If you love the current 2012 Audi A3, now available to drivers in the greater Springfield, MA area, you're going to fall head over heels for the forthcoming 2013 Audi A3, slated to hit dealers around the U.S. early next year. Thanks to the intelligent integration of aluminum in a variety of different body components, it's expected to be more fuel efficient than ever before.

Drivers interested in reducing their carbon footprint…

On February 27, Audi put more of a guarantee on their much-discussed plans to bring an EV range to U.S. drivers. It comes in the form of a new pilot program slated to run in San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Washington D.C.; and Denver, CO .

Audi formally announced the pilot program at TED2012 in Long Beach, CA, where the German automaker introduced their 20/20 vision for the role transportation will play…