AUDI’S rising battery electrical E-Tron line-up now contains 4 mid-size fashions that buck the SUV development within the form of rear-wheel drive A6 E-Tron Sportback five-door coupe-style liftback and Avant (wagon) together with performance-enhanced S6 E-Tron Quattro variations of each.
These newcomers are the primary totally electrical Audis obtainable in mainstream passenger automotive physique types, with an area launch scheduled for the primary half of 2025.
Icing on the cake is the truth that the A6 E-Tron Sportback is essentially the most aerodynamic Audi of all time, rated at a low Cd 0.21 to help a claimed vary of greater than 756km (or about 80km much less for the sportier S6 model).
Opponents will likely be few given the hatchback and wagon configuration with cross-shopping attainable in opposition to the Mercedes-Benz EQE, BMW i5, Polestar 4, Lexus RX450e Genesis GV60.
Each physique types are on Audi’s PPE platform, the model’s second mannequin line to make use of it (in addition to the Porsche Macan), the BEV-specific structure claimed to ship strengths of efficiency, vary, effectivity, and charging and a flat flooring.
The newest E-Tron fashions have a “clear” design which Audi says locations a concentrate on dynamism, progressiveness, and magnificence, a glance heightened by the good-looking entrance and rear accentuated by slimline lighting to provide a flat and huge look on the highway.
A black masks surrounds the closed and inverted single-frame fake grille reflecting the electric-specific design language of all E-Tron fashions whereas the headlights and different purposeful parts such because the ADAS sensors and air intakes are built-in to make them virtually invisible.
Each physique types have low rooflines, including drama to the low stance and consequent environment friendly aerodynamics full with “Quattro blisters that improve their sculptural and muscular form”.
The Avant specifically is characterised by a flat roofline with the D-pillar sloping steeply ahead. Its rear has a steady and three-dimensional gentle strip to tell apart it from different Audi fashions.
9 wheel decisions can be found beginning with a 19-inch five-arm unit designed as an aero wheel as customary ranging up by 20-inch and 21-inch mannequin dependent whereas eight exterior colors can be found at launch together with the usual Magnetic gray stable in addition to Glacier white metallic, Hurricane gray metallic, and Mythos black metallic.
Two blue shades Plasma blue metallic and Malpelo blue metallic are additionally obtainable. Daytona gray pearl impact and Siam beige metallic are reserved solely for the S line variant and the S mannequin.
Relying on the gear stage, the brand new A6 can form up as a little bit of a tech fest, with second-generation digital exterior mirrors, a panoramic glass roof that turns into opaque on the contact of a button, and illuminated rings on the rear.
Audi says the tender wrap inside is geared in the direction of the customers’ wants, the three-dimensional and high-contrast design intentionally putting parts within the foreground or background making a spatial structure tailor-made to the occupants by way of design and ergonomics.
The MMI panoramic curved show with OLED know-how consists of the 11.9-inch Audi digital cockpit and the 14.5-inch MMI contact show and along with the ten.9-inch MMI entrance passenger show varieties a “digital stage” with visually clear design.
Android Automotive OS runs the infotainment system providing over-the-air updates with a broad number of join companies and apps as customary. Out there are a number of apps for music, video, gaming, navigation, parking and charging, productiveness, climate, and information companies. Audi says its app retailer is consistently increasing and can quickly supply a connection to Chat GPT
Bang & Olufsen audio can be obtainable, with headrest loudspeakers among the many 20 put in backed by an 830-watt amplifier.
Propulsion is by “compact and environment friendly” electrical motors by an 800v lithium-ion battery system newly developed for the PPE consisting of twelve modules and 180 prismatic cells with a complete gross capability of 100kWh (94.9 kWh web) to provide a claimed vary of “over” 756km within the A6 Sportback E-Tron and “over” 720km within the A6 Avant E-Tron.
The RWD A6 E-Trons have a system output of as much as 270kW for a zero to 100km/h in 5.4 seconds and v-max of 210 km/h whereas the Quattro S6 E-Trons have a system output of 370kW (405kW with launch management) for a 0-100 km/h dash in 3.9 seconds claimed.
Relying in the marketplace, additional fashions with rear-wheel drive or Quattro will observe at a later date.
The 800v know-how and a most DC charging capability of 270kW as customary for shorter charging stops. The A6 Sportback E-Tron, for instance, may be recharged at acceptable Excessive Energy Charging (HPC) stations for vary replenishment of as much as 310km in ten minutes.
Preserve going and the state of cost (SoC) will increase from 10 to 80 per cent in 21 minutes as a result of using predictive thermal administration whereas a complicated recuperation (regenerative braking) system that Audi says can deal with about 95 per cent of on a regular basis braking processes additional helps vary.
“The A6 E-Tron is the primary purely electrical Audi mannequin obtainable as a Sportback and Avant,” mentioned Audi AG chair Gernot Döllner.
“Its placing design permits one of the best aerodynamics within the portfolio and subsequently larger effectivity. It should encourage enthusiasm for e-mobility with its lengthy vary of effectively over 700 kilometres and excellent driving dynamics.”
