Tuesday, January 12, 2010

2010 Audi e-tron Concept Detroit Auto Show

2010 Audi e-tron Concept
2010 Audi e-tron Concept front angle

Audi is assuming an uncompromising purist bunched sports car with all-electric drive at the 2010 NAIAS. The Detroit Audi e-tron Abstraction is 3.93 beat (154.72 in) continued and 1.78 beat (70.08 in) advanced but aloof 1.22 beat (48.03 in) alpine two-seater; aloof a few months afterwards the admission of the Audi e-tron Abstraction at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, this is now the additional electric abstraction agent from the cast with the four rings.

2010 Audi e-tron Concept
2010 Audi e-tron Concept red version

Coupled with the Detroit Audi e-tron Concept's low gross weight of about alone 1,350 kilograms (2976.24 lb), high-torque ability units alive the rear auto agreement adequate alley performance. Two electric motors with a accumulated achievement of 150 kW (204 hp) and 2,650 Nm (1954.54 lb-ft) advance the auto with ASF-design aluminum anatomy from 0 to 100 km/h (62.14 mph) in aloof 5.9 seconds. The Audi e-tron Abstraction accomplishes the dart from 60 to 120 km/h (37.28 - 74.56 mph) in a bald 5.1 seconds.

2010 Audi e-tron Concept
2010 Audi e-tron Concept rear angle

The Detroit Audi e-tron Abstraction is able to administer its electric motors' aerial torque amid the auto absolutely as required. Its "torque vectoring" is the key to a blood-tingling akin of alive attention and accomplished traction. Acknowledgment additionally to its low weight, abbreviate wheelbase and absolute weight administration for activating handling, the Audi e-tron Abstraction has all the drivability of a go-kart - agile, acceptable on aeroembolism and aloof appropriate up to the actual aerial administration limit. Audi is presenting a added alternative of an electric agent in the anatomy of the Detroit Audi e-tron Concept. The agent anatomy has a powerful, advanced and able-bodied attitude on the road, and looks acutely bunched and puristic not atomic acknowledgment to the about abbreviate sports car wheelbase of aloof 2.43 meters (95.67 in) - a accomplished 22 centimeters (8.66 in) beneath than the Audi R8.

2010 Audi e-tron Concept interior
2010 Audi e-tron Concept interior
2010 Audi e-tron Concept interior photos

The across-the-board band of the advanced end and the collapsed arced roof anon analyze the two-seater as an Audi. The abandon acknowledge accustomed contours: The way the activating band is tailored aloft the arbor and the arresting caster arches, as is archetypal for an Audi R, amalgamate the front, ancillary and rear into a caked article and acerb accent the archetypal Audi affection of annular caster arches anchor the ample 19-inch wheels. The awful cone-shaped advanced end gives the Detroit Audi e-tron Abstraction audibly wedge-shaped basal proportions. 1.78 meters (70.08 in) wide, aloof 3.93 meters (154.72 in) continued and 1.22 meters (48.03 in) alpine - those are the archetypal accommodation of a sports car. That leaves amplitude advanced of the rear auto for the 399 kilogram (879.64 lb) array unit, with advocate and ability electronics. The two electric motors, which accept their own cooling system, are army on the rear axle. This appropriate package, featuring a 40:60 weight distribution, ensures absolute balance, which contributes to the alive dynamics of the Audi e-tron Concept. The aerobatics of the single-frame grille dominates the audibly wedge-shaped advanced end and is belted by two ample air intakes. The top of the grille merges into the collapsed strips of the adaptive cast axle headlight modules with their bright bottle covers. All ablaze units use ultra-efficient LED technology.

2010 Audi e-tron Concept

2010 Audi e-tron Concept

2010 Audi e-tron Concept picture

Visual and functional references to the new drive concept characterize the purist interior design. They establish a connection between proven Audi genes and new formal hallmarks. Typical for the Audi design idiom is the reduction of the architecture, controls and information output to the essentials in favor of visible lightweight construction and a tidy overall impression. The slim dash has a curve that extends laterally into the door panels. With no need to allow for a transmission, shifter and cardan tunnel, the designers took advantage of the opportunity to create a particularly slim and lightweight center tunnel and convex, arching center console. The flush gear selector, with which the driver chooses between the modes forward, reverse and neutral, emerges from the tunnel when the vehicle is started. The Audi e-tron's cockpit, which represents a further development in an electric vehicle, is also oriented toward the driver - a further characteristic Audi trait. Instead of the classic instrument cluster, the concept car is the first Audi to be equipped with a large built-in central display with integrated MMI functions. It is flanked by two round dials.