He was the great forgotten of the SPHERE trio that remained to be known about the brand with the four rings, which is about to be revealed. The German firm is going to unveil the Audi urbansphere concept in minutes, a preview of a future electric minivan.
The Audi urbansphere concept was announced last summer, along with two more conceptual previews, one of a large sports car and the other of a luxurious electric sedan, all three conceived within the framework of the advanced Artemis project. While the Audi Grandsphere conceptY Audi Skysphere Conceptsaw the light of the spotlights last summer, a few days before the Munich Motor Show, the third was relegated to a plane from which it disappeared.
Until now, that the brand with the four rings recovered it and that it is about to reveal. His lines are those of a minivan with ample capacityendorsed with the latest advance that the Bavarians have advanced just a few days ago allowing to see a very open interior without a central pillar. An advance from which a certain crossover aptitude is also expected.
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Audi urbansphere concept, the advance of an urban electric
Nothing is known about the third of the “Sphere”, beyond the advance that Marc Lichte, Audi’s design axis, offered last summer by pointing out that the Artemis project, in principle, only focused on the replacement of the majestic Audi A8 , he was going to spin off into three models: a sedan, a high-flying sports coupe and a minivanall with a couple of denominators in common: electric and with a design that anticipates the future style of the brand’s models.
The only clue to date lies in the name of the concept car: «Urban», a clear reference to a market that Audi has planned to abandon at the end of the commercial life cycle of the A1which does not have a scheduled replacement, nor will it the Q2 to which they have also hung the death sentence. But we do know a couple of things, and that is that Audi is positioning the new generation electrics in the even gaps that remain in its offer and that the new manager is wishing to cover a space that they abandoned years ago with the A2.
Precisely, a minivan ahead of its time, so a number of signs clearly point to this segment of the Premium utilities, where those from Munich have, and will have, a more electric presence before the middle of the decade. In a few minutes, the preview of this more compact electric future will be revealed and you can find out all its details in the first person.