Audi finally bet on the future of electric car and introduced late last year its "concept-car" platform based on the R8 but more content in their dimensions, which is 4.26 m long, 1.90 m wide and 1.23 m high.
His propulsion is provided by four electric motors asynchronous, attached to each of its wheels and powered by a team of battery that can deliver 313 hp and torque of 4,500 Nm extraordinary! ... If ... you read that right, its torque is equivalent to more Four Mercedes SL 65 AMG Black Series that each have a 5980 cc engine, V12 Biturbo and an output of 640 hp
It can accelerate from 0 to 100 km / h in 4.8 seconds, from 60 to 120 km / h in 4.1 seconds and top speed is limited to 200 km / h to avoid decay performance ...! .
Its range is 248 km, using a normal mixed driving cycle, its weight is 1,600 kg, 40 kg more than his brother, the Audi R8 and you have to think that their electric batteries will provide 470 kg, but as is done with aluminum and carbon fiber, its weight is very content.
The cost will be about 200,000 Euros ...! about 50,000 Euros more than the excellent Audi R8.
Aesthetically is spectacular, as the chief designer of Audi, the e-Tron should be ... "as any prototype, striking and shocking."
Its design has a multitude of details, like your parrillla, side gills or cooling, or their dorsal fins are for the same reason above, this is because the temperature of the battery must not exceed 25 ° C.
Although it shares structural elements of the chassis of the Audi R8, the e-Tron is almost as long as an Audi A3 and the interior is very small, the reason is because the battery is housed behind the cabin occupies more space than the engine 10 cylinders, transmission and fuel tank of the Audi R8.
To prolong its life, the battery is cooled by water and energy cells provide a set of 53 Kw / h, but to conserve battery life using only 42.4 Kw / h, which are equivalent to 58 hp for 1 hour or 29 hp for two hours or 116 hp for 30 minutes and so on.
All that feeds battery power to four electric motors, ruled jointly by an electronic control unit, which together provide 313 hp and delivers fabulous pair, as already pointed out ... 4,500 Nm, that is 8.4 times that of V10 gasoline engine of 5.2 liter, four valves per cylinder and direct injection FSI Audi R8.
In Audi recognize that there is still much to learn about electric vehicles and the biggest challenge is to synchronize the four engines to achieve a dynamic performance and active safety line total, as each wheel can be accelerated and decelerated individually, this is no task easy.
To enter inside, the first thing that draws attention to door handles are hidden, then the limited opening of the same seats and finally type "bacquets."
Once the screens are sitting "Led" that replace rear-tactile push buttons instead of buttons, large display and a multifunction lever "one touch" much like all "concept car" spectacular are also indicators of autonomy, and release of energy recovery during braking it (a la "KERS" in F1).
After pressing the start button, the transmission selector rises and presents only three possible functions: forward, reverse and parking.
When you move the lever to "D" (Drive), surprisingly, nothing happens, to save power the car itself does not progress as with any normal auto-cars to be hit the brakes to hold the car and light "stop" the same discharge the battery.
As the accelerator the car is fired and is capable of reaching 100 km / h in 4.8 seconds surprising.
Driving this vehicle is a type of sensory experience different from the conventional one, to begin no engine noise and this is replaced by the flow of coolant from the batteries, the murmur of the heat pump, which also acts as air conditioning and electrical noise typical brake energy recovery to apply the same, all powered by wind noise and rolling, more intense than in other types of vehicles.
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