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Audi working on hybrids, saving weight

It's easy to focus on the electrification of the automobile as the next big step towards reducing our fossil fuel consumption, but a lot has to happen before we're all driving electric vehicles. For instance, just as is the case with gas-powered automobiles, the range and performance of EVs will at least be somewhat dependent on the overall weight of the vehicle's platform. That's probably why Michael Dick, Audi's director of technical development, is so enthusiastic about the German automaker's efforts to reduce the weight of its modular ... Read more →

Next gen Audi A4/A5 to go on a major diet and get smaller engines Sam Abuelsamid

The cars built off of Audi's "B8" platform, including the A4 sedan, A5 coupe and their derivatives, have much to recommend them. Light weight is not among those characteristics. The lowest mass four ...

High Performance, Higher Education: Ferrari estalishes lightweight research lab at Italian university Noah Joseph

If there's one thing on which treehuggers and tire-smokers can agree on, it's the need to reduce weight in vehicles. It hurts performance and it hurts fuel efficiency. Few know that as well as ...

Future Subaru's to vie for Biggest Loser title Jeremy Korzeniewski

Future fuel economy and emissions regulations are going to make sweeping changes to the way our cars are designed. While many of the best innovations will be made to the powertrain - whether its ...

Videos: 83 mpg VW Ecoracer, 94 MPG Fiat Ecobasic Lascelles Linton

The video above is a minute with VW's Ecoracer, which is made from carbon fibre and gets 83 mpg. VW has yet to make it, but a car very much like it for sale is the Smart Roadster. Below the fold is ...

Frankfurt Preview: Mazda keeps the focus on low weight with new 6 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The new generation Mazda6 will be debuting next week in Frankfurt and the Japanese brand wants to keep their "Sustainable Zoom-Zoom" strategy going. Like the subcompact Mazda2 that came out Geneva, Mazda has made weight reduction a major part of their design vision for the new car. Taking the ...

KTM using carbon fibre to make their X-BOW roadster faster 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the KTM X-BOW. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Carbon_fiber_X_BOW_roadster_coulda_been_in_Transformers_movie'; Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM has spent over 50 years building fast, austere motorcycles aimed at performance purists. ...


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