News Audi A2 e-tron

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Not sure if it's another dead-end road like many other past A2 concepts.....Either way it's rather uninspiring :confused:

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https://www.autobild.de/videos/video-audi-a2-e-tron-14413183.html
 
It is dead end - the forthcoming new compact SUV e-tron will be based on the MQB platform and so will be Q3 sized in proportions. Expect the first official concept renders from Audi later in the year.

I'm wondering how long it'll be before the likes of Audi and Mercedes are forced to seriously up their game when it comes to electric range - both their current offerings (the e-tron and the EQ-C) have real world ranges in the 180-220 mile region, from cars costing upwards of £70k. In contrast, Kia and Hyundai have vehicles for sale which go 50% further for less than half the cost. And the Kona and e-Niro are not really lacking in equipment either compared to their German rivals.

If Audi can only get around 200 miles range from a car the size of the current e-tron, we're looking at real world figures of around 120-140 miles for a smaller vehicle, which will only have a smaller battery capacity, which is hardly practical for the majority of owners who won't have home charging facilities.
 
It's click-bait - solely designed to get traffic through their website.

There is no way that future Audi ev models will use a 6 sided grille like that, and they'll never use a tailgate that is basically a flap as pictured in the render either. As I understand it, the name A2 is now dead - it won't be resurrected for at least a decade, if/when Audi have sufficient ev models which need differentiations using the 'old' model naming convention.

For the time being, they're happy with 'e-tron', 'e-tron GT', 'e-tron sportback' and so on. I believe that Audi are also reconsidering the part electrification of their range by adding hybrid models too - both the A3 e-tron and the Q7 e-tron have been killed off now and they're almost certainly not going to produce further models. What will be produced is a 'mild hybrid' range of cars, which feature regeneration and a small battery linked to a 48volt motor to assist in coasting etc, as featured on the current A8.
 
Skipton01 said:
If Audi can only get around 200 miles range from a car the size of the current e-tron, we're looking at real world figures of around 120-140 miles for a smaller vehicle, which will only have a smaller battery capacity, which is hardly practical for the majority of owners who won't have home charging facilities.
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Given the current fragmented state of the charging networks, it's not very practical at all for someone who can't charge at home to own an EV, unless you live near to a charging station and even then you have to rely on it not being occupied when you want to use it.

RAB
 
Agreed. What the UK needs is a properly joined up network, with some kind of preventative device in place to stop the facility being 'iced' by non-electric vehicles. Look at America, which has a great Tesla network, but there's a growing movement amongst the non-ev truck owning population who are purposely taking over the charging spaces, preventing what they see as rich liberal Tesla owners from being able to charge.

Give it 5 years when the average EV will have a 300 mile range, when 100kW charging is commonplace and then adoption will exponentially increase.
 
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