Audi "downsizing" electric vehicles! Official announcement: will continue to promote fuel versions, plug-in hybrid models

A few days ago, Zhidian Mobility learned that Audi will not seek to maximize the production of electric vehicles in the future, and will respond to the slowdown in demand in the field of new pure electric vehicles. According to Audi's new CEO Gernot Dollner, the brand will continue to promote internal combustion engines, plug-in hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles to alleviate dealer sales pressure and consumer car purchase demand.

According to the previous Audi brand plan, by 2026 to launch 20 new models, half of which will be pure electric models, and Audi's new CEO Gernot Dollner also said that the launch of ICE and PHEV models as soon as possible is better for both automakers and consumers in the short term, first considering the order and density of the release of the new electric vehicle and fuel models, and finally decided to disperse them so as not to put greater pressure on the team and dealers.

According to Audi's new CEO, Gernot Dollner, his goal in the company is to change Audi's relevance in the "combustion space" to that of electric vehicles, especially in the Chinese market, where Audi is trying to keep up with its competitors. Up to now, Audi is waiting for the completion of the PPE platform, but due to software problems with the Volkswagen Group, the release of the brand's Q6 e-tron model has been postponed, and the A6 e-tron and A4 e-tron models will be launched in the future.