The auto giant will be receiving massive competition from Audi when it starts production of its SUV in 2018.
Tesla Motor’s worst nightmare might be coming true soon, as Volkswagen’s subsidiary Audi has announced that it will be starting production of one of its most awaited electric cars, the Audi Q6. This will be a complete sport vehicle which will be the first one that the smart car makers release.
The auto makers recently announced that they will be starting the manufacturing and production of this SUV in a period of three years, starting from 2018. Another thing that the rival company released on Wednesday in a press release was a picture of the upcoming SUV that served as a teaser for the fans. Along with that, some of the features of the car were also announced by the auto giant. Analyst are talking about how this new car is going to make things difficult for Tesla, turning out to be a huge competitor for the company Model X car, which is also going to be a sports vehicle.
Audi has recently reported that the SUV they are working towards will have a mileage of going on for 310 miles as the driver’s range and it will not have one motor, but three different electric motors placed in the car’s engine. Out of them, two will be situated in the axle on the rear side while the remaining one will be kept in the front. These motors, however, are not something the firm is using for the first time as it has already used these in its previous hybrid vehicles like Electric R8, which is also a sports car run on an electric engine. As per the rumors that have come around about the car, it was seen that this upcoming SUV will have a horsepower coming around at 500 with a massive 518 pounds of torque. These reports have been confirmed by a number of press releases.
Q6 is just the expected name of the car Audi is planning to launch as it has yet now decided what it will naming this SUV. As per an article published by Auto News, it was seen that the car will have four seats along with a new technology called the e-tron Quattro that the firm will be launching in Frankfurt in the upcoming month at an auto show.
According to Tesla’s rival, the fact that Audi will be using ion-lithium batteries from Samsung and LG Chem, both being Korean companies, will really turn out to be a difficult thing for the electric car maker to digest. Tesla, on the other hand, is looking towards boosting up the production of its much awaited SUV, the Model X.
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