Audi has revealed its second bespoke electric vehicle, the E-tron Sportback, which already has a raft of technical improvements over its E-tron sibling launched last year.
Revealed at the Los Angeles motor show, the coupe is the same weight, length and height as the E-tron and from the B-Pillar forward is identical. The lower part of the rear door, bumper and rear lights are also the same, while the obvious difference - the rear roof line - was cut from the A7.
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That roofline makes the car slightly more aerodynamic than the E-tron, with a 0.25 Cd compared with the E-tron’s 0.27, giving the Sportback an extra 6.2 miles of range.
Changes from the E-tron include decoupling the front and rear axles so the model can be rear-wheel drive, which adds another 6.2 miles of range. Brake pads have been optimised with stronger springs so there’s no friction when not required, creating an extra 1.9 miles of range. Audi has also swapped two water pumps for battery cooling to one larger one, saving weight and cost and using less energy, which adds up to 1.2 miles of range. The useability of power from the battery has increased by 88% to 91% stage of charge, creating more than 6.2 miles of range.
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FRI2
$100K for this nonsense? Go
$100K for this nonsense? Go home Audi. You failed miserably
Cenuijmu
FRI2 wrote:
Where in the article does it say $100k?
AK666
Real skill
It must take real skill to take an unusual and interesting concept car as originally presented and turn it into something this dull and uninspired. Well done Audi. Only job left is to screw up the e-tron GT design.
fleabane
Grey
What a very grey car. The designers need to nip down the road to VW and take a look at what they're doing with assorted IDs, then may chuck out all the clutter add a bit of light and above all, make it look less like a badly proportioned Audi.
xxxx
Better looking
And progress being made by small changes to increase range, now please stick it in on the photocopier reduce dimensions by 25%, battery size by 25%, remove gimmicks and set price to around £39k and you'll be onto a winner (although sales of the Q5 might take a dive)
Lanehogger
Audi does SUV coupes better than others, but.....
Of all the SUV coupes Audi nails the concept better than any other, but that doesn't mean to say the Q3 Sportback, E-Tron Sportback and Q8 are exactly stunners. Presence and distinctiveness, yes, elegant and good looking, no!
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