Audi is on the brink of launch its first electrical automobile based mostly on the Volkswagen Group’s Premium Platform Electrical (PPE structure), the Audi Q6 e-tron. Whereas its exterior design needs to be fairly acquainted for anybody who’s seen Audi’s present crop of e-tron SUVs, the Q6’s inside is not as acquainted, because it wraps the entrance passengers in screens.
Separating the brand new Q6 e-tron from its electrical siblings is what Audi calls the “Digital Stage,” which is actually a triple-screen setup that is supposed to present the inside a “spacious and ethereal” really feel. Every of the entrance passengers will get their very own display—the driving force will get Digital Cockpit digital gauges and the passenger will get their very own display on the sprint—and so they additionally get to share the primary MMI display within the center. The 11.9-inch Digital Cockpit and the primary 14.5-inch MMI display are constructed into one curved panoramic show, whereas the passenger display is bodily separate however related.
Beneath the trio of screens is a horizontal line that runs from the door panels into the sprint that Audi calls a “Softwrap.” Lots of the supplies, together with the game seats and Softwrap, are constituted of Elastic Melange, an eco-friendly materials made totally from recycled polyester. S Line fashions can be found with Nappa leather-based sport seats or Dinamica, the latter of which is a recycled microfiber. There’s additionally a chunk of trim that runs subsequent to, and behind, the three screens, which might be optioned in quite a lot of recycled supplies, together with wooden (mild brown sweetgum or birch linear in stone grey) and brushed aluminum.
The central MMI display is new, that includes up to date graphics and consumer interface, and it options ambient lighting that is designed to make it look as if it is floating at night time. The ten.9-inch passenger display is each enjoyable and useful. Entrance passengers can both help the driving force with navigation or media controls and even watch motion pictures. Through the latter, a privateness mode with shutter expertise prevents the driving force from peaking over on the film and getting distracted.
There’s additionally an optionally available augmented actuality head-up show (HUD) for the driving force that nearly initiatives vital info (velocity, navigation directions, and visitors indicators) 200 meters away from the automotive.
The Q6 e-tron options Audi’s first self-learning digital assistant. Not solely does it get up with a “Hey, Audi” command but it surely’s mentioned to be able to studying your habits and performing features forward of time. Do you at all times flip your heated seats on while you go away for work at 8:30 AM? The Q6 e-tron will allegedly keep in mind that and begin to do it for you. That digital assistant can also be mentioned to have an on-screen avatar for the primary time.
Offering the noise will probably be a 22-speaker, 830-watt Bang & Olufsen encompass sound system that options small audio system in every A-pillar.
So far as dimension and practicality go, the Audi Q6 e-tron will probably be about as helpful as its gas-powered cousin, the Audi Q5. With 18.6 cubic-feet of cargo house with the rear seats in place, the Q6 e-tron is much less capacious than the Q5’s 25.6 cubic-feet. With its rear seats down, the Q6 e-tron has 54 cubic-feet, only a bit greater than the Q5’s 53.4. Although, being an electrical automotive, the Q6 e-tron has an extra 2.3 cubic-feet within the frunk. Similar to the Q5, the Q6 e-tron’s rear seats fold 40:20:40.
Audi will reveal extra in regards to the Q6 e-tron—its powertrains, battery, vary, and worth—when it will get nearer to its 2024 launch. For now, although, we all know that the most recent four-ringed electrical crossover will probably be its most screen-heavy, technology-packed automotive but.
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