Regardless of a downturn in the development of sales of electrical automobiles, Audi is dedicated to its strategy to introduce its last version furnished with an internal-combustion engine in 2026, chief executive officer Gernot Döllner claimed on Tuesday while revealing the firm’s economic outcomes for 2023.
The last version will certainly remain in manufacturing till 2033, after which Audi will certainly end up being a completely electrical brand name. That day isn’t taken care of, though. Döllner claimed Audi has some versatility in situation market problems transform, Automotive Information (membership called for) reported.
” We’re completely dedicated to electrical wheelchair,” he claimed. “However if there are waves or variations in the shift we can respond to them.”
The strategy was initially revealed in 2021 by previous chief executive officer Markus Duesmann, that Döllner changed in 2014. Various other car manufacturers, such as Mercedes-Benz, revealed comparable strategies at the time now plan to use automobiles furnished with internal-combustion engines well right into the following years.
Döllner on Tuesday additionally verified strategies to introduce greater than 20 brand-new or upgraded automobiles in between currently and completion of 2025, consisting of the brand-new 2025 Q6 E-Tron electrical small crossover, which was disclosed Monday. Likewise in the pipe is the upgraded 2025 A3, a brand-new 2025 A6 E-Tron, and revamped variations of the A5 and Q5 that ought to additionally get here as 2025 versions.
The brand-new A5 and Q5 will certainly ride on a brand-new system for internal-combustion automobiles called the pay per click (Costs System Burning). It’s an equivalent to the PPE (Costs System Electric) that underpins the Q6 E-Tron and its Porsche Macan business relative, and will certainly debut in the brand-new A5 and Q5 versions in the 2nd fifty percent of the year.