The automaker is now offering customers climatefriendly audi egas to power the a3 sportback gtron the fuel offer is included as standard and customers will pay only the regular natural gas price. The software portal also enables you to activate your software. The werlte facility will generate enough co 2neutral egas to power 1,500 cng cars over 15,000 kilometers every year. The audi egas plant in the city of werlte in lower saxony produces co2 neutral fuel, and it also contributes toward stabilizing the public power grid. Will using 87 octane on a regular basis harm my vehicle. The customer gas piping handbook is intended to address natural gas service issues for customers within the prescribed service territory.
The audi egas project at werlte in lower saxony, germany, has been. The first industrial ptg plant audi egas as driver for. Starting in 20, the facility in werlte will produce a planned 1,000 tonnes of methane per year, thus binding 2,800 tonnes of co. Software, updates and complete device driver libraries are downloadable in the software portal. Techday combustion engine technology v engines from the four rings have been around for 29 years the 3. Vwgoa request for model year 201220 greenhouse gas. The new audi a4 avant gtron with 125 kw 170 hp will follow next year. After successfully completing a test sequence, the plant is now qualified for participating in what is known as the electricity balancing market. Demonstrating to customers the inherent sustainability of a solarpowered ev is one of the reasons audi seattles leadership team chose to go. This quantity enables 1,500 audi gtron models to drive 15,000 kilometers 9,320. Linking electricity and gas in a decarbonising world.
Convergence of electricity grid, gas grid and mobility sector. The audi egas plant in wertle, germany is the biggest powertogas plant. Reinhard otten sustainable product development audi. The audi rs 5rs 5 cabrios continued to use the standing water technology equipped on the audi rs5rs 5 cabrio. Audi gtron customers receive a document that confirms their car will be supplied with audi egas and informs them about the certification. In the case of synthetic audi ebenzin egasoline, the ingolstadt company has now achieved an important intermediate goal. And if you charge it with sustainable power like solar, the car really pays for itself. The my 20 audi q7 tdi used a splitcooling system to actively heat the 3. A fuel card is no longer used as the accounting tool.
Electrochaea along with its partners hydrogenics, audi, energinet. Use our handy tool to get estimated annual fuel costs based on your driving habits. The audi a3 sportback gtron with 81 kw 110 hp of power is currently available from dealers. Audis egas plant helps stabilize the german electrical grid. Production of hydrogen or renewable methane via powertogas.
Audi a5 is third model to run on natural gas, for europe only the secondgeneration a5 sportback recently joined the a4 avant wagon and the a3 in audis cngpowered family. Also for my 20, the audi s6, s7, s8 all equipped with 4. Audi has built the worlds first industrial powertogas plant 6 mw, enabling the storage of renewable electric power in the natural gas grid. The test differs for different regions and also for different types of vehicles. Audi opens renewable energy egas plant in germany autoblog. Ingolstadt, march 8, 2018 audi is convinced of the potential of the fuels egas, ebenzin egasoline and ediesel and is continuing to pursue its efuels strategy. Audi and the volkswagen group have identified mobility based on methane as an important pillar of ghg reduction. Caution indicates a potentially hazardous situation wh ich, if not avoided, may result in moderat e.
Click on the tab below to simply browse between the. This gives it a total range of some 1,300 kilometers 807. Since it is a turbo vehicle you will probably be using 9193 octane for the slower burning fuel which reduces your chance of knocking. Downloads search and download operating manuals, device driver, brochures, software updates, certificates and a whole host of other documents. Subsystems of the motronic exhaust gas temperature control a new feature of audi automobiles the exhaust gas temperature is recorded in a is a function which monitors cylinderbankspeci. Audi egas plant helps stabilize german public power grid. The plant began feeding audi egas to the grid in the fall of 20.
