Audi built an efficient EV in Germany. It is 12cm too long for the rules meant to help
Audi has revealed the A2 e-tron, its cheapest electric car, built in Ingolstadt and priced from EUR 38,200 with up to 646km of WLTP range. At 4.32 metres it is 12 centimetres too long for M1E, the small-car category the Commission proposed in December to make affordable European EVs viable.
Audi has revealed the A2 e-tron, its cheapest electric car, and priced it from EUR 38,200 in Germany, InsideEVs reported. It is built in Ingolstadt, orders open on 10 September and deliveries start in December.
The headline number is range. The best version manages 646km on the WLTP cycle, and the efficiency-focused 188hp car draws 12.8 kWh per 100km with a drag coefficient of 0.24.
Air curtains, gap reducers around the wheel arches and an active cooling intake do that work, over a completely flat underbody.
Four outputs run from 168 to 322hp, all rear-wheel drive. Three batteries are...
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