The Audi e-tron GT and RS e-tron GT share numerous their applied sciences with the Porsche Taycan, however does that imply they drive identical to their cousin from Zuffenhausen?

To seek out out, Matt Farah from The Smoking Tire jumped behind the wheel of each the usual e-tron GT and the flagship RS e-tron GT. Most of this evaluation is concentrated on the RS mannequin, which can in all probability be favored amongst consumers on the lookout for essentially the most efficiency, however in response to Farah, it doesn’t actually really feel all that completely different to drive in comparison with the usual mannequin.

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The RS e-tron GT is paired by a pair of electrical motors that mix to pump out 590 hp and 612 lb-ft (830 Nm) of torque, however with an Overboost operate enabled off the road, that will increase to 637 hp. That could be a critical quantity of grunt and permits the EV to hit 60 mph (96 km/h) in simply 3.1 seconds whereas powering by to a 155 mph (250 km/h) prime pace, though Farah’s co-host says that the extraordinary tempo does start to taper off past 90 mph (145 km/h).

Farah notes that the dearth of noticeable variations between the usual e-tron GT and the RS is a aspect impact of its electrical powertrain. Whereas Audi’s lower-tier ICE fashions have four-cylinder engines, its most potent RS fashions have twin-turbocharged V8s, that means they really feel vastly completely different. By comparability, each the e-tron GT and the RS e-tron GT have a really related electrical powertrain and in on a regular basis driving, really feel very related, regardless of their energy and efficiency discrepancies.