Audi will create a competitor to the crossover electric Tesla Bashny.Net

Company Audi intends to create electric coupe Q8 e-tron as a rival to the future Tesla Model X crossover, which is scheduled to run in the series this year. On it informs edition Autocar citing sources in an Audi.





Electric Audi SUV will be equipped with motors and batteries from supercar R8 e-tron, which is scheduled to launch in the second half of this year. The novelty will be equipped with two electric motors (one for the front and rear axle, as in "Tesla") with a total capacity of 380 horsepower. The exact capacity of the battery of the Audi Q8 e-tron is not reported, but it will not be less than the top-end Model X — 80 kilowatt-hours.

At this point in "Audi" did not report the type of batteries used on the R8 e-tron. We only know that they will allow the supercar to travel without recharging up to 400 kilometers.





The Q8 SUV will be built on a stretched a modular platform MLB, which is also planned to use for the next generation Audi Q7, Porsche Cayenne and Volkswagen Touareg (the same chassis will appear on the Bentley and Lamborghini SUVs). Model Q8 for its size will be larger Q7 will get a sloping roofline. In addition to the electric version, the Q8 will be available with conventional petrol and diesel engines, and hybrid power plant. Subsequently, expected to appear and "charged" modification SQ8.

Electric Audi Q8 is expected to appear in the series by 2017.

 

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Source: newsland.com