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Audi expects 2020 E-Tron GT to accept 350-kW fast charging

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Audi

has just shown us the

production version of the E-Tron

, a battery-

electric crossover

that will be able to use 150-kW DC fast charging, good for charging to 80 percent capacity in 30 minutes. Now comes word that the

upcoming E-Tron GT

will be able to charge to 80 percent in less than 12 minutes.

Autocar

, citing

Audi’s

product marketing manager Johannes Eckstein,

reports

the E-Tron GT will be Audi’s first

electric vehicle

capable of being charged using 350-kW fast-chargers. These chargers are

popping up across Europe

, thanks to the

Ionity

joint venture between

VW

Group,

BMW

,

Daimler

and

Ford

. Stateside, the

VW

Group’s Electrify America is also installing charging stations capable of up to 350 kW fast charging.

Current battery technology isn’t capable of handling 350 kW charging, but the E-Tron GT will come with next-generation batteries said to be up to the task. That should help quell some of the range anxiety that has hampered the growth of

EVs

.

Porsche

has also said its

2020 Taycan

, formerly known as the Mission E, will be able to handle charging capacities up to 350 kW.

Audi has been working with

Porsche

on both the

E-Tron GT concept

, which is

expected to debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show

in November, and a new

electric car

platform called the Premium Platform Electric capable of supporting small car and SUV bodies. Also in the pipeline is an

E-Tron Sportback

to debut in 2019.

The E-Tron, which

goes on sale

in the second quarter of 2019, is the first EV of a planned 20 electrified models Audi plans to introduce by 2025, including 12 full-electrics.

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