Audi has been signaling that off-roading is part of its future electric plans with vehicles like the AI: Trail concept. We don’t expect Audi will be dropping a Halo Warthog-like vehicle with its own drone fleet in the immediate future, but Audi does have some seriously cool new vehicles — both off-road-focused and more traditional for the brand — on the way. Including, reportedly, a new off-roader to compete with Mercedes-Benz’s electric G-Wagen.
Here’s what we know about Audi’s future electric car plans.
A new electric Audi off-road SUV
ScoutAutocar reports that Audi is plotting a new rugged off-road SUV to take on the electric Land Rover Defender and the Mercedes EQG. Per the report, the new vehicle should be more of a traditional off-roader than the Activesphere concept, arrive in 2027 and likely use the same body-on-frame architecture as VW’s Scout truck and SUV brand. It will also, as one would anticipate, use Audi’s quattro all-wheel drive.
A gorgeous new Audi A8 E-Tron
AudiA new electric Audi A8 is on tap for 2024. And Audi design head Marc Lichte told Autocar that it will resemble Audi’s “private jet for the road” Grandsphere concept from 2021. “It’s not far away from what will become production,” Lichte said. “It’s not 1:1 but very close.”
