Audi charges into electric sector with e-tron SUV

Audi’s first electric car, the new e-tron will be available to order from January 2019, with the first deliveries scheduled to take place in the Spring of 2019. The big SUV was launched in Dublin this week and expressions of interest can now be entered online.

Pricing for the e-tron, including a four-year service plan, starts from an on-the-road cost of €101,750 – exclusive of Government grants. Audi Ireland is also continuing to offer an online pre-registration tool where customers can leave a refundable €2,000 deposit to be one of the first to order this electric SUV ahead of delivery in early 2019.

Audi tell us that thanks to a large 95kWh high voltage battery, the Audi e-tron combines enormous power and a long range. The full-size SUV with fully electric drive accelerates from zero to 100km/h in under 6 seconds and is capable of covering more than 400 kilometres on one charge.

With two virtually silent electric motors that can deliver up to 300kW, the Audi e-tron electrical quattro provides the economy of electricity without sacrificing on power. The dual electric motors ensure there is no lag between acceleration and launch, resulting in a driving experience impossible to match with a combustion engine.

A new generation of the quattro drive, the electric all-wheel drive, ensures excellent traction and dynamics. It provides for continuous and variable regulation of the ideal distribution of drive torques between the two axles – all within a fraction of a second.

With efficiency and sustainability at its core, the e-tron can attain up to 30 per cent of this long range through energy recuperation. It combines three different methods of energy recuperation in one vehicle for the first time. With manual coasting using the shift paddles, automatic coasting via the predictive efficiency assist, and brake recuperation, the Audi e-tron embodies the cutting edge of driving efficiency.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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