Audi planned to abandon combustion engines and sell only electric vehicles worldwide by 2032. However, just three years ago, the Mahatkanakshi goal has already been removed. According to a recent statement from the CEO Grant Dilner, the company says it will now be flexible, “will continue to sell combustion engine cars in” seven, eight, perhaps 10 years “.
Despite this change, Dilner believes that EV is just a viable way. He has supported the ban on EU sales on new combustion cars since 2035 and interviewed the German Business Magazine, rejecting calls to lift the ban as “counter -fruitful”. Wirttschaftswoche (Subscript is required). He argued that permanently moving between car makers and regulators “bothers consumers.”
Unlike BMW and Mercedes, which has openly opposed the ban on 2035, the Audi takes a different stand. Dilner insists that the only real solution is to reduce CO₂ emissions in the coming years.
‘I do not know about better technology than electric car to develop Co₂ emissions in the coming years. But in addition to climate protection, electric car is just better technology. ‘
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European Commission President Ursola Van Dare Leene met with leading auto executives at the IAA Mobility Show in Munich last Friday to discuss the deadline of 2035. Although there is no change in the target, the legislative schedule 2026 reviews have been transferred by this year, which has the potential for possible changes.
Nevertheless, it is difficult to imagine that pure petrol cars are being allowed from 2035. It is more likely to approve the plugin hybrid and range extension EV, where combustion engines work as a fully generator rather than running wheels. The BMWI3 used it more than a decade ago, and although in recent years has been widely neglected, this technology is returning.
Audi’s main company Volkswagen Group is already developing a new platform that supports the use of ice as a generator. Scaleable System Platform (SSP) will be available in eight variations in several classes, according to reports that Audi can present its rollout in Europe with Electric A4 in a couple of years.
So why did Audi withdraw from all his electric commitment? Although the global demand for EV continues, all four constituencies have struggled. The supply fell by 7.8 % last year to 164,480 units. Without a combustion engine, cars had only 9.7 % of the total supply last year, so it has to go a very long journey until Audi could not allow the ice to leave. Although there was probably not the same weak year, it was not a decisive factor, it raised doubts against 2022, when Audi announced its first fully power -powered plan.
As part of the VW Empire, Audi has flexibility in presenting gas, plugin hybrid and electric models. For now, combustion engines are the backbone of its lineup, which enjoys much popularity than power cars and a large margin of profit. What is sold today with ice vehicles can fund tomorrow’s EV.
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