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words: Bill, photo: Audi AG
A couple of years ago, Santa decided to get into shape and for this, he was rewarded with the then-new RS 5 Sportback. Flash forward to today, and it looks like Santa has a new sleigh: the electric Audi e-tron GT concept (which has just entered production). This is the latest in a string of Audi holiday commercials and I'm not going to lie...I'm jealous of Santa's sleigh. Enjoy the video below and everyon...
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source: Audi AG
Neckarsulm site producing the first fully electric Audi to be built in Germany
Accepting orders from spring 2021
Audi Board of Management Member for Production Kössler: “Net carbon-neutral production at the Böllinger Höfe is another step toward the achievement of our sustainability goals”
At the Böllinger Höfe, passion meets precision, innovation and sustainability: Series production of the fully electric-pow...
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source: Audi Sport
The suspension: Dynamism meets composure
Dynamically sporty Gran Turismo meets high-end technology. The suspension of the Audi RS e-tron GT prototype combines controlled damping, air suspension, and all-wheel steering. Large brakes provide powerful deceleration. Four heating and coolant circuits regulate the temperature in the interior and the high-voltage components. The result is high power output on the road and h...
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source: Audi AG
First electrically powered Audi produced in Germany
Production in Neckarsulm combines high tech and craftsmanship
e-tron GT and Audi R8 travel through the same assembly line
Gran Turismo sounds powerful and progressive thanks to own e-sound
Passion for detail, maximum precision, and top quality: The new Audi e-tron GT reflects all the passion with which Audi develops and builds cars. For the production ...
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Our photographers have been busy lately. Aside from the capturing the RS 3 sedan on the Nürburgring, they also spotted the Audi e-tron GT out testing there. Audi had two prototypes of the e-tron GT testing on and around the Nürburgring but both cars still wearing the same amount of camouflage.
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The Audi E-Tron GT is based on the same platform as the Porsche Taycan a...
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words: George, photos: Jason Diaz
When you think of photographers shooting spy photos of test mules, you generally think of places like Nürburgring, or perhaps the roads around Audi factory towns like Neckarsulm / Heilbronn. You don’t often think of the Hudson Valley of New York. Maybe you should though, because that’s exactly where Audi Club North America – National Facebook Group member Jason Diaz recently spied a prototype of ...
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The Audi e-tron has been spied again…this time leaving a Porsche testing facility. We’ve featured other spy photos (HERE, HERE, and a video HERE) but this is the first time we are seeing on the road that doesn’t involve snow.
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The Audi e-tron GT is based on the same platform as the Porsche Taycan and will most likely also share the same battery capacity. When the concept was...
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Editor's note: This originally ran on our sister site, e-tron connect.
Earlier, we posted spy photos of the Audi e-tron GT here and here. Now, we have the video of the e-tron GT testing in Sweden. You can hear exactly how loud the GT is…quieter than the gravel it’s driving over. We can’t wait for this to hit our shores.
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Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on our sister site, e-tron connect
As it goes with test mules and spy photos, once a car has been seen… it tends to be seen again and again. Such is the case with the upcoming e-tron GT. We saw our first images of a production e-tron GT testing just last week, and now we have our second sighting.
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What we know of e-tron GT has...
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Editor's note: This article was originally posted on our sister site, e-tron connect
When Audi revealed the e-tron GT little over a year ago, it did so suggesting that the road car would strongly resemble the production car. And while many car manufactures make such claims, Audi actually has a track record for doing just that.
Earlier ICE Audi models like the first-generation Audi TT, the Pikes Peak concept that eventually became the Q7,...
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source: autocar.co.uk, renders: e-tron connect
Audi Sport to go electric with RS-branded E-tron GT
Porsche Taycan sibling is one of four electrified Sport models in development alongside an RS e-tron and plug-in RS4 Avant
Audi Sport is ramping up its electrification offensive under new management, and will next year introduce the RS branding to a battery-powered model in the form of the production E-tron GT saloon.
The sister mod...
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source: Autocar
Design boss confirms production version of electric flagship to make first public appearance next year
The long-awaited Audi E-tron GT will be unveiled at next year’s LA motor show, according to Audi design boss Marc Lichte.
Although Lichte did not explicitly name the upcoming car, his promise that “in one more year here we will present our coupé” was almost certainly a reference to the production model of the GT, w...
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source: Audi AG
Workflows on assembly line and associated logistics processes are being tested entirely virtually for the first time
Use of virtual reality facilitates cross-site collaboration and saves resources
Markus Moinot, Head of Production Planning Processes at Neckarsulm: “The Audi e-tronGT is the first car in the Group to have all its assembly processes and the associated logistics processes tested without an act...
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words: Bill, renders: Rain Prisk
While others may be familiar with Rain Prisk, I just stumbled across him (?) her (?) the other day with the above R8 render. Rain is a talented concept artist who makes renderings of vehicles that OEMs can visualize but will never put into production. Can you imagine if Audi decided to build a pickup truck? Rain did with this Q7 pickup. Finally a competitor to the Lincoln Mark LT! Like I said, fantasy buil...
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CEO Rupert Stadler: “We are taking the initiative. We are lifting electric mobility to the next level.”
CFO Alexander Seitz: “We are accelerating the implementation of new and profitable business models worldwide”
Sustainability: sales of approximately 800,000 new energy vehicles in 2025 with more than 20 electrified models – Audi production plants to be CO2 neutral by end of the next decade
Digitization: €1 billion of operating profit from new bus...
Audi enjoys teasing future product at the company's annual press conference, and the 2018 gathering was no exception. Buried between profit reports, factory highlights and other mundane issues comes more solid confirmation of the brand's second all-electric e-tron offering. And, unlike the e-tron shown in Geneva, this one will skip the more obvious crossover configuration and instead go low-slung and sporty that should be more appealing to car enthusiasts.
Sharing the above image with att...