AUDI began pre-sales of its new E5 Sportback in China. It’s a station wagon developed with SAIC, outfitted with assisted driving from Momenta and a large 59-inch in-cabin LED display.
The brand new EV has 4 variants with RWD and AWD choices starting from 235,000 to 319,900 yuan (32,800 – 44,500 USD). It’s constructed on the Superior Digitised Platform (ADP) with 800V structure, collectively developed by SAIC. AUDI claims {that a} 10-minute cost will add 370 km of vary.
AUDI, written in capital letters, is a brand new model beneath Audi in China. It ditches the normal four-ring brand to indicate home customers it doesn’t depend on its legacy. The brand new AUDI model is a part of Volkswagen Group’s “in China, for China technique.”
| E5 Mannequin | Drivetrain | Battery | Vary | Motor | Value (yuan) |
| Pioneer | RWD | 76 kWh | 618 km | 220 kW | 235,900 |
| Pioneer Plus | RWD | 100 kWh | 773 km | 300 kW | 269,900 |
| Pioneer Quattro | AWD | 83 kWh | 623 km | 386 kW | 269,900 |
| Flagship Quattro | AWD | 100 kWh | 647 km | 579 kW | 319,900 |
AUDI E5’s entry-level Pioneer trim is rear-wheel drive with a 76 kW LFP battery from the SAIC-CATL three way partnership, good for 618 km CLTC vary. The only motor supplies 220 kW most energy, and 0-100 km/h acceleration is 6.1 seconds. The value is 235,900 yuan (32,800 USD).
The highest trim Flagship Quattro is all-wheel drive with twin motors. The entrance axle-mounted motor supplies 200 kW whereas the rear axle-mounted motor supplies 379 kW. The mixed most output is 579 kW (776 hp), which is sufficient for 0-100km/h acceleration in 3.4 seconds. The NMC ternary battery from CATL has 100 kWh capability and supplies 647 km CLTC vary.
AUDI E5 Sportback is a 5-door 5-seater with dimensions 4881/1960/1479 mm (size/width/peak), and the wheelbase of 2950 mm. Many of the core elements are produced by SAIC. The motors are made by Huayu Automotive Electrical Methods Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of SAIC Motor Group, and the SAIC-CATL three way partnership makes the LFP battery packs. The automobile itself shall be assembled by Sino-German three way partnership SAIC Volkswagen Automotive Co. in Anting, Shanghai. E5 is at present a China-only automobile.
E5 Sportback is provided with 27 sensors, together with one lidar from Hesai, three millimetre-wave radars, 12 ultrasonic radars and 11 cameras, which ship knowledge into Momenta ADAS (superior driver-assistance system). It’s all processed by the Orin X chip from Nvidia.
Contained in the automobile, you discover a large cabin-wide 59-inch LED display with AUDI OS powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 cockpit chip. It options an AI assistant known as Doubao from TikTok dad or mum ByteDance, so it’s anticipated to supply high-quality voice management and semantic understanding.
Editor’s remark
Not like in Europe within the 90s, station wagons (or Kombi, as Germans say) had been by no means widespread in China, the place MPVs and SUVs dominate. Nevertheless, it has modified in recent times, as fairly a number of profitable estates had been launched in China. E5 Sportback will compete towards Zeekr 007 GT (begins at 202,900 yuan), Nio ET5T, which begins at 298,000 yuan, or the lately unveiled Stelato S9T, which begins at 328,000 yuan.
