Audi R8 e-tron canceled

The Audi R8 will not be released to the market.
As a production model that is. Audi has confirmed that the e-tron now only as a technical exercise for future electric cars will serve. That report our colleagues at Auto Express.

"We have ten e-tron's built, and the performance of these cars are carefully analyzed," said a spokesman for Audi at Auto Express.

"The current technology around battery packs provides a range which is too limited. We do not think the buyer is waiting there." Yet the concept is not completely shot, if the correct technique then "it is even conceivable, never say never," said the spokesman.

380 hp
The e-tron is powered by a pair of electric motors with a combined output of around 380 horsepower.

The 1780 pound plug racer should thus in less than 4.5 seconds to 100 km / h acceleration. Ultimately, the electric R8 200 km / h can achieve. The range of the e-tron would, of course, with a feathery right foot, at 216 kilometers.