Audi unveils an electric coupe cum pickup truck – but beneath the frippery is a display of EV intent

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The PPE electric car platform marks progress for the maker, which also has autonomous driving in it sights

Oh yeah, and at the touch of a button, the rear bodywork and glass can slide out of the way, leaving you with an open load bed, pickup truck style. Like we said – the thing you never knew you needed.Underneath all of this concept car frippery is something more serious – the PPE electric car platform, which Audi is making along with Porsche and which will form the underpinnings of all of Audi’s larger models in the coming years.

Audi has also since said that while the driving experience is no longer what it considers the defining part of a car, it will still seek to keep a physical connection between car and driver Inside there are no controls and no steering wheel. Indeed, when you sit in past the large doors there appears to be nothing other than a very expensively upholstered shelf. In fact, what’s in front of you is a projection screen, on to which all of the car’s controls and displays are shone. The only physical controls, at first, are door-mounted switches for the seats and temperature controls, and even then you can use them without touching, just waving your hands around in gestures.

 

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