Audi AG: History and Milestones

• The Audi AG is a German automotive company that has been part of the Volkswagen Group since the 1960s.

• The company was founded when August Horch left his former company, the Horch Motorwagenwerke, after disagreements with the company's financial director.

• The new company, called "August Horch Automobilwerke GmbH Zwickau", had to change its name due to the Horch brand not being owned by Horch anymore.

• The company started producing small cars and motorcycles in 1928, when it acquired the Zwickauer Motorenwerke, which made DKW cars and motorcycles.

• In 1932, the company merged with the Auto Union, which also included the Zwickauer Horch Werke and Siegmar Fahrzeugwerk (a car manufacturer based in Chemnitz, Germany) into the new company.

• The company became a Volkswagen Group subsidiary in 1964, when Volkswagen acquired a majority of the company's shares.

• The company's headquarters moved to Ingolstadt, Bavaria in 1985, when Audi NSU merged with Volkswagen.

• In 1998, Lamborghini became a part of the Audi AG, and in 2012 Ducati became a part of the company.

• In 1928, Audi became financially troubled.

• In 1932, the four Zschopauer Motorenwerke companies (Audi, Horch, Wanderer, and Auto Union) were merged into the Auto Union AG.

• The Auto Union AG had its main headquarters in Chemnitz.

• In 1945, the Auto Union was dissolved in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany.

• Hans Migotsch was the initiator of the re-establishment of the Audi factory in Zwickau after World War II.

• The Auto Union AG was re-established as a state-owned company in 1958.

• The VEB Automobilwerk Zwickau was merged with the VEB Sachsenring Kraftfahrzeug- und Motorenwerke Zwickau in 1958 to form the VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau.

• The VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau was the first car company to produce a plastic car body, the Trabant.

• In 1948, the Auto Union AG, a West German car manufacturer, was dissolved due to the war.

• The company was re-established in West Germany as Auto Union GmbH in 1958, and began rebuilding its car manufacturing facilities.

• In 1965, the company merged with NSU, a German car manufacturer, to form Audi AG.

• The company's former main shareholder, Friedrich Flick, sold his shares in the company to Volkswagen in 1966.

• The company's logo, featuring four rings to represent the four marques Audi, DKW, Horch, and Wanderer, was acquired by VW in 1969.

• Audi AG has since produced a wide range of cars, including the Audi A8 and Audi S4.

• Audi AG is a German car company founded in 1969 in Neckarsulm.

• Audi NSU Auto Union AG was created in 1971 and had its headquarters in Neckarsulm.

• In 1985, the company changed its name to Audi AG.

• Audi has been active in Hungary since 1993.

• Audi plans to have 200 to 300 charging stations for electric vehicles by 2021.

• In early 2021, it was announced that Bentley Motors Ltd. had joined the Audi AG group.

• In March 2021, Audi announced that it would no longer develop gasoline and diesel engines.

Test your knowledge about the history and milestones of Audi AG, a German automotive company that has been part of the Volkswagen Group since the 1960s. From its founding in 1969 to its development of electric charging stations, explore the key events and acquisitions in the company's timeline.