Audi has launched a partnership with Tongji University in Shanghai centered on research, instruction and services dealing with electromobility. Electromobility promotes the use of electric powered cars and how and where they can be charged as part of the wider move toward clean and energy efficient vehicles.
At a ceremony marking the founding of the Audi Tongji Joint Lab, Audi chairman Rupert Stadler said, "China is an important driver for electromobility. That is why we are investing locally, with the Audi Tongji Joint Lab, in research and education."
The first project for the joint laboratory is the development of an Audi A6L as an electric car.
Favstocks.com reports Audi has been successfully involved in China since 1988. Together with its joint-venture partner, FAW, Audi produces the Audi A4L, the Audi A6L and the Audi Q5 in Changchun.