- The A6 E-Tron and S6 E-Tron substitute the gas-powered A6 in Audi’s lineup
- The A6 and S6 E-Trons begin within the U.S. later spring or summer season
- Audi hasn’t stated how a lot the A6 E-Tron and S6 E-Tron will value
Audi on Wednesday took the covers off the brandnew A6 E-Tron and its S6 E-Tron functionality variant.
To be had as a Sportback hatch or Avant wagon, relying available on the market, the A6 E-Tron will to enter for the wave A6 field as a part of Audi’s plan to segment out all internal-combustion automobiles through the early 2030s. The automaker’s latter automobile settingup with a gasoline or diesel engine will rush playground once 2026.
The U.S. will most effective obtain the Sportback, gross sales of which can be because of get started right here later spring or summer season. Audi hasn’t showed whether or not the A6 E-Tron will begin as a 2025 or 2026 type. The automaker additionally hasn’t not hidden pricing data.
The A6 E-Tron is the second one automobile from Audi to journey on Volkswagen Staff’s PPE (Top rate Platform Electrical) devoted EV platform which debuted previous this age within the Audi Q6 E-Tron and Porsche Macan EV siblings. The 800-volt platform allows DC charging at charges of as much as 270 kw, and at this fee Audi stated a price of the A6 E-Tron’s usual 100-kwh battery from 10-80% can rush as modest as 21 mins.
Unused Audi S6 E-Tron Sportback
Unused Audi S6 E-Tron Sportback
Unused Audi S6 E-Tron Sportback
Idea vehicle excellent appears
The A6 E-Tron was once previewed in 2021 through an idea of the similar title, and the manufacturing model intently resemble the hanging display vehicle. There are crack headlights up entrance, which flank a sealed-off grille and sit down atop a blacked out entrance fascia that provides the auto a wide-mouth glance. On the rear, the Audi brand is illuminated and modes a part of a LED shiny strip for the rear lights.
The A6 E-Tron measures 194 inches lengthy, or a couple of inches shorter than the Tesla Fashion S. It has an extended 116-inch wheelbase although, which must lead to a roomy cabin. Audi says there’s enough of length for 4 adults. Rear locker length is 26 cubic ft as usual or 40 cubic ft with the rear seats folded flat.
The internal design is equal to what Audi makes use of within the Q6 E-Tron, that means a bent panel angled towards the motive force and integrating an 11.9-inch virtual gauge aggregate and a 14.5-inch for the Android-based infotainment gadget.
For patrons who can’t believe an unoccupied length now not stuffed through a display screen, Audi deals a ten.9-inch unit for importance through the entrance passenger. This 3rd display screen will also be impaired to keep an eye on some automobile purposes in addition to show video. A so-called virtual aimless method the motive force received’t be mad. Spare controls are situated at the motive force’s door and at the middle console, and a head-up show with augmented truth will also be added.
Unused Audi A6 E-Tron Sportback
3 powertrains for U.S. at settingup
Within the U.S., the A6 E-Tron might be presented with the number of rear- or all-wheel force. The S6 E-Tron will come completely with the terminating.
With rear-wheel force, a unmarried motor turning in a most 362 hp will spin the rear axle, and Audi estimates a 0-60 mph life of five.2 seconds. Upgrading to all-wheel force will upload a dual-motor setup rated at a most 422 hp, or enough quantity for 0-60 mph acceleration in 4.3 seconds. Supremacy velocity might be restricted to 130 mph for each configurations.
The S6 E-Tron will include a dual-motor powertrain turning in 496 hp, extendable to 543 hp in brief when the usage of settingup keep an eye on. With settingup keep an eye on activated, Audi estimates the S6 E-Tron will hustle to 60 mph from left-overs in 3.7 seconds. Supremacy velocity for this type is restricted to 149 mph.
Unused Audi A6 E-Tron Sportback
Top-performance RS 6 E-Tron most likely coming
The S6 E-Tron isn’t prone to be the tip of the functionality street for the A6 E-Tron public. Regardless that it’s but to be showed, a high-performance RS 6 E-Tron type is considered within the works.
Disagree EPA field estimate for any A6 E-Tron member has been equipped, although the A6 E-Tron charges as much as 466 miles at the extra lenient WLTP cycle impaired in a foreign country, that means a field of neatly over 300 miles must nonetheless be imaginable the usage of the EPA cycle.
Because of wave laws, the U.S. will fail to notice applied sciences like matrix LED headlights, car-to-X verbal exchange, and shiny signatures that may be custom designed. The U.S. may even fail to notice the A6 E-Tron’s camera-based facet mirrors, Audi has showed.
