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    Audi America chief de Nysschen annoyed with anti-hybrid label     1269630120

    Audi Q5 – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Audi of America chief Johan de Nysschen has been branded a reputation that he admits he is less than fond of. Though he may not like his anti-hybrid title, you could say he at least is partially deserving due to some less than thought out ...

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    Geneva 2010: Audi says electric mobility is idiotic integral     1267473480

    Audi E-tron Detroit Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Remember when Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen said that the Chevy Volt was a car for idiots and that pure electric vehicles were "for the intellectual elite who want to show what enlightened souls they are"? ...

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    Audi to U.S. politicians: Diesels > hybrids and EVs     1260986460

    Audi A3 1.6 TDI - Click above for high-res image gallery
    There's more to life than electric vehicles and hybrids, at least according to Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen, who's been an outspoken proponent against EVs in the past... like for instance when he said the Chevy Volt was "a ...

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    Audi pres walks back "Volt for idiots" comment some more, still loves diesels     1252453620

    Audi North America President Johan de Nysschen has spent a lot of time thinking about his choice of words when he claimed only idiots would buy the Chevy Volt. He began to step away from his remarks pretty much as soon as he made them, but it never hurts to spend even more time clarifying that what ...

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    GM responds to Audi's "Volt is for idiots" remark     1252098060

    2011 Chevy Volt - Click above for high-res gallery
    We've already seen Audi's Johan de Nysschen walk back comments he made that the Chevrolet Volt is "a car for idiots." Before de Nysschen's official response, we asked GM if Bob Lutz wanted to get into the fray (who, us, trying to cause a fight?). ...

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    Audi's Johan de Nysschen responds to Volt for idiots story     1252021260

    Audi of America president Johan de Nysschen has issued a public response to the firestorm he created yesterday when he reportedly told a member of the media that the Chevrolet Volt is "a car for idiots." Anyone who has met de Nysschen in person knows he is not one to mince words. He (and Audi) ...

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    Audi of America president calls Chevy Volt "a car for idiots," slams electric vehicles     1251993360

    When an automotive executive says something brash and outrageous, we sometimes call it "Going Lutz." The green car world has it's own special phrase – "Going Musk" – and we always look forward to the next item that makes us go, "Huh? Really?" They're so much more exciting than the daily ...

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    Audi could be back in ALMS full time in 2010     1240836180

    Audi R15 TDI - Click above for a high-res gallery
    The dismal economic conditions over the past nine months caused Audi to withdraw its long-running full time effort from the American Le Mans Series this year just as an all new race car was debuting. So far, Audi's R15 TDI has only appeared on the ...

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    Green Car Summit: fiery debate in D.C. on policy, pressure and people     1233623040

    Click on the image above for a gallery of the panelists
    Before the Washington Auto Show starts up for real tomorrow, a very spirited debate took place as part of the Green Car Summit. The topics: legislation, consumer desires, fuel-saving technologies and a whole lot more. The panelists: ...

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    VIDEO: Audi of America EVP Johan de Nysschen talks about diesel     1224167340

    Over at Carlist.com, Lou Ann Hammond is continuing to roll out some of the video interviews that she did during the wave 1 of the Audi Mileage Marathon. In the latest installment, she chats with Audi of America Executive VP Johan de Nysschen about diesel vehicles and some of Audi's partners in the ...

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