Despite the slowdown in electric vehicle sales growth, Audi is committed to its plan to launch its final internal combustion engine-equipped model in 2026, CEO Gernot Döllner said on Tuesday when announcing the company’s financial results for 2023 .
The final model will remain in production until 2033, after which Audi will become an all-electric brand. This date is not fixed, however. Döllner said Audi has some flexibility if market conditions change.
“We are fully committed to electric mobility,” he said. “But if there are waves or fluctuations in the transition, we can react to them.”
The plan was first announced in 2021 by former CEO Markus Duesmann, who Döllner replaced last year. Other automakers announced similar plans at the time, but are pulling back and will continue to offer vehicles equipped with internal combustion engines over the next decade. like Mercedes-Benz.
Döllner also confirmed on Tuesday plans to launch more than 20 new or updated vehicles by the end of 2025, including the new 2025 Q6 E-Tron electric compact crossover that was revealed overnight. Also in preparation is the updated 2025 A3The new 2025 A6 E-Tronand redesigned versions of the A5 and Q5 that are also expected to arrive as 2025 models.
The new A5 and Q5 will run on a new platform for internal combustion cars called PPC (Premium Platform Combustion). It is a counterpart to the PPE (Premium Platform Electric) that underpins the Q6 E-Tron and its Corporate cousin Porsche Macanand will debut on the new A5 and Q5 models in the second half of the year.