We received’t beat a useless horse with the truth that Electrical Autos (EVs) are coming scorching and heavy within the subsequent few years. We’ll, nevertheless, drool over the brand new Audi A6 E-Tron idea as a result of it’s simply horny and appears to be a car to assist bridge the hole for mainstream EVs between the six-figure gems that we’ve watched get loopy 0-60 mph occasions and autos forthcoming EVs which are stated to start out just below $30K (yeah, we’ll consider it once we see it).
The Audi A6 E-Tron caught a number of googling eyes on the Shanghai Auto Present the place it was first launched and captured a current double-take after it was introduced {that a} manufacturing mannequin will likely be revealed subsequent yr (2022). The Audi A6 E-Tron idea is a looker and set to maneuver the EV needle ahead for one thing progressive that’s very very simple on the eyes.
Let’s be actual right here, the A6 E-Tron Idea appears to be like gorgeous and electrifying (see what I did there?). Audi has lengthy had some handsome autos however this takes issues to a brand new stage, one which nobody actually noticed coming as we transfer to a brand new courageous EV world the place some new EVs look downright hideous.
The brand new A6 E-Tron is predicted to get two electrical motors with 469 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque pushing all 4 wheels as you count on in an Audi. The vary is alleged to be about 435 miles, which is welcomed and could be extremely aggressive to different new EVs on this class coming within the subsequent few years. These specs are said for the A6 E-Tron Idea, however we don’t see any cause Audi would divert removed from such a method because it makes excellent sense for the baseline of the brand new A6 E-Tron once we get the manufacturing model.
The Audi A6 E-Tron is slated to start out manufacturing in 2023 and be conceptualized from the brand new PPE platform, which is alleged to underpin a forthcoming Porsche Macan EV and plenty of different new Audi EV autos. The scalable platform is predicted to exchange the present E-Tron crossover as nicely making approach for a full line of Audi EVs in each sedan and crossover varieties.
From what we see right here within the A6 E-Tron Idea, we will count on some engaging choices from Audi that will win over many to make that transfer to EVs, offered the worth is correct, which if we had been to guess it might be a beginning determine of round $60K for a base mannequin and inch nearer to $75K to $85K for a high-performance variant. So far as when the A6 E-Tron would change the present fuel-burning A6, nicely, that would occur instantly as soon as the A6 E-Tron hits manufacturing – that’s our educated guess – as a result of EVs will take over, proper?
