Audi A3 E-Tron with natural gas

Audi A3 E-Tron with natural gas - End of 2013, Audi A3 Sportback G-Tron to the market under its boot floor two natural gas tanks are installed. And if you go the natural gas, refuels, move the compact five-door even CO2 neutral. 

The natural gas production facility in Lower Saxony is the world's first industrial plant, the CO2 and renewable electricity produced synthetic methane. For the excavation, a motor, which is based on the new 1.4 TFSI. It had just the cylinder head, the turbocharger, the injection system and the catalyst can be modified.

The engine gets to 110 hp and a torque of 200 Nm is pressed onto the road. At its peak, the Audi brings it to 190 km / h For the sprint from a standstill to 100 km / h in the environmentally friendly Ingolstadt 11 seconds. 3.5 kilograms of natural gas per 100 km Audi needs and he lets out a mere 95 grams of CO2 per kilometer. And in the pure natural gas reaches a tank of gas for 400 kilometers. But of course the A3 also has a fuel tank on board. The power values ​​for both types of operation are identical. Only in the range of gasoline is even greater-whole 900 km.

The fuel filler neck both fuel types under a common door. The engine starts after larger refueling and cold in normal gasoline. The changeover should as quickly and as smoothly as possible done immediately. About the tank fill levels a combination indicator informs on the instrument panel. What you have to put on the table for the Audi, is not yet known.

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Audi A3 E-Tron with natural gas 2013-03-03T15:23:00-08:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Bolets