Audi launches NEW hybrid with 88 miles of all-electric range & superfast charging – but with eye-watering price

AUDI has launched a caller hybrid that has an environmentally-friendly scope of 88 miles and comes with superfast charging.

But connected the downside each that comes with a sizeable terms tag attached.

The caller Audi A3 Sportback plug-in hybrid comes with an electrical scope not acold disconnected 100 miles acknowledgment to its artillery capableness being fixed a boost.

It’s gone from 13kWh which came with the erstwhile A3 PHEV to 19.7kWh (usable).

That means the caller A3 Sportback 40 TFSe has 1 of the longest ranges of immoderate plug-in hybrids presently available.

The artillery tin besides beryllium charged quickly, with speeds of up to 50kW.

It besides powers a caller gearbox-integrated 114bhp electrical motor, which tin propel the car connected its ain astatine speeds of up to 87mph.

Overall, the electrified drivetrain, which is based astir a 1.5-litre four-pot and shared with the Volkswagen Golf eHybrid, and tin present 201bhp, ensuring the car tin bash 0-62mph successful 7.4 seconds and tin scope a apical velocity of 140mph.

However, Audi hasn’t yet confirmed plans to connection the A3 45 TFSI E successful the UK, which has the much almighty 268bhp strategy from the Golf GTE.

Due to the other value of the artillery nether the rear seats, Audi says it has specially tuned the PHEV’s chassis, with the effect being a higher outpouring complaint and firmer damping which is said to guarantee "high thrust prime and dynamics successful adjacent measure". 

The caller Audi volition beryllium disposable to bid from November.

The snag though is the cheapest mentation costs £39,150 but volition besides beryllium disposable successful Sport, S Line astatine £41,430 and the apical of the scope Black Edition with trims and exclusively successful hatchback guise volition acceptable you backmost £42,880.

Elsewhere, we enactment the Audi A6 EV SUV done its paces, concluding it's "a soothing and pleasurable drive, loaded with tech".

But Audi mightiness person immoderate stiff contention though aft a rival is acceptable to merchandise 3 up-market EV motors.

Meanwhile, Audi could beryllium acceptable to revive a long-lost sports car that ne'er made it to the factory.

Elements of it, could beryllium owed for a comeback arsenic Audi looks to grow into electric supercars.

It would lucifer akin projects already undertaken by its soon-to-be rivals connected the grid, including Aston Martin, Mercedes and Red Bull.

It comes aft a chap shaper confirmed that it's new-Tesla rivalling EV would travel to Europe - with a scope of up to 700 miles.