Sentences with phrase «e-tron quattro driven»

The third Audi R18 e-tron quattro driven by the team of Marc Gené / Lucas di Grassi / Oliver Jarvis, is fitted with a new aerodynamic package which Audi say has been optimized for high speed tracks such as Le Mans» Circuit de la Sarthe.

My e-tron Quattro drove me 80 percent of the way here while I read the paper.»

The e-tron quattro drive system uses an axial motor for the front and two co-axial, Audi - designed motors in the rear.

The e-tron quattro drive uses an axial motor for the front and two co-axial, Audi - designed motors in the rear; each rear motor drives a rear wheel.

Not exact matches

The Q7 and A8 will carry over conventional Quattro all - wheel - drive systems, in contrast to the Q6 e-tron's purely electric system.

That SUV will be based on the E-tron Quattro concept of 2015 and will feature an electric drive system similar to that of the E-tron Sportback.

And as Dickie Meaden found out when he tested 2014's winning R18 e-tron quattro at Misano in Italy, the cars are also mind - blowing to drive — and far from silent.

Audi's three - motor all - wheel - drive e-tron quattro concept offers a still - formidable 496 hp (in temporary boost mode; standard output is 429 hp), capable of 4.6 - second 0 - 60 mph acceleration.

That's thanks to four electric motors — two front and two rear, to give the E-tron a novel take on quattro all - wheel drive — which produce a total of 309bhp and 3319 lb ft.. While the former is over 100bhp off a V8 - engined R8, the latter is a stonking ten times bigger than the petrol car's torque output.

Main rivals come in the form of Nissan and its front - wheel drive GT - R LM, Audi and its latest R18 e-tron quattro, and Porsche and its proven 919 Hybrid.

On a full charge, the battery is claimed to provide the e-tron quattro concept with a range of over 311 miles based on the criteria used in the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) test procedure.

In the e-tron quattro concept, three electric motors produce a combined 429bhp, with a second, sportier drive mode able to temporarily increase that to 496bhp and lift peak torque to 590 lb ft.

The e-tron Quattro concept, which will be unveiled next month at the Frankfurt Motor Show, can drive more than 500 kilometers before needing to recharge, the Ingolstadt, Germany - based carmaker said Wednesday in a statement.

Similar to what the sport differential does in conventional quattro vehicles, torque vectoring — the targeted acceleration of individual wheels — makes the e-tron Spyder even more dynamic while simultaneously enhancing driving safety.

Audi is showing off — and driving — pre-production examples of their first all - electric car, which so far has been dubbed the Audi e-tron Quattro.

It feeds electricity at up to 320 watts into the battery as soon as the Audi e-tron quattro concept is parked or driven in the sun.

The new e-tron quattro marks the company's combination of all of those elements into a fully - electric quattro drive.

Why the Audi Q7 E-Tron Quattro: A hybrid or plug - in hybrid for efficient local driving combined with a diesel for long hauls is a natural.

These are scheduled to be joined by the Audi Q7 e-tron quattro in 2015, when it will be the world's first plug - in hybrid with a six - cylinder diesel and quattro all - wheel drive.

Plug - in hybrid with quattro all - wheel drive: the Audi Q7 e-tron quattro Audi is rapidly expanding its lineup of vehicles with powerful electric drive systems.

Providing the 496bhp in the e-tron quattro is a trio of electric motors, one at the front to drive the front wheels and two at the back for the rear wheels, with a total of 429bhp on tap all the time but a boost to 496bhp when required.

But whatever the Allroad Shooting Brake Concept previews — and we'll have a better idea next week when it's revealed at Detroit — it comes with quattro all wheel drive and gets some form of electric propulsion as it's wearing an e-tron badge.

Meanwhile, the Sportback's space is reduced in the quattro four - wheel drive and in the e-tron hybrid model.

The production version of Audi's battery electric e-tron quattro SUV (earlier post), due out in 2018, is an important vehicle for the brand, and especially for Audi of America, which is driving many of the requirements for the C - segment electric SUV.

This makes it possible for the waste heat from the electrical drive components to be made available to the interior of the Q7 e-tron quattro.

The W12 and V8 TDI models will follow during 2018, along with the A8L 60 e-tron quattro, which will be able to drive about 30 miles on battery power and be charged inductively from a garage or carport floor mounted unit.

A large lithium - ion battery is located in the floor of the passenger compartment and gives the e-tron quattro concept a driving range of 310 miles.

In concept form, the e-tron quattro was equipped with three electric motors, with one driving the front wheels and two motors driving the rear wheels.

The powertrain of the R8 e-tron sports car provides the basis for the e-tron quattro concept, which uses three electric motors — two on the rear axle and one on the front axle — to drive the SUV.

Although, in Pint's phrase, the e-tron quattro SUV can «turn like a hunting dog after a rabbit», the C - BEV (as Audi calls it internally) should be capable of consistently removing some of the impacts of dynamic forces on the driver in much more mundane driving events.

Further, Keogh said, Audi will support the broad adoption of EV technology in the US by developing a nationwide 150 kW fast charging network that would charge the 95 kWh battery pack of the e-tron quattro to 80 % in only 30 minutes — enough for 200 miles worth of driving in the battery - electric SUV.

This wealth of IP and experience with quattro mechanical four - wheel drive, torque vectoring and electric drive systems is the basis for the emergence of the fully - electric quattro drive as represented in the e-tron quattro concept.

In addition to other advances in drivetrain, chassis, lightweight construction, assistance systems and infotainment systems, the new Q7 will also offer an e-tron quattro version: the first plug - in hybrid with a six - cylinder diesel engine and quattro all - wheel drive.

To recieve the quattro designation reserved for Audi's all - wheel drive cars, the R18 e-tron recovers kinetic energy on the front axle under braking and is fed as electricity into a flywheel accumulator which is then put down to the front wheels under acceleration when the R18 e-tron is at speeds greater than 120 km / h.

Loic Duval and Allan McNish are driving the No. 2 Audi R18 e-tron quattro at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, this weekend.

To speed development, the R18 e-tron quattro is identical to the 2012 Audi R18 ultra with the exception of the hybrid drive system.

Despite the addition of an electrical drive system in the R18 e-tron quattro, the car is the lightest prototype that Audi Sport has ever produced.

The Audi A8 L e-tron quattro with its powerful plug - in hybrid drive will follow at a later date: Its 3.0 TFSI and the powerful electric motor achieve 330 kW (449 hp) of system power and 700 Nm (516.3 lb - ft) of system torque.

Scheduled to follow shortly after the market launch, the Audi Q7 e-tron quattro is the world's first plug - in hybrid with a six - cylinder diesel engine and quattro all - wheel drive.

Similar to what the sport differential does in conventional quattro vehicles, torque vectoring — the targeted acceleration of individual wheels — makes the e-tron even more dynamic while simultaneously enhancing driving safety.

Audi has taken the wraps off its vision of the perfect electric SUV, the Audi e-tron quattro concept, delivering more than 310 miles of range along with autonomous driving.

Reach the top awards tier and you'll be able to drive an Audi R18 e-tron Quattro.

Using their e-tron electric motors to provide quattro four - wheel - drive above 120km / h, the 2014 R18 has also featured multiple energy recovery systems.