The new A6 Avant e-tron - versatile, variable, electric

In 2018, the first production Audi with electric drive made its debut - the Audi e-tron. Since then, the brand has consistently driven the widespread introduction of e-mobility across its entire product portfolio at a fast pace. Following the Audi e-tron and e-tron Sportback SUVs, the highly dynamic e-tron GT quattro rolled out in February 2021, based on a new technology platform developed jointly with Porsche AG. And just two months later, the Audi Q4 e-tron and Q4 Sportback e-tron made their debut - two highly independent SUVs in the compact segment with a common technical basis: the Volkswagen Group's MEB. The Audi A6 e-tron Sportback and Avant concept cars are now the first representatives of a family of vehicles - initially in the C and later also in the B and D segments - based on another innovative technology platform: the so-called Premium Platform Electric - or PPE for short. This modular system is being developed under the aegis of Audi together with Porsche AG. The first Audi production vehicles based on PPE will be presented successively from 2023. The PPE is designed for the first time to make a previously unattainable range of volume automobiles possible: The range includes SUVs and CUVs with high floors as well as flat-bottom cars that are part of the core segment of the Audi range - such as the Audi A6 series. But there are also plans to expand the PPE range in the B segment, which has been the highest-volume market segment for Audi for decades. And PPE even offers excellent technical prerequisites for the automotive upper house D segment.