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A subsidiary of Volkswagen, the Audi Group, comprising the two brands Audi and Lamborghini, is one of the world’s leading carmakers in the premium and supercar segment. The core of the Company is the Audi brand. It offers its products under both the Audi and Lamborghini brands, as well as sells ...
The weight of the engine block on the front end requires assistance for the steering system – power steering. A pump supplies the necessary pressure to a hydraulic line. This regulates a control valve consistent with the rotation of the steering wheel. The power steering ram is supplied with this pressurized oil and transforms it into power assistance. This supplements the force that the driver applies to the steering wheel. Servotronic is a further development of the power-assisted steering that offers the driver even greater comfort and convenience.
Industry:Automotive
Audi quattro all-wheel drive is designed to transfer power from front to back and side to side as needed. After all, a wheel spinning is wasted motion. Along with better performance, quattro provides high levels of active safety and improved traction on virtually all surfaces. On cars with longitudinally installed engines, a differential distributes power and compensates for differences in wheel rotation when cornering; if the car has a transverse engine, these tasks are performed by a Haldex clutch.
Industry:Automotive
The rain sensor activates the windshield wipers automatically when rain or other moisture appears on the windshield, and adapts the wiper interval to match the amount of rain. How it works: light-emitting diodes inside the rain sensor emit an invisible infrared light which is reflected by the outside surface of the windscreen and measured by photodiodes. If the full amount of light returns to the photodiode, the windshield is dry. A film of water or drops on the windscreen break up the light emitted. As the measuring process is permanent, the electronics can control the wiper intervals perfectly.
Industry:Automotive
The use of air springs at the rear ensures a particularly comfortable ride. The air springs support the load on the axle and have the advantage that the vehicle’s ride height and damping can be varied quickly and automatically to match the actual load situation. Even when the load increases, the vehicle rides at the same height and the rate of body oscillation does not change. Pitching movement is suppressed very effectively when towing a trailer.
Industry:Automotive
When recycling automobiles, the focus to date has been on metals. However, current practice increasingly uses as much of the non-metallic content of the vehicle as possible. Suitability for recycling is a characteristic that is already being taken into account during design.
Even before recycling scrap, Audi tries to avoid producing it. For that reason, most of the components and raw materials are delivered by suppliers in re-usable packaging. 95 percent of all the scrap created during production is recycled. Furthermore, materials used in the car are marked so that clear identification at the beginning of the recycling process is made easier.
Industry:Automotive
Sufficiently high static and dynamic body stiffness are prerequisites for many desirable vehicle characteristics. Minimum body vibration provides freedom from transmitted noise and harshness. A rigid internal body keeps movement to a minimum and contributes to road holding, cornering and better handling characteristics.
Industry:Automotive
The roof rack detection system in the Audi Q5 is directly linked to the electronic stabilization program (ESP) control unit. When the crossbars are installed, a signal is sent that adjusts driving-dynamic relevant parameters according to the center of gravity. When the crossbars are not installed, the ESP program adjusts dynamics to allow for more enthusiastic driving.
Industry:Automotive
The roof rails are the basic supports for transporting items on the roof. With their help the vehicle can be used in a variety of ways when the interior has already been filled. Suitable accessories can be attached to the roof rails to attach bicycles, skis, storage boxes, surfboards and even boats securely.
Because the rails themselves are aerodynamically shaped, they do not generate wind noise. The owner’s manual for the car contains information about maximum loads they can carry. The driver must remember that the handling characteristics of the car can be changed significantly depending on the weight of the load on the roof. Apart from their practical uses, the roof rails are also an attractive design element that emphasize the car’s sporty character and thereby round out the dynamic appearance of many Audi models.
Industry:Automotive
An automated six-speed manual gearbox combines the sportiness of a manual gearbox with the advantages of an automatic.
Shifting is performed with the joystick gear lever or with manual shift paddles mounted on the steering wheel. A sport mode shift program further accentuated this motorsport oriented gear-shifting.
Industry:Automotive
This term is generally understood to include all forms of corrosion protection on steel-bodied cars to prevent corrosion damage: these include galvanising, dip coating, paint coatings, body cavity protection and in addition (also on cars with an aluminum body) undercoating on the floorpan and plastic wheel arch liners to minimize damage from sand and gravel.
Industry:Automotive
