Audi’s New Electric Sports Car Revealed: A tough competition to Tesla
Audi has just announced its new production car, and it's awesome. The Audi e-tron GT is a battery-powered, all-electric sports car with front and rear axle engines capable of generating 637 horsepower, in a top-performing $140,000 RS guise. This provides the potential of the sporty four-door to accelerate from zero in around three seconds to 60 m.p.h.
The expansion of its electric vehicle (EV) range, which currently consists of the pedestrian-looking e-tron SUV, is a top priority for Audi, which has staked out a place as a forward-looking luxury brand for years, quickly adopting new forms and techniques.
Designing an EV without the constraints of such hard points as an engine, transmission, exhaust system, or gas tank was liberating, says Marc Lichte, the bran...