Audi A6 e‑tron sets new standards
The new Audi A6 Sportback e‑tron is a prime example of future Audi models. Its design not only highlights the progressive brand image, it also boosts efficiency. With its exceptionally low drag coefficient of 0.21, the Audi A6 Sportback e‑tron is, in terms of aerodynamics, the best Audi of all time and currently the best vehicle in the Volkswagen Group. This also makes it incredibly efficient. With a range of up to 756 kilometers (WLTP), the Audi A6 Sportback e‑tron performance is the strongest model in its segment in this discipline. This is also accounted for by the high-performance and highly efficient electric motors, a newly developed, lighter and especially powerful high-voltage battery, the improved ability to recuperate energy and the powerful charging performance. The sophisticated thermal management of the high-voltage battery, the 800-volt electrical system and its ecosystem ensure a charging performance suitable for everyday use.
Technical innovations in areas such as performance, charging and digitalization are thanks, among other reasons, to the new Premium Platform Electric (PPE). Developed specifically for electric models, its architecture allows for use of a flat-shaped battery and therefore ideally fulfills requirements for an especially sporty design. A completely new drive system and a new, powerful and modular high-voltage battery were developed for the PPE. The vehicle platform offers a great deal of flexibility so that both low-floor models, such as the Audi A6 e‑tron, and high-floor models, such as the Audi Q6 e‑tron, are possible in the midsize and full-size segments. The platform strategy enables Audi to offer innovative products and leverage synergies at the same time. This means that the company can focus to a greater extent on the product features that set Audi apart, including progressive design and premium handling characteristics.
New electronics architecture creates rich digital customer experience
In March 2024, the Audi Q6 e‑tron was the first high-floor model based on the PPE to be unveiled by Audi. The Audi A6 e‑tron and Audi Q6 e‑tron models not only share the same vehicle architecture, they also have the same electronics architecture (E³ 1.2).