Live The EV Life

With the world moving rapidly towards electrification, Audi is bringing one of its most successful products to the plugin stage. The Audi e-tron 55 Quattro takes up the task for the German carmaker to introduce EVs in India with the hope to lure conventional luxury SUV buyers into jumping ship towards a plugged-in future.

- Bhuvan Chowdhary

Audi has recently decided to charge into the Indian market with a bunch of new as well as updated products-everything from luxury sedans to sports cars and SUVs. Part of the brand's aggressive push has been a slew of electric vehicles too, including the Audi e-tron, e-tron GT and the RS e-tron GT. While the latter ones are low-slung sports cars poised to attract a niche audience, the e-tron SUV is what the German brand is banking their electric hopes on for its customers to lean towards when considering a premium electric SUV.

THE FUTURE OF GREEN MOBILITY

The Audi e-tron shares a lot of its underpinnings with the Audi Q5 while keeping hints of its electric foundations to the bare minimum on the exterior. There's a distinct grille, wheels and a quirky port at the side that elegantly opens up to unveil the car's charging socket. The overall proportions are very similar barring the slightly compromised ground clearance which is lost here due to the bulging battery pack placed under the car's belly. Not to fear though, as our e-tron easily cleared all types of speed breakers in and around Mumbai.