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audi's new car plan for the chinese market: q6l e-tron to be launched in mid-2025, and both north and south audi will start production of a5

2024-09-05

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it home reported on september 5 that audi today released more information about its new car plans for the chinese market. starting from mid-2025, it will first launch the locally produced audi q6l e-tron model series based on the ppe luxury pure electric platform. in the next two years, audi will work with two local partners (china faw and saic group) to launch new pure electric and fuel models.

starting from mid-2025, audi will work with faw to launch pure electric models based on the ppe platform specifically for the chinese market, with the first model being the audi q6l e-tron. in addition, a new generation of local models based on the ppc (premium platform combustion) luxury fuel vehicle platform will also be unveiled, including the new audi a5 family. the audi a5 family will be jointly produced by audi's two major partners in china, faw and saic, and will provide different body styles.

it home noticed that audi has adjusted the naming method of its globally released vehicles since 2024. the numbers in the model names will become a symbol to distinguish between electric models and fuel models. from now on, even numbers will represent electric models, such as audi q6 e-tron; odd numbers will represent fuel models, such as audi a5. audi q6 e-tron is the first model to adopt this new vehicle naming rule.

while implementing global vehicle naming conventions, the audi a6l, one of the most successful models in china's high-end car market, will retain its current name.