Yahoo Autos Audi A3 replacement tipped to be an EV on a new platform
Audi's plan is still to morph into an all-EV manufacturer come 2026. In the U.S, however, the ratio of ICE mode lines to EV lines is 12 to 3, the mismatch even greater in other markets that see models we don't get such as the A1 and Q2. So, the automaker's going to throw a lot of new electric product at dealers over the next two years, aiming to get an EV in every core category by 2027. As Autocar frames it, one of the most important vehicles will be an EV underneath the Q4, perhaps in all but name a battery-powered replacement for the current A3. The brand's so big on it that CEO Markus Duesmann, CFO Jurgen Rittersberger, and CTO Oliver Hoffman all mentioned it in some way during the automaker's recent annual meeting.
The current ICE-powered A3 is based on the Volkwagen Group's MQB Evo platform, same as the current Mk8 Volkswagen Golf. Over the next few years, the two are likely to go their own architectural ways. The Volkswagen ID.2all concept that will turn into a new entry-level EV — and could become a GTI — will use the an evolution of the MEB battery-electric platform employed by the likes of the present ID.3 and ID.4. The entry-level Audi electric car is moving to the Volkswagen Group's Scalable Systems Platform (SSP) once planned to be the headline act of VW's Project Trinity and Audi's Project Artemis. After last year's CEO shuffle at VW, we're still wondering what's the endgame for either project.
