Audi is about to reach a new milestone at the Ingolstadt. But this is not a production record: the German plant of the house of the four rings will in fact become carbon neutral from January next year. An important step forward in the process of decarbonisation of Audi’s production activity: the one in Ingolstadt will be the third factory of the company to become emissions neutral, following the Belgian one in Brussels and the Hungarian one in Gyor.
Waiting for Q6 e-tron
A sort of appetizer to an important electric innovation: in fact, production of the SUV will start in Ingolstadt in 2024 Q6 e-tronthe brand’s first fully electric model based on the innovative PPE platform. “Sustainability is one of the hinges of Audi’s corporate strategy – commented Gerd Walker, Member of the Board of Management with responsibility for Production and Logistics at Audi – The conversion of the Ingolstadt plant to renewable energy represents an important step for the carbon neutral evolution of the brand.”
Four pillars
To become completely carbon neutral, Audi has put down on paper a strategic plan that it has always been based on four fundamental pillarsi: increase in the energy efficiency of the sites to reduce CO2 emissions, internal production of renewable energy, zero-emission energy supply, and compensation of unavoidable CO2 emissions through the purchase of carbon credits certified according to the highest quality standards.
The effects on Ingolstadt
Concretely, this strategy was also successfully carried out in Ingolstadt: just think that in 2022 the measures implemented at the German plant of the four-ring car manufacturer made it possible to save over 35,000 MWh of energy, avoiding emissions of 5,000 tons of CO2. Not only that: they have also been installed in the same production complex 23,000 m2 of photovoltaic panels and other measures are being implemented, without forgetting that for over ten years all on-site production has used electricity from renewable sources.
Source: modo.volkswagengroup.it
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