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May 22, 2015 AUTOS

Audi Makes Synthetic Gasoline Using Zero Petroleum

Researchers at Audi have managed to do something that at first blush sounds impossible, or at least, highly illogical: They’ve created a small batch of synthetic gasoline without using any petroleum whatsoever. And they’re working to tweak the process so they can create the fuel using nothing but water, hydrogen, sunlight, and carbon dioxide. – Audi’s “e-benzin” is a fully synthetic 100-octane gasoline equivalent. Since it’s synthetic, it contains no

May 22, 2015 AUTOS

2015 Land Rover Discovery Sport Tested: Roomy But Not Zoomy

-Land Rover seemingly loves oddly proportioned vehicles. Look at the LR4: A concrete parasol could hardly look more top-heavy. And since the Holden Efijy never went into production, the Range Rover Evoque became the industry’s first factory lead sled, albeit one with its skirts hiked up over muck boots. READ MORE ›› –

May 22, 2015 AUTOS

2017 Audi SQ7 Spied at the Nürburgring, Naturally

-What It Is: Although the long-serving, first-generation Audi Q7 never offered a high-performance variant to do battle with the BMW M or Mercedes-Benz AMG utes, the new Q7 will show no such restraint. Audi will take the formula successfully applied to the Q5, with the SQ5, and adapt it to the Q7, creating the SQ7, the ultimate version of its three-row SUV. READ MORE ›› –

May 22, 2015 AUTOS

Watch Tanner Foust Beat the Daylights Out of His 900-hp Passat on a Cycling Course

– When we first introduced you to Tanner Foust’s all-new Rockstar Energy Formula Drift Volkswagen Passat, we said it’d likely “spend its life sideways.” And sure enough, the 900-hp family sedan’s existence is already a smoky, sideways, hellacious tale, as evidenced by a new video depicting Foust giving pro cyclist Tim Johnson a “tour” of the USA Cycling Time Trials course in Chattanooga, Tennessee. – – – Volkswagen Beetle GRC