Audi Q8 E-Tron debuts as the brand’s flagship EV crossover
Audi is betting big on its E-Tron badge, and rightly so, as the EV revolution is raging on. They have now updated their flagship EV crossover, the E-Tron, and renamed it Audi Q8 E-Tron.
Audi is betting big on its E-Tron badge, and rightly so, as the EV revolution is raging on. They have now updated their flagship EV crossover, the E-Tron, and renamed it Audi Q8 E-Tron.
To combat the rein of the Tesla Model S in the electric sedan segment, Audi has unveiled the Audi e-Tron GT. Fitting into a line of three e-Tron models from Audi, with the e-Tron SUV and the upcoming e-Tron Sportback, the e-Tron GT is still in its concept guise. But Audi forecasts a 2020 release for this almost production-ready liftback.
Audi is late to the electric-car game, although it’s never too late in the Middle East, considering EVs are yet to take off here. So it’s interesting that the German carmaker decided to hold the international media launch of their first mainstream all-electric vehicle — the E-tron — in Abu Dhabi.
Audi unveiled their new R8-based E-Tron electric concept supercar at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, claiming that it produces a whopping 4500 Nm of torque. It became big news because today’s supercars barely break 1000 Nm on the spec sheet. But a U.S. car magazine investigated further and found out it was all bull.