Open wheeled EV city car? Yes, these sketches are of the Audi Urban Concept that will be unveiled in Frankfurt next month. It’s a 1+1-seat, ultra-light machine for congested cities. Audi says that they’ve combined elements of a racing car, a roadster, a fun car and an urban car into the Urban Concept, conceived under the strict principles of lightweight construction, efficiency and reduction.
The Urban Concept’s 21-inch wheels are free-standing, and the surrounding protective plates feature blinking strips of LED lights. The cockpit consists of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP), which integrates the undercarriage of both seats.
Classified as a 1+1, there’s room for two people on board, but with their position slightly staggered. It looks easy to just step in the car when the roof slides to the rear, single seater style, but Audi says that “entry to the car is through the tailgate”, which we don’t quite get.
Anyway, the Urban Concept is an EV, and two e-tron electric motors provide the propulsion. A lithium-ion battery supplies the energy. More pics after the jump.
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This is the way forward to beat congestion and reduce pollution, the are too many single occupancy car on the road.
Because the cheapest (common sense) car you can get is designed for 4 person to sit in? Unless it’s cheap cheap (which from the material, or even the badge that it will never be cheap), I don’t see this as a solution to traffic congestion here… Maybe it’ll work else where but probably not here. Better take kapchai to beat congestion..
bring the future now!
looks like Auto Union (pre-Audi) Grand Prix race car before World War II.