Audi Skysphere

The Audi Skysphere is an electric roadster concept from Audi, shown during Monterey Car Week in August 2021 as the first of three concepts with a sphere name, followed by the Grandsphere and the Urbansphere. It is a rear-wheel-drive two-seater whose wheelbase changes under electric power. In grand touring mode it is a long wheelbase car meant to drive itself, and in sports mode it shortens by 9.8 inches and sits 0.4 inch lower as a driver-focused roadster, with the steering wheel and pedals emerging from the dash. Audi quoted a single rear-axle electric motor of 623 hp and 553 lb-ft of torque, an 80 kWh battery for about 311 miles of range on the European WLTP cycle, and a 0 to 62 mph time of around four seconds. It was designed at the Audi Design Studio in Malibu, California, with the 1930s Horch 853 as its inspiration, and Audi has no plans to build it, so it previews design language rather than a production car.