Audi’s Urban Concept heads to IAA Frankfurt, tickles our EV sensibilities

The Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA) Frankfurt looms on the horizon, meaning its time for another round of bodacious concept cars we want, but sadly can never have. We’ve already seen BMW’s entry and now it’s Audi’s turn to show off an electric city-dweller. Dubbed the “Urban Concept,” this latest e-tron is made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic and wields a door contraption that’ll put Lambos to shame — assuming it ever makes it to market. And it just might, seeing as our friends over at Autoblog caught it slumming around Berlin in prototype garb. We’ll hear more from Ingolstadt come September, but in the meantime more sketches and snaps of the development mule await you at the source links below. Continue reading Audi’s Urban Concept heads to IAA Frankfurt, tickles our EV sensibilities Audi’s Urban Concept heads to IAA Frankfurt, tickles our EV sensibilities originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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