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30 'audi e-tron quattro' stories June 2016 - March 2017

Audi plans to release an electric sports car and electric compact after the quattro e-tron SUV

Fred Lambert Mar 10 2017 - 10:13 am PT

Audi’s upcoming quattro e-tron SUV is expected to be the first in a series of new all-electric premium vehicles from German automakers. Mercedes, Porsche, and BMW are all planning new electric vehicles to come out between 2018 and 2021.

The company has now revealed plans for two more electric vehicles to follow the SUV next year: an electric sports car and an electric compact, said CEO Rupert Stadler via AutoExpress.
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Audi talks e-tron quattro and takes a swipe at Tesla, says will be ‘the first real premium electric SUV’

Fred Lambert Feb 10 2017 - 7:56 am PT

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The concept car Audi e-tron quattro at the Volkswagen Group Night (IAA) in Frankfurt.

Audi’s e-tron quattro SUV could become next year the first in a series of premium all-electric vehicles to come to market. Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, and other premium automakers are all planning EVs for the end of the decade, but the way the vehicles program are set up, Audi is apparently ahead of the pack with its 2018 release.

But of course, Tesla is already well-established in the premium electric vehicle segment with the Model S, a large sedan, and the Model X, a premium SUV.

While discussing the upcoming launch of the e-tron quattro, Audi’s Chief of Sales and Marketing, Dietmar Voggenreiter, decided to ignore the Model X and claim that with the e-tron quattro, Audi will be “the first real premium manufacturer doing a premium electric SUV”(via Autocar).
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Audi announces an electric vehicle push in China, will introduce 5 new models including w/ ‘over 300 miles of range’

Fred Lambert Jan 17 2017 - 7:48 am PT

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Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG for Technical Development, beside the concept car Audi e-tron quattro at the International Auto Show 2015 in Frankfurt/Main.

Today, Audi announced a new a deal with FAW, its Chinese manufacturing partner, to expand its activities in China and introduce a series of luxury all-electric vehicles as well as a broader electrification of their lineup.

The German automaker took notice that China became the world’s biggest electric vehicle market last year and considering the Volkswagen group, Audi’s parent company, is among the few automakers committing to volume production of EVs, they will need market shares in China to sell those vehicles.
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Audi’s first all-electric vehicle will be shipped to the moon in a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

Fred Lambert Nov 30 2016 - 8:32 am PT

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MISSION TO THE MOON Audi lunar quattro

While we are waiting for Audi’s first commercially available all-electric vehicle, the quattro e-tron, which is expected to hit the market in 2018, the German automaker announced today that it completed work on what could now be considered its first electric vehicle, the “Audi lunar quattro” rover.

The vehicle, which is equipped with an electric powertrain based on Audi’s e-tron tech used in its “normal” electric vehicle programs, was developed by Audi in partnership with a group of engineers participating in the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition, a unique challenge to land a privately-funded rover on the moon’s surface, drive 500 meters and send back pictures to earth.
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Audi’s all-electric e-tron supercar is dead, they couldn’t sell a $1 million Audi R8

Fred Lambert Oct 13 2016 - 9:27 am PT

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Audi confirmed this week that they are pulling the plug on their all-electric e-tron supercar, which is basically a battery-powered version of the Audi R8. If you haven’t heard of the vehicle program despite being launched back in 2009, that’s because Audi ended delivering fewer than 100 units over the last 2 years since starting series production.

The company was reportedly working on a new generation, but they confirmed to Car and Driver yesterday that the program is dead and they are in “the process of delivering the last few units before production stops for good.”
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Audi to build an electric Q5 after Tesla poached the SUV’s production director

Fred Lambert Jun 17 2016 - 6:49 am PT

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Last year, Audi announced it’s first all-electric vehicle, the e-tron quatro, a luxury SUV expected to fit between the Q5 and Q7, and therefore, it will likely change its name to Q6 once it will enter production at the company’s plant in Brussels starting in 2018.

Now we learn that the automaker is also planning an electric version of the Q5, which should go into production at the company’s new factory in Mexico.
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