthusiasm from our test driver, renowned
architect Kristian Lars Ahlmark, in light of the parallels to
the requirements of sustainable construction that he discovers.
That is because the Audi A3 g-tron is another production
vehicle from Audi on the path towards carbon-neutral long-
distance mobility. Less CO2 is generated thanks to its use of
compressed natural gas, or CNG. Of the possible 1,300 kilo-
meters of driving range, up to 400 kilometers can be covered
in all-natural-gas mode. Well then, have a good drive !
PHOTOS : Je Ludes, Benjamin Pichelmann
Fuel consumption and emission figures at the end of the Annual Report
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