Audi 2013 Annual Report Download - page 66

The mountains of clouds build up in Copenhagen’s autumn
sky like thick, flued-up feather quilts. The midday sun takes
the bite out of the sti breeze and makes the reflective parti-
cles in the paint of the Audi A3 g-tron glisten. A perfect day
for a quick spin into the future. We slowly exit the courtyard
of the architectural oces of schmidt hammer lassen architects.
“This car drives superbly, it’s so quiet,” says architect and partner
Kristian Lars Ahlmark as the g-tron takes us quietly and with
low emissions to our first destination : “I like how Audi takes on
something that is firmly embedded in everyday life – driving a
car, the principles of freedom and movement – and combines
it with sustainability.”
The g-tron has a bivalent power unit, which can be powered
by fossil natural gas, environmentally friendly Audi e-gas or
gasoline. In addition to the gasoline tank, it has two pressure
tanks under the floor of the trunk, each of which holds seven
kilograms of gas. Audi e-gas is synthetic methane which Audi
has already begun to produce in its first power-to-gas plant
from CO2 and water using green electricity.
PHOTOS : Benjamin Pichelmann
/A DRIVE IN THE AUDI G-TRON IN COPENHAGEN.
THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM AND MOVEMENT
IMPLEMENTED SUSTAINABLY
Fuel consumption and emission figures at the end of the Annual Report
The Audi e-gas principle. You can find the film here.
ACT RESPONSIBLY
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