What happens when an established brand synonymous with tech, goes full EV?
Most premium 'legacy' brands focused on the volume-selling SUV market for their initial tilt at electric vehicles – but now the super saloons are coming to take on Tesla's Model S.
The 2021 Audi E-Tron continues the slowly building avalanche of new electric vehicles from the established players. It's an SUV, too, which should fit right into the minds of Australian buyers.
To gain performance kudos in the electric car ranks, it seems it‘s no longer sufficient to endow your top model with just one electric motor. To really stand out from the crowd, you need two or, as is the case with the new 2021 Audi E-Tron S Sportback driven here, three...
Audi's E-tron has removed its mirrors and replaced them with cameras but what are they like to live with?
Without doubt, the 2021 Audi E-Tron’s strongest selling point will be the fact that it looks, and feels, like any other Audi. That is, its design is classy, its styling sharp and on brand, and its execution is premium. In other words, it’s just like any other Audi product – except for the method of propulsion employed.
If a new battleground exists in the automotive world, it’s that of the electric SUV. Prestige brands, perhaps once renowned for their old-world luxury, are taking a tech-first approach as they look to supply the growing zero-tailpipe-emissions market...
Drive Car of the Year 2021 - Best Electric Car Finalists: Audi E-Tron Mercedes-Benz EQC Mini Cooper SE MG ZS EV Tesla Model 3 Overall sales numbers are still small of course, but the electric vehicle segment is one that will become more important to Australian consumers very quickly over the next few years...
When discussing Australia's dearth of electric cars and their related infrastructure, the debate always comes back to consumer choice – or lack thereof. However, with a list of incoming launches, promised models and electric-powered variants on the cards, the limited-choice excuse will hopefully soon be a distant memory...
Official new car sales data released today shows 558 electric vehicles were reported as sold during January and February of 2021, an increase of 105.1 per cent over the same months last year. The increase could be higher if Tesla sales were included in official data. Although Tesla has been selling cars in Australia since 2014, it does not provide monthly sales updates...
The 2021 Audi E-Tron GT has leaked online, ahead of its full unveiling on 9 February 2021 at 11pm AEDT. An array of photos published to Spanish website Cochespias – and subsequently re-shared by CarAdvice spy photography partner Andreas Mau (@race356) on Instagram – reveal the upcoming E-Tron GT inside and out, free of the Audi-branded camouflage that adorned late-stage development cars in official previews and spy photos...
