Audi’s latest full-electric automobile, the This fall e-tron full-electric SUV, has gone into manufacturing at guardian Volkswagen Group’s EV plant in Zwickau, Germany.

The This fall e-tron compact mannequin will likely be Audi’s smallest EV and the model’s first electrical automobile focused at a quantity section.

The EV will likely be unveiled in the course of April and launched in Europe in the summertime, Audi stated in a statement.

The This fall e-tron relies on guardian Volkswagen Group’s MEB electrical platform. Audi additionally will promote a coupe-styled version called the Q4 Sportback e-tron, which will likely be unveiled alongside its sibling.

The This fall Sportback e-tron will go on sale within the autumn.

Each fashions may have an 82-kilowatt-hour battery pack and two electrical motors for a mixed output of 302 hp and a spread of 450 km (280 miles).

Audi has beforehand touted the This fall e-tron’s roominess, together with trunk area of 520 liters. The automobile has a size of 4590 mm (195 inches), virtually the identical as its MEB sibling, the VW ID4. The This fall Sportback e-tron is 10 mm longer than the This fall e-tron and 10 mm decrease.

Audi first confirmed the This fall e-tron as an idea in 2019 and the design of the manufacturing automobile is just not anticipated to be a lot completely different. The idea was characterised by a outstanding grille, massive wheels and outlined wheel arches that provides the physique a extra sculptured look than the associated ID4 SUV.

The This fall e-tron is the primary non-VW model electrical automobile to enter manufacturing on the Zwickau plant and it’s being constructed on the identical line because the ID4. The This fall Sportback e-tron can even be constructed on the plant.

The manufacturing unit additionally produces the ID3 and later this yr will start production of the Cupra Born compact EV, which additionally makes use of the MEB platform.

“The cross-brand collaboration in Zwickau demonstrates as soon as once more the large synergy potential that we get pleasure from with the Volkswagen Group.” Audi’s manufacturing head, Peter Koessler, stated within the assertion.

Audi stated it had equipped press instruments for making the This fall e-tron’s physique elements from its personal toolmaking store.

“With its expressive design, the Audi This fall e-tron poses huge challenges with regards to precision and floor perfection,” Audi stated. The model equipped 100 of its personal workers to assist with manufacturing preparation at Zwickau.

Zwickau was established as the house of the MEB platform with the beginning of manufacturing of the VW ID3 in late 2019. VW will add production of the ID5, a coupe-styled model of the ID4, within the fourth quarter.

By 2025, Audi plans to launch greater than 20 full-electric fashions.

“The This fall e-tron is our entry-level providing into the electrical world of Audi,” CEO Markus Duesmann stated in the course of the automaker’s annual press convention on March 23.