Audi Concept Shanghai, a new electric SUV for China that will arrive in 2021

It is one of the four novelties presented by the brand with the four rings at the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show, dubbed the Audi Concept Shanghai. A model developed especially for the Asian giant, of which the German firm has not announced its name, but its debut. By the end of 2021.

Some have already assigned it a trade name, that of the Audi Q6 e-tron, when they see it on display at the German brand's booth at the Shanghai Auto Show dressed in the special promotional camouflage that Audi uses when its new electric models are next. to your presentation. But, nothing is further from the truth, this advance is not the highly anticipated Audi Q5 e-tron that will arrive in 2022.

It is the Audi concept Shanghai, one of the four novelties that the brand has presented at the great fair in China, an SUV that has been developed especially for this market, and where it will be sold exclusively from 2022. The German brand itself has confirmed that the production model will uncover its image in the second half of 2021.

The Audi Concept Shanghai, the advance of the electric SUV for China

The concept of the electric future bears a great aesthetic resemblance to the recently presented Audi Q4 e-tron, the design of the very thin headlights, although the main functions are housed in a second level, or the shape of the silhouette and a line of very flat roof that gives it a very familiar look. Only the Singleframe grille design differs from the latest electric models, with a design more in line with the e-tron and e-tron Sportback, a mesh of vertical and horizontal bars painted in silver.

The images also show a few slim taillights attached by the characteristic light bar is maintained or not. The Audi Concept Shanghai has a length of 4.87 meters, a height very in line with that of the also new Volkswagen ID.6 and which will allow offering 6 and 7-seater versions, which is why it is considered a more Premium alternative to this model.

For now, its technical specifications are unknown, kept secret by both Audi and SAIC, the partner that will be in charge of manufacturing it in its facilities in Anting, Shanghai, and marketing it. Only the capacity of the equipped battery is known, of 83.4 kWh, and a maximum autonomy of 560 kilometers, data confirmed in its launch. Chinese sources point out that it may be a development on the MEB platform, but it may also be on the modified MLB Evo.