Flagship performance EV ups efficiency, range

The 2025 Audi E-Tron GT will get a lift in vary, effectivity, and energy as a part of a mid-cycle refresh revealed Monday.

Styling hasn’t modified a lot from what we have grow to be accustomed to because the E-Tron GT was unveiled in 2021, though there are new entrance fascia designs for the completely different grades. Audi has put extra effort into enhancing efficiency—alongside the traces of updates lately given to the associated Porsche Taycan for 2025.

The bottom E-Tron GT has been dropped. The entry-level grade is a brand new 670-hp S E-Tron GT. The carryover RS E-Tron GT is now the center youngster of the lineup, and sees output enhance from the earlier 647 hp to 845 hp. A brand new RS E-Tron GT Efficiency grade sits atop the vary with 912 hp. It is able to 0-62 mph in 2.5 seconds, whereas high velocity is restricted to 155 mph.

2025 Audi RS E-Tron GT

Twin-motor all-wheel drive stays commonplace throughout the board; you will not discover a single-motor model, or one with three motors just like the Audi SQ8 E-Tron efficiency electrical SUV. All fashions additionally function a lift perform that delivers 94 hp in 10-second intervals.

All fashions use the identical 105-kwh battery pack because the up to date Taycan. The pack sits decrease and, at 1,378 kilos, weighs barely lower than the earlier 83.7-kwh pack regardless of its increased capability. Charging energy will increase from 270 kw to 320 kw, enabling a ten%-80% cost in 18 minutes. The utmost vitality recoverable through regenerative braking additionally will increase from 290 kw to 400 kw.

Audi estimates a most 378 miles of vary as measured on the European WLTP testing cycle. An equal EPA determine shall be decrease, however may nonetheless enhance on the present E-Tron GT’s 249-mile ranking.

2025 Audi S E-Tron GT

Different modifications embody extra highly effective 10-piston entrance brake calipers, with commonplace metal rotors on the S E-Tron GT, a tungsten carbide-coated rotor design on the RS fashions (that is additionally non-compulsory on the S), and obtainable carbon ceramic rotors. Strengthened driveshafts, recalibrated electronics for controlling torque distribution, and new dual-valve dampers shared with the up to date Taycan spherical out the chassis modifications.

In a first drive of the 2025 Taycan we discovered it makes good on the mission, not letting up on the poise and high-speed stability that made this mannequin a standout for street journeys—now with much more real-world vary. With the pre-facelift E-Tron GT, touring consolation was prioritized over Taycan sharpness—which really made it our choice for long-distance blasts.

2025 Audi S E-Tron GT

Inside, the seats, steering wheel, and door sills had been redesigned. Audi continues to make use of its personal interface for the E-Tron GT, with a digital instrument cluster that now reveals battery temperature, most potential cost price, a completion forecast, and preconditioning standing.

Pricing info and launch timing for the U.S.-market 2025 Audi E-Tron GT shall be introduced at a later date. Manufacturing is predicted to remain at Audi’s manufacturing unit in Böllinger Höfe, Germany.