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Audi doubts about the prospects for electric vehicles
June 05, 2013
Audi doubts about the prospects for electric vehicles

Manual Audi can abandon the idea of creating an electric A2 - the concept of such a model was shown in 2011 at the Frankfurt Motor Show . And then, as I recall, Audi engineers exuded optimism. They say the car they just turned out great, and its mass production will begin in 2013.But after a few months became less optimistic - all well aware that the appearance of this electric vehicle is now nothing but a loss will bring. Indeed, in Europe there is still no infrastructure for the "pure" electric vehicles, and its price is too high.

According to British magazine Car Magazine, Audi bosses were skeptical about the immediate prospects of electric. Fashion - fashion, but by producing cars, it is necessary for them to earn.After all, the electric Audi A2, according to preliminary estimates, would cost consumers about 40 000 euros! And this is a model which by its dimensions smaller than the current Audi A1. Of course, in Europe, like clean air, but the money is there, too, are respected. A 40,000 euro - this is a very large sum for such a "bug" (compare, for 36,500 euros in Germany you can buy new A6).


Note that the Frankfurt A2 concept equipped with an electric motor and lithium-ion battery capacity of 31 kW • h Maximum engine power - 85 kW, torque - 270 Nm. Thanks to the power unit, the dispersal of cars was very high-spirited - 1160 pound concept to exchange first "hundred" in just 9.3 seconds. The maximum speed was 150 km / h The battery was charged from the terminal with the three-phase 400-volt single-phase network or from a household electrical outlet voltage of 230 volts.

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