Audi is developing a new battery-vehicle 'architecture,' dubbed premium platform electric, or PPE, that will be shared by other brands, including Porsche.
The luxury arm of Volkswagen plans to accelerate its push into battery electric vehicles with 30 BEVs expected to reach the market by 2025, company officials announced during their annual meeting on Thursday morning.
"The transformation plan is making a significant contribution towards safeguarding our future," Alexander Seitz, Audi's member of the board of management for finance, China, compliance and integrity, said in Ingolstadt."Because only in this way is it possible for us to transfer enormous resources into future areas and generate the cash flow to finance electric mobility."
Audi has unveiled a number of all-electric concept vehicles over the last several years, including the Q4 e-tron that debuted at the Geneva show. And more are coming, starting with the Q2 L e-tron scheduled for the upcoming Shanghai auto show. Another is in the works for the big Frankfurt Motor Show in September.
Both of those models will offer more than 200 miles of range per charge, a figure that industry planners and analysts widely agree is the minimum consumers now expect. There may be some exceptions for so-called"city cars" that would be targeted at urban dwellers whose travel needs are limited. Audi and its parent are pushing to set up public charging networks in both Europe and the U.S. Volkswagen is partnering with erstwhile rivals BMW and Daimler in Europe and, in the States, VW is funding a charging infrastructure through Electrify America. That subsidiary was created with $2 billion set aside from the automaker's diesel emissions settlement.
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