Audi e-tron

Having spent a solid day behind the wheel of the 2021 Audi E-Tron, it's hard not to be impressed by some of the technical detail that underpins Audi's new electric SUV. Like Tesla's over the air updates and clever app-based controllability, BMW's extensive use of recycled materials inside the i3, and the way Nissan is looking to repurpose old Leaf electric hatch batteries as fixed power solutions in another life, electric vehicles bring with them a different way of thinking.

The upcoming Audi e-tron GT has been spied testing for the first time, more than a year since it first appeared as a show car. As a concept, the all-electric super tourer looked production-ready to begin with, and these spy photos confirm it wasn't far off. Immediately, the standout difference appears to be a taller and rounder roofline, ensuring more useable headspace in the second row.

Audi has whipped the covers from the second member of its e-tron battery-electric family, which is unsurprisingly a coupe-style crossover SUV called the Sportback. Given it's been revealed a few days after Ford's hyped new Mustang Mach-E – a conceptually similar offering if ever there was one – it's hard not to draw parallels.