Audi is pushing ahead with its “e-volution” towards electric mobility and will be unveiling the four-door Audi A6 e-tron concept car at the Auto Shanghai 2021 show. With a completely new technology architecture, the “Premium Platform Electric,” or PPE for short, will serve as the technology platform for the A6 e-tron. First production starting in late 2022.
Sporting the Audi A6 emblem, the concept car underscores its place in the brand’s luxury-class model series. This model has represented the brand in one of the world’s highest-volume segments since 1968 – initially, and until 1994, as the Audi 100. First the Sedan, Avant, and allroad, then later the Sportback – which was introduced as the A7 – rounded out the model family. An electrified drive system already has a long tradition in the Audi A6 – after a full hybrid version that was released back in 2011, the current Audi A6 TFSIe made its debut in 2019 with a plug-in hybrid drive and an electric range of up to 91 kilometers (NEFZ).
The Audi A6 e-tron concept relies exclusively on electric power and represents an entirely new design concept – the only thing it has in common with the current A6 are its dimensions. The 4.96-meter-long, 1.96-meter-wide, and 1.44-meter-high body is designed as a Sportback, and its lines are an obvious reflection Audi’s advancement of its current design language.
The A6 e-tron PPE technology translates into dynamic driving performance and everyday suitability and depending on the selected drive system and model version the A6 e-tron is expected to deliver a range of around 700 kilometers (based on the WLTP standard) and the most powerful models will sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in less than four seconds.
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