加速实现零排放：奥迪政府事务与可持续发展总监的专家见解

奥迪正在加速运输行业的积极变革，这已不是什么秘密，但您知道他们是在气候科学家的专业指导下开展这项工作的吗？奥迪美国公司政府事务与可持续发展总监斯宾塞-里德（Spencer Reeder）拥有工程学、地球物理学、气候科学与政策等专业背景。他曾为美国国家气候评估提供科学文献，为华盛顿州制定气候政策等。

当被问及为何决定为一家汽车公司工作时，Reeder 解释说，加入奥迪团队为他提供了一个独一无二的机会，让他能够真正发挥作用，推动大规模的变革。因为奥迪是一家致力于在供应链、领导团队、产品生命周期和生产流程的各个层面对气候产生积极影响的公司，Reeder 看到了实现脱碳、减少用水和提高资源效率的清晰路线图。

我们与他坐在一起，讨论奥迪的关怀、承诺和创新如何推动持久变革。他们不仅开创了电动汽车的先河，还开创了先例，让其他行业的领导者也能学习他们的成功经验。他们正在掀起一股真正的积极变革浪潮，这正是我们1 Hotels 所尊重和珍视的。

当您了解更多关于里德的故事以及奥迪与众不同之处时，我们邀请您在下一次参观我们的可持续发展保护区时，试驾一辆全电动奥迪e-tron。

专访奥迪美国公司可持续发展与政府事务总监 Spencer Reeder

您如何看待交通与更广泛的去碳化需求之间的关系？

It is fundamental. In the U.S., dating back to early 2017, transportation has been the number one source of climate warming emissions. This is true in other countries as well. Making quick progress in electrifying across all dimensions of the transportation sector is crucial for meaningful decarbonization. And, not just for that, but also for addressing the stubborn and ongoing unhealthy air quality in many of our cities. This is a vital public health issue.

您正在考虑电气化的哪些趋势，并希望消费者了解这些趋势？

Electric vehicle capabilities today are immense – very good driving ranges; smooth, quiet, and agile delivery of torque (especially in an electric Audi!); and the “refueling” rate is now quite fast at any of the modern fast chargers. For those who can install a charger at home, it just doesn’t get any more convenient or affordable, given today’s fuel prices. I’d say to anyone even moderately intrigued by the technology, go test drive an all-electric vehicle. You’ll be amazed at how wonderful a driving experience it truly is.

您认为需要改变消费者在交通/电气化方面的行为的程度如何？

事实上，我更多地在想，要真正减少气候污染，现在需要改变的行为是多么少。当今电动汽车的性能与日益便利的充电网络相结合，除了在使用电力作为燃料方面做出微小调整外，人们几乎不需要做出其他改变，坦率地说，这往往比在加油站处理油烟和污垢更令人愉悦。当然，作为一个社会，我们需要更全面地考虑土地使用和交通方式--要想在可持续发展和全面提高每个人的生活质量方面取得真正的进步，我们需要有更好的选择，步行和骑自行车去我们需要去的地方，以及更有吸引力的公共交通选择。但是，当我们需要开车时，一定要选择电动汽车。

您认为奥迪在这一领域扮演什么角色？

Audi is offering more model options in the U.S. electric vehicle market than any other automaker. This makes me incredibly proud of the entire Audi team that has been working so hard on developing these vehicles and our leadership’s commitment to making the massive investments needed to enable such a comprehensive transformation. The fact that we launch our last all-new internal combustion engine vehicle in 2025 is staggering to consider given our 100+ year history as an automaker. Every new Audi vehicle launched after that point will be a plug-in electric vehicle. I think our role as a traditional automaker in setting the bar in that way is truly consequential.

试驾未来

We’re proud to have the fully electric Audi e-tron as our house car across all 1 Hotels in the U.S. Next time you visit one of our sustainable sanctuaries, take one for a test drive to experience the future of sustainable transportation.