Audi has begun testing an electric sports car e-tron

Audi has begun testing an electric sports car e-tron, a conceptual version of which was presented last fall at the Motor Show in Frankfurt. About the beginning of testing the first prototypes of this car show spy photos taken in Germany and published edition AutoExpress. As previously reported, electric Audi e-tron will be built on the R8 supercar, and will be available at approximately 2012. It is expected that production aircraft will receive the same technical stuffing, and that the concept car, namely: four electric motors (one for each wheel) with a total capacity of 313 horsepower and a set of lithium-ion batteries that will drive sports car without charging about 248 kilometers . To "hundreds" novelty can be dispersed in 4.8 seconds. Maximum vehicle speed limit will be at around 200 kilometers per hour. Fully charge the battery Audi e-tron will be from the usual outlets for six to eight hours. Audi's chief designer exteriors Mayor Bedstabner said earlier that the electric sports car scheduled to be released in limited edition of a thousand copies, and the cost such a machine would be much more expensive convertible R8. According to him, to sell all the e-tron German company will not be difficult, especially taking into account that the "Audi" is about five thousand dealerships worldwide. However, the manufacturer does not exclude the possibility that the demand for novelty is disappointing. In this case, the issue of a sports car will be immediately suspended. The Audi believes that potential buyers will choose the e-tron this model as a complement to existing sports car.