Audi launches new A6 and S6 E-tron Sportback EVs

Audi’s sewage immoderate caller E-tron EV models, and this clip astir they aren’t SUVs. Instead, we’re getting electrical versions of nan A6, nan automaker’s celebrated midsized sedan, and it’s coming successful some a Sportback and an Avant position wagon style, on pinch capacity S6 variants.

Audi first revealed nan A6 E-tron arsenic a concept astatine Auto Shanghai back successful 2021, and nan accumulation type is looking very adjacent to nan root material. The beforehand still has slim headlights pinch adaptive matrix LEDs (only disposable extracurricular nan US owed to regulations) and a beforehand grill pinch a food scale-like texture surrounded by a acheronian mask. And complete connected nan back, nan car has integer OLED panels for its rear lights that tin beryllium utilized arsenic a information communications display.

The US is presently group to get conscionable 3 versions of nan caller vehicle: nan A6 RWD Sportback, A6 AWD (quattro) Sportback, and nan S6 Sportback. They besides won’t get nan slim virtual broadside position mirrors that thief nan car get a debased resistance coefficient of 0.21 since US regulations require existent mirrors. Audi claims nan scope of nan conveyance connected a azygous complaint is complete 700 kilometers (about 435 miles), though nan US EPA estimation is apt to beryllium overmuch less.

The fastest version, nan S6 E-tron, tin accelerate from 0-60 mph successful conscionable 3.7 seconds erstwhile utilizing motorboat control, which is not excessively acold disconnected from Tesla’s latest Model 3 Performance pinch a 0-60 of conscionable 2.9 seconds. The S6 peaks astatine 543 horsepower and has a apical velocity of 149 mph.

The vehicle's interior is very similar to nan caller Q6 E-tron, which has 3 displays that create a “digital stage,” including a 10.9-inch beforehand rider show pinch a privateness screen. And if that’s not capable to look at, Audi besides offers a heads-up show for nan driver.

The Audi A6 E-tron is built connected Volkswagen’s newer 800-volt Premium Platform Electric (PPE) platform, which is besides shared pinch nan Audi Q6 E-tron and Porsche Macan EV. All versions of nan A6 E-tron travel pinch 100kWh artillery packs (94.4 usable) and tin DC accelerated complaint astatine 270kW, bully for a 10-80 percent complaint successful 21 minutes, according to Audi.

The A6 E-Tron is launching successful Europe later this September, pinch a last US day to follow.