Audi AI:RACE

The Audi AI:RACE, codenamed the PB18 e-tron, is a two door hatchback electric sports car concept developed by Audi Sport GmbH, a division of the German automaker Audi AG, and introduced in 2018. The PB18 name refers to the 2018 Pebble Beach Automotive Week in Monterey, California, where the car debuted. Three electric motors, one on the front axle and two on the rear, drive all four wheels and give a combined 493 kW (670 PS) and 830 N m of torque, with overboost to 562 kW for short periods. Audi claims that its 95 kWh solid state battery with 800 volt charging gives a range of 581 km and can charge fully in 15 minutes, and claims 0 to 100 km/h in about 2 seconds. Because the car uses drive by wire, the driver can switch between a central single seat position and a conventional two seat layout. In January 2019 Audi confirmed that 50 examples would go into production within two years.