Reviews Audi is building a luxury-class electric car that will compete with Tesla's Model S.

Tesla Model Y demand might be weak judging by automaker's latest move

The automaker added the Model Y SUV to its referral program, which it often uses to boost demand for various cars.Electrek reported Tuesday on the Model Y's inclusion in the program, which Tesla has defined crystal clear in the past: the company adds vehicles or products to the referral program to boost demand. Seeing the Model Y show up so soon after production and deliveries started is, frankly, kind of surprising.

Elon Musk made electric cars cool. Now the rest of the auto industry is racing to catch up with The man charged with making Audi electric vehicles a success is Stefan Niemand, the brand’ s head of According to analysts at UBS, the car will take a half second more than the Tesla S Performance

Here' s the electric car Audi is building to take on Tesla . The e-tron quattro concept has piloted driving technology, which uses radar sensors, a video camera, ultrasonic sensors, and a laser scanner to collect data about the car ’ s environment and create a model of the vehicle ’ s surroundings in

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The goddess of hunting Artemis is known in Greek mythology for driving her adversaries with a silver bow and arrow. According to the will of the Audi top management, should now fare very similarly to its rival Tesla - at least in the figurative sense. "Artemis" is the namesake of an ambitious project from Audi , with which the company is supposed to catch up on the lead of its US competitor in electromobility.

“It will be a competence center like we haven't had before,” said Audi boss Markus Duesmann a good month ago to in an interview with the “Handelsblatt” . The goal is to bring a new electric car to the market by 2024 with new standards in digitization. Duesmann did not reveal much more at the time. In the meantime, the reporters of the "Handelsblatt" have revealed further details.

Ford Mustang Mach-E home charger costs $799, Amazon to offer installation

We also learned Ford will dish out free charging for Mustang Mach-E owners.Now we have a price for Ford's charging station meant to juice the Mustang Mach-E quickly at home. The company said Monday the wall box will cost $799 before taxes. The automaker will make it easy to buy the charging station, too. Soon-to-be Mustang Mach-E owners can purchase the charging station via a dealership or online and have it delivered before their electric SUV arrives. Or, those who buy the highly anticipated SUV can roll the $799 into the price of the Mustang Mach-E.

Audi has yet to launch its first all- electric vehicle built to be electric from the ground up, but it has But now an Audi S 5 owner decided to make his own conversion using a Tesla powertrain and it might be Instead, we are looking at a modern car , a luxury and performance one on top of that , that is

Audi is planning to unveil a small all- electric SUV at the Geneva auto show in March. The vehicle is expected to compete with Tesla Model Y, which is also expected to be unveiled around the same time.

"Landjet" with a range of 650 kilometers

As learned from corporate circles, the first electric car from the Artemis project is to be a direct competitor to the next generation of the Tesla Model S. The luxury Stromer with the code name Landjet is therefore a luxury car that is intended to replace Audi's previous top model, the A8. He will set new standards in battery and charging technology as well as in software architecture. Another issue is the range: with 650 kilometers without charging, the Landjet should go further than the Model S.

According to information from the "Handelsblatt" , the project is a billion-dollar project. In addition to the VW subsidiary Audi, where Artemis is located, other subsidiaries should also benefit from the competence center with 250 employees. The technologies developed there could also be used at Porsche and Bentley, according to the report.

Audi is planning annual sales of 15,000 to 20,000 vehicles, with production and sales starting in 2024.

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