See the 2016 audi a6 gas mileage figures for both the city and highway. Audi is installing charging points for electric cars and plugin hybrids at its german plants, with one in ten parking spaces at the sites due to be electrified by 2022. The dual electricity gas principle of audis egas project is a practical example of how to make good use of the wind energy excess on stormy days when the existing german grid is insufficient to carry the load. For information on the acronyms and how these data are used in the calculation of the guide values, please refer to 40 cfr part 600 fuel economy of motor vehicles. The tank module, which consists of four gas tanks with a total capacity of 19 kilograms 41. Audi also has its own facility where it makes synthetic methane, which it calls egas, for the natural gasburning audi gtron models a3, a4 and a5 diesel is a popular fuel in europe, but it was. South pest wastewater treatment plant small gas engine powe 2. Audi says that the egas project can even help to solve the problem of how to store surplus wind or solar energy, as such a surplus energy can be fed into the naturalgas network see. Fuel economy test car list database files the test car list data are the vehicle information and test results that were used in calculating the gas mileage guide. Audis efuel is a carbon neutral way to power cars that.
The first industrial ptg plant audi egas as driver for the. The etron is a highperformance vehicle, miles notes. Any duplication, distribution, storage, communication, broa dcast and reproduction or transmission of the contents without written approval from audi ag is prohibited. Introducing audis new efuel, an energy source that powers a standard engine like gas or diesel, but uses co2 instead of dead dinosaurs and petrified algae. Audi recommends using 91 octane gas but requires using no less than 87 octane. Legend airbag gas generator pretensioner sportback etron a3 from 2014 audi a3. Egrsystems for diesel engines 2 pass certain emission limits in order to get approved for sale. Short name of company site name nature of power plant. Launched in 20, the factory is the venue where audi makes synthetic methane from water and co2 by using wind. Installation information for 5 valve vwaudi engines. Search and free download all ebooks, handbook, textbook, user guide pdf files on the internet quickly and easily. From what i understand, todays hitech cars are designed to compensate or automatically adjust to lower octane unleaded gas so as to avoid knocking or pinging. A look into the role of efuels in the transport system in. Figure 1 shows the speed profile of the modified new european driving cycle mnedc, which is the test procedure for passenger cars in europe 2.
Audi customers can pay with the audi egas card at cng fueling stations, and audi then feeds equivalent quantities of egas into the german natural gas network. View detailed gas mileage data for the 2017 audi a3 sportback etron. Audi s4 questions audi recommends using 91 octane gas. Click here to start downloading adobe acrobat reader for mac. Audi expanding output of sustainable diesel fuel cnbc. The audi egas project demonstrates how large amounts of green electricity can be stored efficiently and independently of location by transforming it into methane gas and storing it. Some oems, such as audi ag, are exploring an efuels strategy to provide a. Recommended software programs are sorted by os platform windows, macos, linux, ios, android etc.
The powertogas ptg process chain could play a significant role in the future. As of today we have 110,518,197 ebooks for you to download for free. No annoying ads, no download limits, enjoy it and dont forget to bookmark and share the love. Safety informationimport ant safety instructions iv. With this deal, audi is reducing the co 2 emissions of the gtron fleet when running on gas by 80 percent.
This roughly corresponds to the amount that a forest of over 220,000 beech trees absorbs in one year. Instead, audi computes the volume automatically based on surveys and service data from the cars. Audi recommends checking the engine oil level at every fillup, and always before a long trip. Thanks to the synthesized audi egas they enable virtually co 2 neutral mobility. There is fuel economy data for each trim as well as a description of the drivetrain. If you do not have adobe acrobat reader you can download it from here.
The fivedoor premium compact model, which will appear on the market at the end of the year, runs on both the fossil fuel natural gas and on climatefriendly audi. Audi gtron models to run for three years on audi egas as part of special standard package deal. Audi egas is an energyrich fuel that is chemically identical to fossil methane, the primary constituent of natural gas, and is ideally suited to powering internal combustion engines. The company offers the audi egas fuel card which can be used as a means of payment. The audi egas plant produces about 1,000 metric tons of egas per year, chemically binding some 2,800 metric tons of co2. The good news to remember audi and the volkswagen group have identified mobility based on methane as an important pillar of ghg reduction audi has built the worlds first industrial powertogas plant 6 mw, enabling the storage of renewable electric power in the natural gas. Introduction decarbonisation of energy systems has become a mainstream topic for the global energy industry as countries attempt to achieve the goals to reduce the impact of global climate change as set out at the cop21 meeting in paris in december 2015. Once you have downloaded your pdf manual you will need to open it with adobe acrobat reader for the best results. The audi a4 avant gtron and the audi a5 sportback gtron will be launched in early summer.
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