Audi Will Launch A Fully Electric Tesla Model S Rival In 2020

By borrowing Porsche's Mission E platform, Audi has been able to bring forward a four-door electric saloon project to 2020
Audi Will Launch A Fully Electric Tesla Model S Rival In 2020

Audi has confirmed a direct rival for the Tesla Model S, and it’s just two years away. The e-tron GT will be a four-door sports coupe built at Audi’s Neckarsulm factory, which currently builds the A4, A5, A6, A7 and A8 lines.

One of 20 planned electric cars Audi has pencilled into its plans pre-2025, it’s going to be “highly dynamic” according to a brief announcement that came as part of the company’s annual State of the Union-style press conference.

The latest Mission E, the Cross Turismo, was a bit unexpected
The latest Mission E, the Cross Turismo, was a bit unexpected

During the address, chairman Rupert Stadler said that ‘co-operation’ with Porsche (basically nicking its J1 EV platform) had lowered the potential development costs for such a car by hundreds of millions of Euros and made possible a much shorter production timescale that should see it hit showrooms in 2020.

In concept form, Porsche’s Mission E cars put out as much as 671bhp. That figure will come down a long way in the e-tron GT, but either the driving range will be increased or fewer batteries will be used in order to score a weight drop.

Source: Autocar

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Fayyaz Ahmed(#JDM Squad)(#Stancenation)

Four rings vs thunder.

03/15/2018 - 16:02 |
4 | 3
redflamexfire(R32 squad)

Finally something that could tailgate a tesla.

03/15/2018 - 16:02 |
60 | 1

and run rings around it…

03/15/2018 - 16:15 |
40 | 1
Anonymous

cough**cough nobody cares audi

03/15/2018 - 16:24 |
4 | 13
FLixy Madfox

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Investors, the wide public, people who can afford it, people who live in cities with benifits on electric cars like, say, London

03/15/2018 - 16:49 |
14 | 1
Olds Alero

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

cough cough yes, people do care

03/15/2018 - 19:07 |
5 | 0
Joel Peñaló

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I do

03/15/2018 - 23:00 |
4 | 0
Nishant Dash

R8 gone now this…
What a great time to be a PETROLhead
😐😐😐

03/15/2018 - 16:28 |
18 | 24

Oh my god you guys and the inane hate on electric cars 🙄 this doesn’t mean petrol (or even diesel) Audis are dead yet, so get out of that foetal position of yours and enjoy the announcement of a new electric car for once.
With this car Audi makes sure it stays relevant in the far future, so stop your crying

03/15/2018 - 17:28 |
17 | 4

Is the r8 actually being discontinued?

03/15/2018 - 20:36 |
0 | 0
CubanAmerican

By 2020 Tesla will have the Roadster and probably a P120D, the competition is years behind.

03/15/2018 - 17:53 |
4 | 3

They’ll also probably be bankrupt

03/15/2018 - 20:25 |
30 | 3

No they won’t if hey have the same production issues as with the model 3. Tbh the model 3 won’t even have completed its orders by then.

03/15/2018 - 21:10 |
1 | 1

By 2020 Tesla will have to file for bankruptcy if they don’t fix their production bottlenecks

03/15/2018 - 23:01 |
5 | 1
Sudip Suresh

i think we have a very interesting future boys…

03/15/2018 - 18:08 |
0 | 0
Tiggr

Soon to happen, Audi E-S and Audi E-RS models.

03/15/2018 - 19:25 |
0 | 0
Rise Comics

In reply to by Tiggr

Audi RES

03/15/2018 - 20:10 |
3 | 0
Anonymous

Can’t wait.

03/15/2018 - 19:32 |
0 | 0
Anonymous

Toooooo late audi

03/16/2018 - 03:38 |
0 | 0
Lauge

meh

03/16/2018 - 07:45 |
0 | 0