{"id":71696,"date":"2009-12-08T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/08\/audi-e-tron-sales-to-be-limited-to-1-000-units\/"},"modified":"2009-12-08T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T00:00:00","slug":"audi-e-tron-sales-to-be-limited-to-1000-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/71696","title":{"rendered":"Audi e-tron sales to be limited to 1,000 units?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/coupes\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coupe<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/sports\/\" rel=\"tag\">Performance<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/audi\/\" rel=\"tag\">Audi<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/electric\/\" rel=\"tag\">Electric<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/la-2009-orange-audi-e-tron\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/01-audi-etron-live-la-630op.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>Audi e-tron concept &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/audi\/\">Audi<\/a> may not be positioning itself as a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/08\/audi-were-necessarily-positioned-as-a-green-brand\/\">green brand<\/a>,&#8221; but it&#8217;s still putting a rather big toe into the environmentally-friendly waters of electric sportscars with its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/r8\">R8<\/a>-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/02\/la-2009-audi-e-tron-orange-we-terribly-sad-it-was-repainted\/\">e-tron<\/a>, which is reportedly headed for production in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>As a refresher &#8211; as if you needed one &#8211; the e-tron debuted as a concept at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/frankfurt-auto-show\/\">Frankfurt Motor Show<\/a> in September with some truly impressive statistics: four separate electric motors with 230 kW (313 horsepower) and 4,500 Nm (3,319.03 pound-feet) of torque (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/03\/audi-twists-e-tron-3319-lb-ft-torque-rating\/\">sort of<\/a>), which is enough to push it to 62 mph in a mere 4.8 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>So, um&#8230; want one? The line forms at the rear, and you&#8217;d better not dawdle as Audi says its only planning to build 1,000 of examples. Naturally, pricing has yet to be set, but it&#8217;s reportedly expected to be &#8220;above R8 levels.&#8221; Duh. Regardless, with all those lithium ion batteries and their associated electronic gadgetry, we don&#8217;t imagine that Audi plans to make much of a profit when it finally goes on sale in two years.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/la-2009-orange-audi-e-tron\/low\/\">LA 2009: Orange Audi e-tron<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/la-2009-orange-audi-e-tron\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/01-audi-etron-live-la_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/la-2009-orange-audi-e-tron\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/02-audi-etron-live-la_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/la-2009-orange-audi-e-tron\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/03-audi-etron-live-la_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/la-2009-orange-audi-e-tron\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/04-audi-etron-live-la_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/la-2009-orange-audi-e-tron\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/05-audi-etron-live-la_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/News\/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=245681\">Autocar<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/08\/audi-e-tron-sales-to-be-limited-to-1-000-units\/\">Audi e-tron sales to be limited to 1,000 units?<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weblogsinc.com\/feed-terms\/\">terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><\/h6>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/News\/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=245681>Read<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/08\/audi-e-tron-sales-to-be-limited-to-1-000-units\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent link to this entry\">Permalink<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/forward\/19270193\/\" title=\"Send this entry to a friend via email\">Email this<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/08\/audi-e-tron-sales-to-be-limited-to-1-000-units\/#comments\" title=\"View reader comments on this entry\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Audi, Electric Audi e-tron concept &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery Audi may not be positioning itself as a &#8220;green brand,&#8221; but it&#8217;s still putting a rather big toe into the environmentally-friendly waters of electric sportscars with its R8-based e-tron, which is reportedly headed for production in 2012. 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