Tesla's real rival is here: Audi will launch a pure electric sports car

Although there are companies like Tesla that have pushed the acceleration performance of electric vehicles to a breathtaking level, for most car enthusiasts and enthusiasts, high-speed engines, turbochargers and high-pitched engine sounds are still essential elements of high-performance cars.

However, many high-performance car manufacturers have begun to disagree with car fans and will focus on creating pure electric performance cars in the future.

For example, Stephan Winkelmann, head of Audi Sport's high-performance department, revealed in a recent media interview that at the end of 2020, Audi Sport will officially launch its first pure electric vehicle, and before 2030, it will continue to expand its electric vehicle lineup, even including the launch of some pure electric high-performance SUV models.

In fact, as early as 2016, Audi Quattro GmbH, the predecessor of Audi Sport department, had built a pure electric high-performance model - Audi R8 e-tron. Unfortunately, until the model was officially discontinued, the final sales volume was less than 100 units.

However, Stephan Winkel still confidently stated that the next pure electric model of Audi Sport department will be more in line with market demand than R8 e-tron in terms of technology accumulation and launch timing.

On the other hand, according to Audi's official model development plan, 12 electric vehicles will also be launched before 2025, including the sporty e-tron GT based on the Porsche Mission-E pure electric four-door coupe. In theory, this will also provide favorable conditions for the development of future pure electric performance cars by Audi Sport's department.

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