Yeah but not the way ford did with the ignition switches that killed people, and vw with its cheating diesels, and on and on and on

Sorry, a $ 153,000 Porsche.

Came here to pretty much say this. Audi touting reliability as a top concern! And especially in regards to electrical components?!

People can say a lot of things about Tesla’s build quality, weird interiors, and their founder’s lunatic claims and ravings, but their individual battery cell monitoring and control system…

Exactly, Tesla came out of nowhere and right now, their closest competition has been a $100k Porsche. 

They can try to explain it away but an extra 166 miles of range is what the consumer really wants.  After 7 years it’s pretty clear that Tesla makes a reasonably safe vehicle as long as you don’t turn on autopilot and then fall asleep.

I get that, but no one is buying them. But everyone, and I mean *everyone* is just getting slaughtered by Tesla. It’s not even remotely close.

This needs more stars. If I wanted to read a press release I could go to Audi's website.

I don't know if it is "cutting corners" to not design a car to do a bunch of dumb shit nobody ever actually does.

The average American commute is a total of 32 miles per day.

I wish people would stop pretending like they need more range. Hell, 100 miles on battery is more than enough for 90% of Americans’ daily use.

Most laughable is the bit about long-term battery health as if Audi gives a fuck about reliability outside of their warranty.

Maybe audi/porsche use the same “standards” as they did with their diesels..

You know things are bad when the Koreans are going farther in a charge for 25% the price of the Porsche.

Don't apologise for shit Hogan. You spoke the truth and Audi fed you marketing garbage. Tesla for all their faults, has absolutely destroyed in battery and motor tech.

200 mile range doesn’t cut it. That’s a city driver.  And for something with that kind of limited range, why not go cheaper and get a small fuel efficient car?  You won’t need speed or power, unless your climbing something SF’s hills.  

For a second I honestly thought those were buggy wheels.

The prettiest cars have big rubber.

Reverse: wait you mean to say there was a “first” gas station? They didn’t just pop up everywhere overnight, and so early adopters of ICE vehicles were limited where they could travel for fear of running out of gas? That’s wild. I wonder if people complained about the distances they could cover and were anxious at…

Was onboard until... outback?

at some point maybe corporate America will realize selling $35-55k cars is difficult if there is no middle class