Audi Instigates “E-Tron”,The First Battery-Powered Car In Auto Show 2010!

Audi is one of the most famous and luxurious brand in the automobiles industry, Audi R8 know as the most futuristic shape designed car among all the latest releases in year 2009 and audi unveil the second Electric Vehicle. Audi introduce the concept to a stunned press corps in Detroit at the 2010 North American International Auto Show.

Its first battery-powered vehicle, the e-tron, was introduced at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Inexplicably, the smaller “Detroit Show Car” is also called the e-tron, even though it differs significantly from its much larger counterpart. The one common denominator is that both cars are absolutely gorgeous.

Unlike the first e-tron, which is based on Audi’s celebrated R8 supercar, the Detroit Show Car e-tron looks nothing like any vehicle from the current Audi lineup. In fact, it looks more like a classic British sports car, with a long hood and short deck. Compared with the R8-based e-tron, the Detroit Show Car is 250 pounds lighter, tipping the scales at a respectable 2,976 pounds. That’s not bad for a gasoline-powered car, and this one has a box of batteries onboard. Two electric motors with a combined power rating of 204 horsepower and a jaw-dropping 1,954 lb-ft of torque provide enough pep to get the 2-seater to 60 mph in less than six seconds.  Read More.