Audi is promoting the use of publicly available, If you do end up off-road, e-tron has height adjustable air suspension as standard so you can lift its skirts to climb over gutters and gullies, though its 21-inch standard rims indicate that it’s probably a better car to keep on the tarmac.The all-wheel-drive e-tron uses two asynchronous motors, one each at the front and rear axles to deliver Its skateboard platform houses a water-cooled, lithium-ion 95kWh battery pack which is 5kWh better than the Jaguar but 5kWh less than The battery weighs 700kg, so it’s a good thing much of its weight is so low, as it doesn’t affect the car’s cornering ability but is the reason why the e-tron, at 2490kg, tips the scales at almost the same weight as a Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII.Given the e-tron's size at 4901mm long and 1616mm tall, albeit 43mm lower than the Q5, it’s remarkably slippery for a family car, registering a drag co-efficient of just 0.28 thanks to a partially closed grille and optional camera door mirrors.The grille remains functional as a 22-litre cooling system, using the same coolant as your regular combustion engine radiator, is needed to keep the batteries at their optimum temperature.With no engine under the hood, 60 litres of space has been allocated up front for the storage of the charging cables and ancillary items which is substantially more than the 27 litres offered in the I-Pace while down the back there’s A single-stage transmission sends nearly all power to the rear wheels unless it’s at full tilt, then it’s a 50:50 split.From inside, the transmission is no longer operated by a lever, but a thumb button you push forward for reverse and back for drive with a separate button for Park.This, along with the cameras for mirrors in the doors are the only anomalies you’ll find inside that differentiate it from a regular Audi. The first production vehicles will go on sale in Europe before the end of the year and the first cars will arrive into Australia next year. Audi Australia’s three-year/unlimited-kilometre warranty otherwise applies, although the e-tron does come with six years of free scheduled servicing and roadside assistance, which are above and beyond its usual aftersales package. In terms of performance, there is nothing new with the e-tron. It uses the same virtual cockpit LCD screens, with a 10.1-inch unit above an 8.8-inch screen in the centre stack and haptic touch feedback controls.Even after a full day of trying to get comfortable with the cameras, it was still a struggle to judge distance and blind spots in direct sunlight and at night. Yes, this is a family-sized, 2.5-tonne, five-seat SUV we’re talking about.Audi claims that you can regain 30 per cent of its range through coasting and regenerative braking which we tried on the way back down.Releasing the accelerator and coasting recovers energy slowly while pushing the brake pedal speeds up the process but for added charge you can pull what was previously the downshift paddle on the steering wheel back for an aggressive re-gen which will bring the car to a complete stop from 130kmh if needed.While the gauge told us we’d robbed it of 36 kilometres by the top of the mountain, on the way down we had recouped 11 kilometres which equated to 3.2 kilowatt hours of free fuel. That will form the base for the VW Group’s larger cars (possibly including Bentley) while VW’s own MEB platform will feature for its ID models.Enough industry chat. As such, the e-tron provides familiarity, sensibility while delivering the usual brand expectations. Unbelievable surefootedness and handling regardless of the conditions come courtesy of a new, fully battery electric generation of Audi quattro. In 2012 Audi unveiled a plug-in hybrid version, the A3 Sportback e-tron, released to retail customers in Europe in August 2014, and slated for the U.S. in 2015. The forthcoming e-tron GT is based on Porsche’s Taycan, while further down the line Audi and Porsche are working jointly on an all-new electric platform known as PPE. The familiar octagonal Singeframe dominates the front end, its vertical struts and platinum grey surround identifying it as an e-tron model. While Mercedes-Benz recently previewed its own electric SUV, the EQC, it is the Audi e-tron which will go on sale first, with production already underway at Audi’s manufacturing facility in Brussels, Belgium. This is an electric car that doesn’t seek to blur boundaries or act radical, but simply persuade regular SUV buyers to make the jump. Side cameras instead of mirrors are an option – though the Honda e and Lexus ES both offer camera mirrors, the e-tron got there first.Let Zuto search the market - we work with trusted lenders to find the right car finance for you. So if an EV can get 400km on an average day in Abu Dhabi, it should survive the middle of an Australian summer.Audi uses the WLTP official test cycle figures to boast its 400 kilometre range, but, as we’ve found with all EVs, those figures are still on the optimistic side.Our car showed 367 kilometres as we headed off and finished at the lunch stop with 70 kilometres after covering around 230 kilometres. But Audi, defending huge sales volumes, has created a car people will recognise, understand.Although similarly sized, underneath the e-tron bears little resemblance to a Q7.



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