Audi e-tron Sportback 2021

The basis for the smoothest feasible transition to electric powered riding for Audi clients has been laid very correctly through the e-tron with its unmistakable SUV silhouette and without difficulty fathomable functionality - now the degree is ready for bolder or even greater unique versions at the theme, starting with the brand new Audi e-tron Sportback.

With its coupé-stimulated roofline and overall performance-orientated specification the brand new 5-door Sportback cuts an excellent greater practical determine than its counterpart, high-quality as Europe's first-class-promoting top rate electric powered SUV, however its recognition on refinement, performance and the software of superior generation with ideal simplicity isn't anyt any much less acute. The even greater expressive e-tron will fittingly make its UK debut as a fifty five quattro with a 95kWh battery, top electric output of 300kW and variety functionality of as much as 241 miles, however a brand new lead-in 50 quattro model with capability and output barely decreased to 71kWh and 230kW is likewise introduced this week and turns into to be had to reserve withinside the autumn.

"The unique e-tron changed into cleverly conceived as it added transformative generation to Audi clients in a acquainted, pleasant shape that they might without difficulty get on board with" stated Director of Audi UK Andrew Doyle. "Now the SUV has proved that electrified Audi fashions with all their environmental and performance blessings may be with no trouble accommodated in regular existence in go back for little or no compromise as opposed to their ICE counterparts, the time is proper for the Sportback to provide a barely bolder take at the idea."

From S line to Vorsprung

As befits an e-tron that appears greater willing toward uptempo journey the brand new Sportback combines its coupé-derived references with a greater overall performance-orientated specification shape that starts offevolved at S line level. As someplace else withinside the Audi variety, S line specification lends a greater dynamic air via special the front and rear styling treatments, privateness glass and large alloy wheels - in this example with a 21-inch diameter. Matrix LED headlamps with the front and rear dynamic signs are trendy, as is game suspension primarily based totally at the adaptive air set-up this is trendy for all e-tron fashions. Inside, electrically adjustable and S-embossed the front game seats are upholstered in supple Valcona leather-based, and leather-based-impact Twin leather-based extends their indulgently gentle sense to the higher segment of the dashboard, the door armrests and the decrease part of the centre console.

With a wheelbase of 2,928 millimetres, the Audi e-tron Sportback has sufficient area for 5 occupants. The tapering roof line reduces rear headroom through simply 20 millimetres as opposed to the e-tron SUV, and whilst passengers are occupying the rear seats a complete of 615 litres of baggage area is to be had if the 60-litre stowage compartment beneathneath the bonnet is likewise factored into the equation. When the rear seats are vacant and the backrests are folded, baggage capability will increase to 1,665 litres.

This generation centrepiece for Audi is certainly additionally bristling with infotainment capabilities, inclusive of the Audi Virtual Cockpit, the touch-display screen MMI Touch device with its twin monitors, wi-fi phone integration through the Audi Smartphone Interface and Audi Phone Box wi-fi handset charging. Needless to mention the e-tron Sportback is likewise on-line way to the Audi Connect module, bringing severa internet-derived capabilities on board and upgrading navigation mapping with the assist of Google Earth.

The effective 0.33 era MIB three modular infotainment platform presides over all of the virtual functions. Its improved processing functionality allows the MMI Navigation device to get right of entry to speech popularity software program withinside the cloud at some stage in its system of responses to spoken instructions for even greater correct comprehension and feedback, and additionally locations the whole thing from telecellsmartphone ee-e book contacts and radio stations to weather manipulate settings beneathneath vocal manipulate.

On the rung above the S line version withinside the Audi e-tron Sportback specification shape sits the Launch Edition, identifiable through manner of its black styling programs for the Singleframe, window trim strips and the front and rear bumpers, through its special 21-inch alloy wheels from Audi Sport and through its surprisingly narrow digital door mirrors housing cameras that challenge pix of the e-tron's environment onto OLED shows withinside the cabin. A complete-duration panoramic sunroof sheds appreciably greater mild at the interior, which additionally blessings from improvements along with powered steerage wheel adjustment and the greater state-of-the-art digital cockpit plus with additional 'e-tron' and 'game' monitors offering even greater complete motive force information.

Assistance structures in abundance

Significant enlargement of the e-tron motive force help package deal is likewise component and parcel of the Launch Edition specification. Above and past the S line version with its cruise manipulate, lane departure caution and rear digital digicam-improved parking device, the Launch Edition is supported through a 360-diploma digital digicam withinside the transport of the whole thing from adaptive cruise help and the predictive performance assistant advocating the maximum fee-aware riding fashion to tracking of turning at junctions, blindspots, reversing out of parking areas or even go out from the auto whilst parked.

The artwork of luxurious journey is mastered even greater adeptly through the e-tron Sportback Vorsprung, which heads the variety and alludes to that truth visually via 22-inch matt titanium alloy wheels framing orange brake calipers.

Its doorways click on close absolutely silently way to powered door closure, its steerage wheel heats chilled fingers on call for and its 19-speaker Bang & Olufsen audio device includes a music with wonderful richness and readability as occupants sink into upgraded diamond-stitched tremendous game seats.

The first examples of the Audi e-tron Sportback to attain the United Kingdom are fifty five quattro fashions, which means that they integrate a 95kWh battery geared up as a huge flat block below the passenger mobileular with asynchronous electric powered vehicles - one according to axle - giving a mixed output of 265 kW and 561 Nm (413.eight lb-ft) of torque. In the autumn, a 50 quattro version will slot into the variety beneath this, its vehicles fed through a smaller 71kWh battery and able to a barely decreased 230kW output.

