Editing Audi (section)

===Audi AG today===
Audi's sales grew strongly in the 2000s, with deliveries to customers increasing from 653,000 in 2000 to 1,003,000 in 2008. The largest sales increases came from Eastern Europe (+19.3%), Africa (+17.2%) and the Middle East (+58.5%). China in particular has become a key market, representing 108,000 out of 705,000 cars delivered in the first three quarters of 2009. One factor for its popularity in China is that Audis have become the car of choice for purchase by the Chinese government for officials, and purchases by the government are responsible for 20% of its sales in China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2010/10/20/audis-millionth-car-sale-shows-china-still-tops/ |title=China: Audi sells a million |department=beyondbrics |work=Financial Times|date=20 October 2010 |access-date=9 January 2011 |url-access=subscription |last=Reed |first=John}}</ref> As of late 2009, Audi's operating profit of €1.17&nbsp;billion ($1.85&nbsp;billion) made it the biggest contributor to parent Volkswagen Group's nine-month operating profit of €1.5&nbsp;billion, while the other marques in Group such as Bentley and [[SEAT]] had suffered considerable losses.<ref>{{cite news|author=Canada |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/new-cars/auto-news/audis-a-game/article1377213/ |title=Audi's A game |work=The Globe and Mail |access-date=12 March 2011 |location=Toronto}}</ref> May 2011 saw record sales for Audi of America with the new [[Audi A7]] and [[Audi A3]] TDI Clean Diesel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://larsonautomotiveblog.com/audi-has-best-may-u-s-sales-in-its-history/|title=Audi has best May U.S. sales in its history!|date=3 June 2011|publisher=Larson Automotive Group|access-date=25 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728093314/http://larsonautomotiveblog.com/audi-has-best-may-u-s-sales-in-its-history/|archive-date=28 July 2013}}</ref> In May 2012, Audi reported a 10% increase in its sales—from 408 units to 480 in the last year alone.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/article3479793.ece| title= Audi posts 10% growth in sales | date=1 June 2012}}</ref>

Audi manufactures vehicles in seven plants around the world, some of which are shared with other VW Group marques<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.audi.com/com/brand/en/company/production_plants/aurangabad.html#source=http://www.audi.com/com/brand/en/company/production_plants.html&container=page |title=Audi Worldwide &gt; Company &gt; Production plants &gt; Aurangabad |publisher=Audi |date=27 August 2010 |access-date=12 March 2011 |archive-date=13 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613062751/http://www.audi.com/com/brand/en/company/production_plants/aurangabad.html#source=http://www.audi.com/com/brand/en/company/production_plants.html&container=page }}</ref> although many sub-assemblies such as engines and transmissions are manufactured within other Volkswagen Group plants.

Audi's two principal assembly plants in Germany are:
* [[Ingolstadt]], the former Auto Union site originally opened in 1945 and substantially rebuilt by Daimler-Benz in 1962, and acquired by Volkswagen in 1964 (Q2, A3, A5, A6 e-tron, Q6 e-tron)
* [[Neckarsulm]], the former NSU plant, acquired by Volkswagen in 1969. Home of [[Audi Sport GmbH]] (A6, A7, A8) - a satellite plant at nearby Böllinger Höfe produces the e-tron GT

Audi also produces vehicles in Germany at:
* [[Zwickau]], the birthplace of Audi. The former [[Trabant]] factory, acquired by Volkswagen in 1990 to form [[Volkswagen Zwickau-Mosel Plant|Volkswagen Sachsen]] (Q4 e-tron)

Outside of Germany, Audi produces vehicles at:
* [[Anting]], China. A joint venture with [[SAIC Motor|SAIC]]
* [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]], India. [[Škoda Auto Volkswagen India]] factory
* [[Bratislava]], Slovakia. [[Volkswagen Slovakia]] factory (Q7 and Q8)
* [[Changchun]], China. A joint venture with [[FAW_Group|FAW]]
* [[Foshan]], China. A joint venture with [[FAW_Group|FAW]]
* [[Győr]], Hungary (Q3)
* [[Martorell]], Spain. A [[SEAT]] factory (A1)
* [[Ningbo]], China. A joint venture with [[SAIC Motor|SAIC]]
* [[Qingdao]], China. A joint venture with [[FAW_Group|FAW]]
* [[San José Chiapa]], Mexico (Q5)
* [[São José dos Pinhais]], Brazil
* [[Tianjin]], China. A joint venture with [[FAW_Group|FAW]]

In September 2012, Audi announced the construction of its first North American manufacturing plant in [[Puebla]], Mexico. This plant became operative in 2016 and produces the second generation Q5.<ref>{{cite press release |title=AUDI AG opens automobile plant in Mexico |url=https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/presskits/audi-ag-opens-automobile-plant-in-mexico-6831|publisher=Audi AG |date=30 September 2016 |access-date=17 August 2019}}</ref>

From 2002 up to 2003, Audi headed the Audi Brand Group, a subdivision of the Volkswagen Group's Automotive Division consisting of Audi, Lamborghini and SEAT, which was focused on sporty values, with the marques' product vehicles and performance being under the higher responsibility of the Audi brand.

