Kulabo benu eningazi, i-Audi isivele yakha i-supercar kagesi ngaphandle, mhlawumbe, yonke impumelelo abebeyilindele. Kwakumayelana ne I-R8-etron, imoto kagesi kuphela ekhiqizwe kusukela ngo-2012 kuya ku-2014 futhi eyayinayo I-380 CV, 50 ngaphansi kwenguqulo yesisekelo sikaphethiloli u-R8.
Izizathu zezomnotho, ngenxa yezindleko zokuyikhiqiza, zaholela ekupheleni kokukhiqizwa kwale moto yaseJalimane. Ngakho kwenziwa amayunithi ayi-100 kuphela futhi inani layo lalingama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-1, ngemodeli eyisisekelo.
Manje, ngo-2017, lapho izimoto zikagesi zisemilonyeni yawo wonke umuntu, lapho i-Audi izoba khona obala, futhi etafuleni lomsebenzi, i-e-tron entsha ye-R8. Lokhu kuzogqugquzelwa ukubonga, ngokwengxenye, kumarekhodi akamuva azuzwe kuthrekhi yase-German Nordschleife, njengaleyo eku-Nio EP9, okunikeza udumo oluthile ezinkampanini; kanye nezimoto zezemidlalo zikagesi noma ezixubile ezivela ezinkampanini eziyizimbangi, njenge-BMW i8 noma i-Tesla Model S.
Ozongena esikhundleni se-e-tron engu-R8 zingabalelwa ku-800 volts, okungasho ukwenyuka kwesikweletu sikagesi. Nansi indlela uPeter Mertens, inhloko ye-Audi Development, aveze ngayo amathuba emoto entsha yaseJalimane:
“Ungacabanga ukuthi, ngesinye isikhathi, sizoba nemoto enkulu kagesi. Umbuzo uthi ngingathanda yini ukuthi ifike maduze. Impendulo inguyebo, kunjalo. Kuyingxenye yohlelo lwethu. Ngingasho ukuthi kumkhiqizo onjenge-Audi, i-supercar ihlale inentshisekelo. Impela kuyingxenye yesigaba lapho ebesidlala khona "nabadlali" abaqavile, kusho uPeter Mertens.
Ngaphandle kokungabaza, ithuba lokubona i-e-tron entsha ye-R8 Ilapho, njengokubona okuxubile noma okuhlukile kukagesi kwezinguqulo ze-S noma ze-RS zomkhiqizo ezinamaringi amane. Phela bebezobe belandela isiqubulo somkhiqizo esithi, "Eqhulwini kwezobuchwepheshe."