The brand with the four rings is constantly advancing in the development of new models with the e-tron seal. An offer that will extend to all segments, including the compact. The Audi A3 e-tron is the protagonist of a new era that will start shortly after the middle of the decade. In 2027, the compact will be 100% electric.
Audi is immersed in the comprehensive transformation of its model range, changing the technical approach from combustion to full electrification. A strategy that will be extended to the entire offer in the coming years. Although for now they are all plans, because they will not arrive in the short term, but from the middle of the decade. Y one of those who has entered the most recent plans It has been the Audi A3 e-tron.
The compact faces its latest generation on the market, although it will not come out as soon as you might think. The brand has devised a transition so that customers can experience the change from one system to another, especially since the Premium competition will not change overnight, but will extend the combustion as long as it can. This has been confirmed by BMW and Mercedes, since the real key is in the batteries. Even so, a completely new generation of the A3 will not be developedbut it will maintain a commercial surname associated in the past with the PHEV plug-in hybrid version.
Radical transformation in the new Audi A3 e-tron 2027, its secrets
In recent weeks, different media and especially Germans have been talking about the future A3 e-tron, but the internal sources we work with at Motor.es have provided us with very interesting information to tell you about this model, which is known internally as «Audi E3». Our source indicates that it will be revealed at the end of 2027 with a very novel design and different from the format of the current five-door compact. Plus sporty and avant-garde, but with the characteristics of a crossover. Just enough not to interfere in the field of the Q4 e-tron, and an approach that will follow the lines of the Audi TT Sportback Conceptone of the concepts that caused the greatest sensations almost a decade ago.
Two birds with one stone is what the German brand intends to do with the successor to the Audi A3, which will be based on the new SSP platform Volkswagen, a flat frame on which sits the battery pack with high capacity and autonomy. The future A3 e-tron will have different versions with front-wheel drive and quattro, in addition to the corresponding sports. Volkswagen, through the new company Cariad, is working on a new control software that will later be finished adjusting by the Audi specialists who are working on the Artemis project.
The current Audi A3 will complete its commercial life cycle in 2027, the same year that the electric successor will be presented, although the market launch will take a few more months. The brand’s idea is to extend this fourth generation for a while longer, with the two models coexisting for approximately one year, following the strategy of the new Porsche Macan EV. In this way, customers will be able to opt for one or another model, although traditional combustion options will be minimalprecisely to force customers to opt for 100% electricity.