In January 2014, Audi, along with the [[Wireless Power Consortium]], operated a booth which demonstrated a phone compartment using the [[Qi (standard)|Qi]] [[Open standard|open]] [[interface standard]] at the [[Consumer Electronics Show]] (CES).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140109006406/en/Audi-Demonstrates-Qi-Wireless-Charging-CES-2014|title=Audi's Phone Box Updated With Qi Wireless Charging|date=9 January 2014|work=[[Business Wire]]|access-date=21 November 2016|via=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]}}</ref> In May, most of the Audi dealers in the UK falsely claimed that the Audi A7, A8, and R8 were Euro NCAP safety tested, all achieving five out of five stars. In fact none were tested.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-27392157|title=Audi 'lied' about safety testing of vehicles|last=Dackevych|first=Alex|date=14 May 2014|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=21 November 2016|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

In 2015, Audi admitted that at least 2.1 million Audi cars had been involved in the [[Volkswagen emissions testing scandal]] in which software installed in the cars manipulated emissions data to fool regulators and allow the cars to pollute at higher than government-mandated levels. The A1, A3, A4, A5, A6, TT, Q3 and Q5 models were implicated in the scandal.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Germany investigates VW's ex-boss over fraud allegations|url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-idUSKCN0RP14U20150928|work = Reuters|date = 28 September 2015|access-date = 29 September 2015}}</ref> Audi promised to quickly find a technical solution and upgrade the cars so they can function within emissions regulations.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Audi Says 2.1 Million Cars Affected by Emissions Software|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-28/audi-says-2-1-million-diesel-cars-affected-by-emissions-software|work= Bloomberg.com|access-date = 29 September 2015|first = Elisabeth Behrmann Mathieu|last = Rosemain|date = 28 September 2015}}</ref> Ulrich Hackenberg, the head of research and development at Audi, was suspended in relation to the scandal.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.newsweek.com/audi-germany-volkswagen-scandal-378184 | title=Report: Germany Investigating Audi over Emissions|work=Newsweek |agency=Reuters | date=29 September 2015 |access-date=11 March 2020}}</ref> Despite widespread media coverage about the scandal through the month of September, Audi reported that U.S. sales for the month had increased by 16.2%.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Volkswagen, Audi sales increase despite emissions cheating scandal|url = http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-auto-sales-20151001-story.html|website = Los Angeles Times|date = 2 October 2015|access-date = 3 October 2015}}</ref> Audi's parent company Volkswagen announced on 18 June 2018 that Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler had been arrested.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44517753 | title=Audi boss arrested over diesel scandal| work=BBC News| date=18 June 2018}}</ref>

In November 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency implicated the 3-liter diesel engine versions of the 2016 Audi A6 Quattro, A7 Quattro, A8, A8L and the Q5 as further models that had emissions regulation defeat-device software installed.<ref>{{Cite web|title = EPA: VW cheated on Audi, Porsche diesel SUVs, too|url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/11/02/epa-diesel-suv-volkswagen-audi-porsche/75044132/|website = USA Today|access-date = 2 November 2015}}</ref> Thus, these models emitted nitrogen oxide at up to nine times the legal limit when the car detected that it was not hooked up to emissions testing equipment.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Porsche Targeted as U.S. Expands VW Emissions Cheating Probe|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-02/u-s-expands-investigation-of-volkswagen-emissions-cheating|publisher = Bloomberg L.P.|access-date = 2 November 2015|first1 = Jeff |last1=Plungis |first2=Dana |last2=Hull |first3=Christoph |last3 = Rauwald|newspaper = Bloomberg.com|date = 2 November 2015}}</ref>

In November 2016, Audi expressed an intention to establish an assembly factory in [[Pakistan]], with the company's local partner acquiring land for a plant in [[Korangi Creek Industrial Park]] in [[Karachi]]. Approval of the plan would lead to an investment of $30 million in the new plant.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1231159/audi-ag-expresses-intent-assemble-vehicles-pakistan/|title=Audi AG expresses intent to assemble vehicles in Pakistan |date=15 November 2016|newspaper=The Express Tribune|access-date=15 November 2016}}</ref> Audi planned to cut 9,500 jobs in [[Germany]] starting from 2020 till 2025 to fund electric vehicles and digital working.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50563254|title=Audi to cut 9,500 jobs to fund electric car push|date=26 November 2019|access-date=27 November 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref>

In February 2020, Volkswagen AG announced that it plans to take over all Audi shares it does not own (totalling 0.36%) via a squeeze-out according to German stock corporation law, thus making Audi a fully owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Audi with enhanced role in Volkswagen Group|url = https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/news/2020/02/Audi_with_enhanced_role_in_Volkswagen_Group.html|website = Volkswagen AG|date=28 February 2020|access-date = 14 March 2020}}</ref> This change took effect from 16 November 2020, when Audi became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AUDI AG: Entry of the transfer resolution in the commercial register|url=https://www.audi.com/content/dam/gbp2/company/investor-relations/kapitalmarktkommunikation/english/ad-hoc-announcements/2020/AUDI-AG-Entry-of-%20the-transfer-resolution-in-the-commercial-register-dgap.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.audi.com/content/dam/gbp2/company/investor-relations/kapitalmarktkommunikation/english/ad-hoc-announcements/2020/AUDI-AG-Entry-of-%20the-transfer-resolution-in-the-commercial-register-dgap.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live|website = Audi AG|date=16 November 2020|access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref>

In January 2021, Audi announced that it is planning to sell 1 million vehicles in China in 2023, comparing to 726,000 vehicles in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 January 2021|title=Audi aims to sell one million cars in China in 2023|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-china-idUSKBN29P05H|access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>