Those interested in Audi’s upcoming E-Tron electric
SUV can reserve one, as the automaker has started taking orders for it. InsideEVs states that it has a starting price of € 80,000
in Germany, which equals to US$ 98,758 at the current exchange rates.
Still, it’s estimated that Audi‘s first
battery-electric model will cost some US$ 100,000 in the United States, which
would make it more expensive than the entry-level Jaguar I-Pace and Tesla Model
X. The former starts from US$ 70,495, whereas the latter is available from US$ 80,700, both before incentives.
Unveiled in near production form at the 2018 Geneva
Motor Show, the Audi E-Tron will continue to be tested until this summer, when
the production version will be presented in Brussels, Belgium, on August 30. It
will hit the assembly lines in the second half of the year, and deliveries
should commence before the end of 2018.
It comes with fast-charging technology, but the
manufacturer hasn’t announced any technical specs about it so far. However,
since it was previewed by the E-Tron Quattro Concept in 2015, it might follow a
similar path, namely three electric motors generating in excess of 400
horsepower. The study came with a 500 hp overboost function, needed 4.6 sec for
the 0-100 km/h acceleration, and could travel for around 500 km on a single charge.
The Audi E-Tron will be followed by the E-Tron
Sportback in 2019.
