It’s not about the car
01 Audi e-tron 55 quattro Advanced
Price: R1 990 000 0-100 km/h: 5,65 seconds Top speed: 200 km/h Power: 300 kW Torque: 664 N.m Range (CAR index): 441 km
Every inch what an electric Audi should be. How will the market respond?
Ray Leathern
Effortless drivetrain and luxurious, tech-filled cabin makes it the complete electric package
Nikesh Kooverjee
Stylish, effortless and sophisticated; the e-tron is one of the best executed EVs on the market. Just give those wing-mirror cameras a miss
Gareth Dean
urgatory. That’s not where we are but it’s an accurate description of the South African electric-vehicle landscape right now. Everywhere, manufacturers of zero-emission vehicles are investing billions to swap ICE production to electric. But there is still no clear road map for implementation in SA. Just like Dante’s poem of the same title: “Purgatory shall produce a patient and humble soul resigned to divine will.” That’s us, waiting for the next meaningful development on the electrification horizon. And let’s not forget Europe’s 2030 banning of “dirty” ICEs built in South Africa. For all
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