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Electric Audi R8 tipped for new supercar platform

R8 successor will stay true to two-door (partially) hand-built formula

Audi is understood to be developing a bespoke electric vehicle architecture for low-volume, purpose-built sports cars and supercars - which is set to spawn an electric Audi R8.

The firm is poised to launch a wave of models atop the new PPE platform it has developed with Porsche, starting with the Audi Q6 E-tron early next year, and it will subsequently begin launching cars on the VW Group’s long-mooted SSP platform, which is due to enter production in 2027.

At the 2023 Munich motor show, technical boss Oliver Hoffmann also confirmed that Audi will deploy the VW Group’s MEB platform – as used by the VW ID 3, Cupra Born and Audi Q4 E-tron – for future entry-level electric cars.

But when pressed for details on whether any of these platforms would suit lower-volume, more sporting EVs in the vein of the TT and R8, he hinted that the firm would instead invest in a bespoke sports car architecture, which would use elements of the SSP architecture – a fusion of the MEB and PPE platforms that Hoffmann referred to as a “toolkit”.

www.autocar.co.uk

Electric Audi R8 tipped for new supercar platform | Autocar

R8 successor will stay true to two-door (partially) hand-built formula
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