Boost mode for as much as three hundred kW

Locally emission-unfastened and in digital silence, the vehicles actually waste without a doubt no time in launching the e-tron Sportback fifty five quattro toward the horizon, taking it to 62mph in only 6.6 seconds and onward to a pinnacle pace of 124mph. However, they could do higher still - through moving the tools lever into the S role and absolutely miserable the accelerator pedal, the driving force can get right of entry to raise mode, freeing the entire three hundred kW of output and 664 Nm (489.7 lb-ft) of torque for eight-2nd phases, sufficient to pare again the 0-62mph acceleration time to five.7 seconds.

In maximum riding situations, the Audi e-tron Sportback is predicated completely on its rear electric powered motor withinside the hobby of performance, however on activities whilst motive force call for exceeds its cappotential to deliver the the front unit is immediately and seamlessly activated. This additionally takes place predictively whilst traction breaks in terrible situations or whilst sensors locate understeer or oversteer at some stage in greater dedicated riding. The device's persistent law of torque distribution among each axles and its cappotential to behave inside fractions of a 2nd replicates the acquainted blessings of quattro all-wheel-force for the age of electrification.

Weight distribution of virtually 50:50 among the axles way to the low and centralised set up of the heaviest force additives creates best running situations for the usual 5-hyperlink suspension with air springs and managed dampers.

Its game settings are glaring because the Audi e-tron Sportback flows with composure and agility via corners, and its cappotential to differ experience peak through as much as seventy six millimetres way that the SUV Coupé can take a seat down low to favour the centre of gravity and exceptionally enhance airflow for the first-class feasible variety potential, however also can modify its trim for ideal cruising consolation and absorbency. The motive force can impact the settings of the adaptive air suspension, and numerous different additives, through the usual Audi force choose dynamic managing device, which gives a desire of 7 profiles.

Fully charged e-tron Sportback fashions geared up to S line and Launch Edition specification are able to a WLTP-licensed variety of as much as 241 miles, even as Vorsprung variations want replenishment after a most of 237 miles. The restoration device this is trendy for all fashions enables to make those figures as realistically possible as feasible through supplying 3 degrees of power restoration to be had each in coasting mode whilst the driving force releases the proper-hand pedal in addition to at some stage in braking.

30 according to cent of variety via restoration

During deceleration moves of as much as 0.three g, in different phrases round ninety according to cent of regular riding situations, the high-voltage battery is charged through the electrical vehicles, which act as mills in those situations. When braking from 62mph, the Audi e-tron Sportback can recover a most of three hundred Nm (221.three lb-ft) and 220 kW, which quantities to greater than 70 according to cent of its output. Overall, the Sportback attains as much as 30 percentage of its variety via restoration. The wheel brakes, whose progressive electrohydraulic activation idea permits them to reply with remarkable pace, best ever come into play whilst deceleration forces exceed 0.three g.

Highly bendy thermal management, comprising 4 separate circuits, regulates the temperature of the high-voltage additives with most performance. This allows fast DC charging, an extended battery existence cycle, and reproducible overall performance even beneathneath heavy loads. The trendy warmth pump, which harnesses waste warmth from the high-voltage battery, can burn up to three kW of real energy losses for heating and aircon the interior-that's rather efficient. Depending at the outdoor temperature, which can raise the Audi e-tron Sportback's variety through up to 10 according to cent.

When the time does in the end come to plug in, recharging of the e-tron Sportback fifty five quattro may be finished to the encouraged eighty according to cent capability in as low as half-hour at DC rapid fee stations way to its 150kW charging functionality. The identical will practice to the coming near near 50 quattro version with its 120kW threshold.

Accessing and deciding to buy power even as on the street is less complicated with the brand new e-tron Charging Service, which presents subscribers with one RFID price card this is everyday at a huge range of fee factors operated through 18 providers throughout the United Kingdom and Europe, and gives a desire of appealing constant fee charging tariffs. UK fleet and retail clients who vicinity an order for an e-tron version earlier than December thirty first 2020 will get hold of a unfastened 12-month subscription to the service's Transit Tariff and an account credit score equal to 1,000 miles-really well worth of power at no greater cost.

Convenient AC charging at domestic is of path additionally feasible, and Audi UK has sought to make this less difficult as nicely through supplying a 7kW domestic wall container charger to all fleet and retail clients putting an e-tron or e-tron Sportback order earlier than December thirty first, 2020. The wall container desires round 14 hours to repair a completely depleted fifty five quattro to a complete fee, or round 10.five hours to convey the 50 quattro model again as much as pace. By downloading the myAudi app, the driving force can prompt and deactivate charging remotely and additionally outline a domestic charging agenda that takes gain of less expensive off-top power deliver periods.

The myAudi app additionally presents get right of entry to to the faraway preconditioning device that's some other trendy function of Audi e-tron Sportback fashions. Using the app the driving force can prompt the auto's heating and air flow unit from a phone to chill or warmth the cabin nicely earlier than a adventure starts offevolved. In Vorsprung variations, an upgraded consolation faraway preconditioning device additionally allows complete adjustment of the cabin temperature and might manipulate the seat, steerage wheel and window heating functions.