Audi Developing At Least Three Electric Cars On VW’s MEB Platform

Audi intends on producing at least three electric vehicles using the VW Group’s MEB architecture.

The first vehicle from the German conglomerate to use this platform, the ID.3, will hit the production line next month and be later joined by a whole family of MEB-based models from VW. Over at Audi, development is underway to base a handful of its future electric vehicles on the same architecture.

Audi’s first MEB-based model will be the final production version of the Q4 E-Tron Concept unveiled back at March’s Geneva Motor Show. Audi exterior designer Wolf Seebers recently revealed that this concept is 97 per cent production-ready with the most significant changes being the fitment of regular door handles, different wing mirrors, and smaller wheels.

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Audi’s MEB plans won’t stop with the Q4 E-Tron. According to MEB project manager Markus Jeschke, two other Audis are in the works.

“We can envision a sportier version [of the Q4] and a sedan,” he told Autoblog.

It’s not just the MEB architecture that Audi will use for its future electric vehicles. The car manufacturer is currently working alongside Porsche to develop a new electric platform dubbed ‘PPE’. This architecture has been in the works for a number of years and will be designed around a rear electric motor that can be joined by a front electric motor to create all-wheel drive.

One key difference between MEB and PPE is that the latter will be catered towards performance vehicles and include technologies such as all-wheel steering and torque vectoring.

Note: Audi Q4 e-Tron Concept pictured