VW subsidiary Audi finally rises to Tesla challenge with first all-electric model - reports
German carmaker Audi has presented its first all-electric model 鈥渆-tron鈥�, which is obviously designed to be an answer to Tesla鈥檚 success, writes Tom Gr眉nweg for Spiegel Online. Daniel B枚nnighausen argues on EV website electrive that the car is the very first vehicle by a German carmaker that has the potential to become a real 鈥淭esla fighter鈥�. Eric Adams writes for Wire that it鈥檚 promising the e-tron 鈥渇inally paves the way for a strong EV presence within Volkswagen, even if the company had to stumble 鈥� hard 鈥� on the way there鈥�.
Find the Spiegel report in German , the electrive report in German and the Wire article in English .
Find background in the factsheet Dieselgate forces VW to embrace green mobility and the dossier BMW, Daimler, and VW vow to fight in green transport revolution.