At the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, Audi unveiled a near-production Audi R8 e-tron. The Audi e-tron concept is powered by four electric motors – two each at the front and rear axles – producing 313-hp and a maximum torque of 3,319 lb-ft of torque (501.5 lb-ft in real world terms). 0 to 62 mph comes [...]
At the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, Audi unveiled the R8 e-tron Concept. The Audi R8 e-tron received a lot of attention with stellar technical specs that include four electric motors – two each at the front and rear axles – producing 313-hp and a maximum torque of 3,319 lb-ft of torque (501.5 lb-ft in real world [...]
Frank van Meel is very excited about Audi’s approach to EVs. On the one hand, he says the approach is extremely rational. On the other, he loves the idea of an EV that takes off like a bullet. The brand’s head of electromobility strategy says both are essential qualities. What Audi is after, he says, [...]
A couple of days ago, General Motors released a video of a solar charging station it built outside of the Chevrolet Volt’s Detroit-Hamtramck plant. Well, it seems like Audi has similar plans for its use of solar energy for future mobility. Audi said that it will add solar energy powered charging stations at its Ingolstadt [...]
Audi has really big plans for its electric vehicle segment, the e-tron lineup. “By 2020, we want to be the leading premium seller of electric vehicles,” said Franciscus van Meel, Audi’s manager for electric mobility strategy. “We will successively bring out a variety of hybrid models and electric vehicles, such as our first plug-in hybrid [...]
Rumors earlier this month suggested that Audi will show a roadster version of the 2-seater e-tron concept that it debuted at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show in January. Over the weekend, a couple of sketches of the Audi e-tron roadster hit the web giving us an early sneak peek at what to expect when the [...]
Earlier this week we brought you a video of a mystery Audi being air-lifted at the Olympia Ski Resort in the Tyrolean Alps. The video, captured by an onlooker, was choppy and didn’t provide any close up shots of the Audi prototype. However, we were able to make out a vehicle that was similar in [...]
A new video showing a mystery Audi coupe in disguise has made its way onto YouTube. We have no idea what the car is and what it’s doing being air-lifted at the Olympia Ski Resort in the Tyrolean Alps. What we do know is the shape of the model looks very similar to the Audi [...]
At the 2010 Detroit Auto Show in January, Audi surprised the media with a new e-tron concept that was smaller than its R8 e-tron sibling. At the time, the 2-seater concept became known as a possible concept study for a baby R8, dubbed R4. Well, at the 2010 Paris Motor Show later this month, Audi [...]
The Audi R8 e-tron will go on sale in select markets by the end of 2012 ( don’t worry the United States is one of them). To keep the buzz around the electric sports car, Audi has entered the R8 e-tron in the Silvretta E-Auto Rally Montafon 2010. Member of the Board of Management of [...]
