Audi has brought a team of late E-Tron prototypes at
the Geneva Motor Show to give the world a preview of its first all-electric
model which is due for a reveal this August. The prototypes were roaming the
streets of the Swiss city’s center before making an appearance on Audi’s press
conference next to the all-new A6.
The production version of the Audi E-Tron will be
revealed in Brussels on August 30, and until then the German company will be
testing a fleet of 250 prototypes wearing this camo wrap on public roads.
The overall design appears to be much sportier than,
say, the Audi Q5, with the electric SUV adopting more aggressive LED lights all
around and a new shape for the front grille, which is now, for the most part,
sealed-off. The new Audi E-Tron will also offer “ample” room for five
passengers.
No technical details were revealed, apart from the
fact that the electric SUV will be essentially all-wheel drive, with what Audi
calls e-quattro.
The new electric SUV will be capable of using
fast-charge 150kW stations, with Audi saying that 30 minutes of charge will be
sufficient for the E-Tron to be ready for “the next leg of the long-distance
journey”.
If the final production car stays true to the 2015
concept, it means that it will use three electric motors. The concept claimed a
combined 430 hp, along with a 500hp overboost functio for short periods of time.
0-100 km/h came in 4.6 seconds and the total driving range of the concept was over
500 km.
