Audi: bet on electric cars and digital technology

Now Audi is taken seriously for electric vehicles, as the demand for them is growing worldwide, and has no one doubts their prospects. According to General Director Audi Rupert Stadler, since 2018, the German company will be run every year in the production of the new electric car.

And the first-born will be electric crossover, built on the basis of the concept car Audi e-tron Quattro, shown at last year's Frankfurt Motor Show.



The second priority - the development of digital technologies. Stadler sure that by 2025, the autonomous vehicles will reach the required level of safety and are suitable for operation. Therefore, in the next few years, Audi will spend heavily on the development of digital technologies.



One of them - high-precision navigation system - will be established in cooperation BMW and Daimler AG, which will use some of its components on the flagship sedan Audi A8 of the next generation, which will be available in 2017

. According to the developers, this car will be different "enhanced autonomy" and be able to move around without the driver at speeds up to 60 km / h. Total for the development of promising projects Audi plans to spend almost three billion euros.