EV REBIRTH FOR R8, TT

Audi aims to have a pure-ev in every “core segment” from 2027. So that’s the indomitable Q5, Q3 and A4 going electric, then, but what about the far-fromcore R8 and TT sports cars? We asked technical development boss Oliver Hoffmann if the two-seaters will get a battery-powered reprieve now that they’re entering their final few months on sale.

“The future will be fully electric,” he said. “We intend to come up with some surprises again and we are working on sports car concepts that will probably be fully electric. All I can say is we will surprise and thrill you.”

Given the new Audiporsche PPE platform will get rear- and all-wheeldrive drivetrains and place an emphasis on dynamics, it seems an obvious basis for EV versions of each.