German automaker Audi is set to debut its all Audi Q6 e-tron electric SUV in 2022, and expects to deliver more than 20 fully electric models by 2025.
In a speech at Audi’s Annual Press Conference, and in interviews with several publications, chairman Markus Duessman confirmed that the Audi Q6 e-tron will be the first Audi based on Volkswagen’s Premium Platform Electric (PPE) architecture, hich Audi is co-developing with Porsche.
The new PPE platform will use an 800-volt electronic architecture and will therefore allow for DC rapid charging at up to 350kW. Designed for the premium and luxury segments, PPE-based vehicles will offer range upwards of 480-kilometres, sporting a single electric motor at the rear axle as standard and the option of a second electric motor at the front axle for all-wheel drive.
The Audi Q6 e-tron will roll off the all-electric assembly line in Ingolstadt from 2022, which is currently undergoing all-electric renovations. Additionally, according to Duessman, Audi is “establishing an in-house battery assembly right in the direct vicinity of car assembly.”
Duessman also confirmed that Audi will soon be launching four new electric models – the e-tron GT, RS e-tron GT, Q4 e-tron, and the Q4 Sportback e-tron – more than doubling the number of Audi all-electric models from three to seven.
By 2025, Audi expects to offer over 20 all-electric models as well as a rapid expansion of its plug-in hybrid portfolio, with more than 50 per cent of its combustion engine model series boasting a PHEV. Audi has also abandoned the development of new combustion engines, as announced by Duessman last week.
Audi unveiled its all-electric e-tron GT and RS e-tron GT last month, which is expected to land on Australian shores in the second half of 2021 and will be offered in two variants, starting with the “entry-level” quattro at a base price of €99,800 (upwards of $AU150,000 at today’s rates), and will be joined by the top-range RS e-tron quattro, priced from €138,200 (upwards of $AU210,000 at today’s rates).
