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Audi’s electric e-tron to get artificial sound

Filed under: Technology , Audi , Electric Audi e-tron concept – Click above for high-res image gallery When cruising at 15.53 miles per hour or slower, an electric car runs virtually silent. Once over that speed, road noise and air moving over the car begin to become prevalent and the car can be “heard” as it travels down the road. That silent running is an intriguing part of the electric car world, but it’s problematic, mostly because those speeds are generally reserved for traffic-clogged cities, parking lots and other areas where pedestrian foot traffic meets automotive.



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Audi shows off wireless charger technology at SEMA

Filed under: SEMA Show , Technology , Audi , Luxury Audi Electronics Research Lab, Qualcomm Incorporated and Peiker have jointly announced a new wireless charging technology that will be made available to both existing and future Audi customers.



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Report: Israel orders million-dollar armored Audi A8

Filed under: Sedan , Government/Legal , Audi , Police/Emergency , Specialty , Middle East 2011 Audi A8L – Click above for high-res image gallery The President of the United States may be the highest target for assassination in the world – hence Cadillac One , his custom, leather-lined tank – but there’s no shortage of people in the Middle East who’d bite that the opportunity to take a shot at the Prime Minister of Israel. (The recently commemorated assassination of late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is evidence enough.) It comes as no surprise that the Shin-Bet – Israel’s national domestic preventative security force – has ordered a new armored limousine to transport the country’s head of government