AUDI E-TRON

The biggest electric luxury SUV yet, the Audi e-tron may just have the measure on its rivals with space, comfort and performance available in spades

- SIMRAN RASTOGI

Large Audi SUVs have pretty much their own flavour of motoring — minimalistic, luxurious cabins, loads of space, supreme ride comfort, and more than agreeable performance and dynamics, especially if you like the typically Audi precise, slightly over-assisted feel from the steering. And now with the Audi e-Tron, the brand’s first-ever all-electric model, it seems you can add zero emissions and zero driving noise characteristics to that list.

Granted, it has taken a while since we first saw the Audi e-tron on our shores back in 2019, but the pandemics largely to blame. Now that it’s here, we finally know that India gets the Audi e-tron in its most impressive 55 Quattro variant, equipped with twin electric motors, one on each axle for electric Quattro all-wheel drive. Not just, it’ll also be launched alongside its sportier looking (and otherwise identical) Audi e-tron Sportback variant on July 22nd, with booking already open. That’ll bring the grand total of luxury EVs to four, the other two being the Mercedes-Benz EQC and Jaguar I-Pace. So then, is the Audi e-Tron the luxury electric vehicle to pick, especially considering it packs the fastest onboard charger, and wall box charger, of the bunch?

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