Audi e-tron first drive – An electric SUV you can actually use

Ashley Oldfield

7 Jan 2019

We went to Abu Dhabi to sample the all-electric SUV from Audi. The etron will make an appearance in SA during the 3rd quarter of 2019, but how different is it from the rest of the Audi SUV lineup?

The electric car onslaught is beginning to gain traction globally and by 2020, almost every manufacturer will have a range of electric cars on offer. South Africa is a little behind in terms of uptake of electric SUVs but 2019 should see a few more introductions that should at least get things off the ground.

The e-tron makes sense as a starting point for Audi as its an SUV in the middle of SUV hyp worldwide. It has a 400 km range and about the same amount of space as a Q7, but what's it like to drive and what is it going to be like to live with? Well, we gave it a drive in the desert and on the surrounding roads of Abu Dhabi to find out.

For a full review of the first drive, check out our article here

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Ashley Oldfield

Ashley Oldfield

Ashley has been riding or driving some sort of motorised vehicle since his 4th birthday when he got a Yamaha PW50. Equipped with years of racing experience, Ashley took up journalism and became a writer for some of South Africa’s best motoring magazines and online publications. He is SA’s first (and only) GT Academy winner having raced professionally overseas. He now serves as the Content Manager at Cars.co.za, putting his wealth of racing and driving experience to good use.

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