Debut at the Shanghai 2021 Motor Show for the new Audi A6 e-tron concept, a model that anticipates the new electric flagship of the four-ring brand. Built on the native electric platform PPE (Premium Platform Electric), the Volkswagen Group’s starting point for the electric D and E segments, the new electric A6 e-tron declares a maximum power of 476 horsepower and a range of over 700 kilometers thanks to to the 100 kWh battery.
New Audi A6 e-tron
The Audi A6 e-tron concept relies exclusively on electric drive and is based on the PPE platform, developed in collaboration with Porsche under the direction of Audi. As for the design, the car is characterized by a radical evolution of the stylistic features of the current A6 family, with which it only shares the dimensions. 4.96 meters long, 1.96 meters wide and 1.44 meters high, it incorporates the typical features of the four-ring Sportback. Another novelty comes from aerodynamics. The show car with the four rings can count on a CX of 0.22. Reduced aerodynamic drag means lower energy consumption and, consequently, greater autonomy. The location of the battery between the axles is highlighted by the black inserts along the lower section of the sides.
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The virtual side mirrors are derived from Audi e-tron and Audi e-tron Sportback, the images of which, taken by the cameras located at the ends of the supports, are displayed in the passenger compartment through dedicated screens at the base of the front pillars. The front is characterized by the “closed” single frame on the sides of which stand out the air intakes for the cooling system of the powertrain, accumulator and brakes. The headlamps, similar to thin light bands, are characterized by their longitudinal development. The rear area is entirely devoted to aerodynamics: the generous extractor is accompanied by the “eyelid” above the headlights, a natural extension of the tail line.
Audi A6 e-tron PPE platform
The Native Electric PPE platform uses a battery module located between the axles, in the case of the Audi A6 e-tron concept with a capacity of 100 kWh. By exploiting the width of the floor, Audi gives the high-voltage accumulator a flat layout. For the first time it becomes possible to create on a single platform not only “high floor” cars, with generous ground clearance, but also cars with a strongly lowered center of gravity and markedly dynamic behavior; like Audi A6 e-tron concept. The battery size and wheelbase of the cars based on the PPE platform are scalable. The platform is therefore suitable for several market segments, keeping as a minimum common denominator the combination of the long wheelbase with the reduced overhangs, to the advantage of design and, above all, of habitability.
The generosity of the interior spaces is further underlined by the absence of the transmission tunnel. The quattro all-wheel drive is one of the configurations provided by the PPE platform and is based on the presence of two electric motors: one at each axle. The versatility of the PPE platform is reinforced by the possibility of opting, if you want to maximize efficiency and autonomy, for rear-wheel drive, entrusted to a single zero-emission engine located at the rear. Specifically, the Audi A6 e-tron concept uses two electric motors that produce a total of maximum power of 476 hp and a torque of 800 Nm. The front-axle layout is five-arm, while the rear follows a multilink configuration. The suspensions are of the adaptive pneumatic type.