Audi’s Avant Station Wagon Enters the Market as a Plug-in Hybrid With Autonomous Features

Audi has unveiled a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) version of its Avant station wagon. The A6 Avant TFSI e quattro features an intelligent drive management that enables it to achieve a high electric range and low fuel consumption. 

The electric range of the Audi A6 Avant is up to 51 kilometres. This means it’s eligible for a 50 percent company car tax reduction in Germany. It can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.7 seconds. In electric-only mode, its top speed is 135 km/h.

The new vehicle also offers autonomous drive management and a predictive operating strategy.

In a press release, Audi explains: “The predictive efficiency assist takes over the fine planning of the journey. It also uses a large amount of information for this purpose, including navigation, online traffic events, the customer’s driving style, and the vehicle sensors such as the camera and radar. It plans the management of the drives and decides between freewheeling with the engine deactivated and coasting recuperation.”

The base price for the Audi A6 Avant 55 TFSI e quattro is 71,940 euros.