Where you have high performance BMW Vision EfficientDynamic Concept in the Frankfurt Motor Show, Audi is no more behind. Audi releases its new electric concept super car on tuesday, Audi Etron, with some new dynamic features and big tyres. The company claims that its prototype will be there on road next year and production will start in 2012. This car resembles Audi R8 with some unique changes. The front aluminum grilled frame seems to be a bit wider than conventional Audi R8 models. The innovative design of the front lights gives it a unique ultimate look. The car seems to be quite strange without the side view mirrors, this is as though a man without ears (just a comic relief). Actually the side view mirrors are replaced with the camera system which monitors the cars coming from behind.
The new Audi concept is so simple from the side that there is nothing much to say on it where as the rear view is very attractive. The tail lights are a bit narrow which are completely homogenized with the body.
The new super car is supposed to be driven with four electric motors, two for front axle and two for the rear one. The lithium ion batteries are used to power the electric motors with the capacity of 42.4 kWh which can drive the new sports car upto 248 km. The car can accelerate from 0 – 60 miles in 4.8 secs.
Some of the unique features as I cited above include the torque vectoring concept (being used in Porsche), use of a heat pump, thermal management system.
Torque Vectoring concept provides extra stability to the car in sharp turns and evenly distributes the torque to all the four motors. Heat pump heats up the interior of the car quite effectively as desired where as the thermal management system controls the electronics and battery.
Lets discuss the interior of the car. An innovative side view LCD screen is used instead of the side view mirrors. Another LCD for navigation purposes is used between the two speed dials. Rest of the interior is very simple with no additional buttons on the dashboard.
Performance Stats:
Acceleration – 0 – 60 mph in 4.8 secs
Motor Power – 313 hp
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