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Audi e-Tron Quattro All-Electric SUV Bookings Open
The Ingolstadt-based automaker is ready to unleash into the real world the Tesla Model X rival it has promised for years, the E-Tron Quattro all-electric SUV.
While China is spearheading its electric vehicle market with automakers making a beeline to launch new electric vehicles in the country, Norwegians purchase more electric cars as a percentage of total new car sales compared to any other country in the world.
Hence, when Audi chose where it would start taking reservations for its e-Tron Quattro all-electric SUV, it picked Norway. Beginning April 24, 2017, Norwegians can book an Audi e-Tron Quattro by putting down a deposit of 20,000 kroner, equal to about Rs 1.85 lakh.
A statement by Audi Norway says, "Simultaneously with the unveiling of the electric Audi e-Tron Sportback concept, Audi Norway plans for an advance reservation solution for the electric full-size SUV Audi e-Tron Quattro. The car is ready for production next year, and the Norwegian market is first out with such reservation solution."
Audi unveiled the all-electric e-Tron Sportback at the 2017 Auto Shanghai bringing an all-electric SUV to rival the Tesla X. The e-Tron Sportback though will be available to buyers by 2019.
Audi says that the new crossover will be positioned size-wise in between the Q5 and Q7, with a 95-kWh battery pack to give it a range of over 500km.
The e-Tron boasts of an electric motor equivalent of 433bhp (boosted to 500bhp in short intervals) and 800Nm of torque, which sends the power to all four wheels.
When compared, the Tesla Model X is available with a 75-, 90, or 100-kWh battery, with a range of up to 465km (in the 100D spec). Audi ensures further range from less power, but it'll be interesting to see if it can match the 2.9-second 0-100km time boasted by the Tesla P100D in Ludicrous mode.
The Audi e-Tron will be shorter than the Model X in both and height, but wider.
"The interest in the Audi e-Tron Quattro has been enormous since the first draft edition was shown in 2015," said Audi Norway director Harald Edvardsen-Eibak.
He added, "Norway is a pioneer market for electrification, and we are proud to be first in the Audi Group with a solution like this. At the same time, we have high expectations for the car now approaching Norwegian roads."
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