Luxury Cars

Already announced that an electric supercar Audi e-Tron, which was presented at the exhibition in Frankfurt will go into mass production in 2012. But the German company decided to show us yet another concept with that name. As implied by its name, e-Tron Detroit, it debuted at the exhibition launch yesterday in the American city. The electric car with dimensions 3 920 mm length, 1 780 mm width and 1 220 mm height, which means that its dimensions are much more compact than those of the first concept. The weight of e-Tron 1 350 kg or 250 kilograms with objectives. lower than that debuted on the Frankfurt e-Tron, which is due in addition to its small size and extremely lightweight body and structure achieved through the use of composite materials such as aluminum, carbon fiber and fiberglass. Audi e-Tron Detroit is different from the previous concept and the number of motors. Unlike the first in which were four, the new prototype has only two, with a total power 204k.s. and have 2 maximum torque 650Nm. allowing the car to accelerate from 0-100 km/h for 5.9 sec while the maximum speed limit is again at about 200 kilometers per hour
Both electrical unit of e-Tron Detroit are located on the rear axle of the vehicle, the energy supplied to them by a set of lithium-ion batteries located in the floor between the center of gravity of the passenger compartment and the rear axle. Batteries are loaded in a standard contact for 11 hours or specialized station with voltage 400V for 2 hours, and they are chock full vehicle can travel a distance of 250 kilometers. Overall, Audi e-Tron Detroit should design lines of its big brother, but rather observed differences in the layout of the lights and the rear of the car. Moreover, the new concept in wheel arches seem more prominent, which is quite normal to the compact size and the presence of 19-inch wheels. Interiors of both cars are almost identical, with the new equipment once again present a prototype communication system Car-to-X, allowing vehicles to communicate with each other. It also informs the driver of a road accident in the area, availability of parking, congestion and may make such a route using the navigation system that can minimize energy consumption.