Audi Q4 E-Tron Concept is the next step in the world of electric Audis

The

Audi

Q4 E-Tron Concept just dropped its curtain at the 2019

Geneva Motor Show

. It’s an electric Audi

crossover

, and it looks a bit like the

production E-Tron

does. Close resemblance to a production car is no mistake, as Audi plans to turn this concept into a production car by the end of 2020. Audi claims it will be the company’s fifth

electric vehicle

upon introduction.

This concept is currently riding on

Volkswagen

Group’s

modular electrification platform

(MEB) that will underpin the vast majority of its

electric cars

in the future. We get some specs to go along with the concept, too. An 82 kWh battery is under the floor; Audi claims this will provide about 280 miles of range when rated on the WLTP standard. Two electric motors, one for each axle, make a combined 302 horsepower and 339 pound-feet of torque. Maximum charge speed is capped at 125 kW, which gets you from zero to 80 percent in a smidgen over 30 minutes. With two electric motors combining to do the work, it has all-wheel drive. Audi says the rear motor does most the work, but the front will kick in when called upon.

Then there are all the cool concept parts of the

Q4

E-Tron Concept. First up is the paint. Audi developed this paint specifically for the concept, and it’s designed to reflect sunlight, effectively reducing the build-up of heat on the body. This makes the interior cooler on a sunny day, and reduces the amount of energy needed to cool the car using traditional air conditioning. It’s called “Solar

Sky

,” and it even changes the shade of blue depending on the angle of the light hitting it.

A head-up display with an augmented reality function is used —

we’ve seen that

in concept before. Then the steering wheel spokes have touch control functionality to go along with all the other screens in the vehicle. Weirdly enough, this concept uses actual buttons for climate control unlike many new production Audis today. The exterior styling is much more in-your-face than the

E-Tron

is. Harsh angles replace a lot of the rounded edges we see on other Audis like the

Q8

SUV. The 22-inch wheels are definitely overkill, and this one has actual mirrors instead of the camera mirrors the E-Tron gets in Europe. A production version of this will probably make its way to our side of the world come 2021, so don’t expect to see it anytime soon.

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