
The Audi e-tron Sportback is a stylish sophomore electric car
It’s a better drive than the first e-tron, but efficiency still lags rivals. …

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Audi has given its e-tron electric car a fancy new look—this is the Audi e-tron Sportback.
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Viewing it in profile gives you the best idea of what’s new—it’s that sleek new roofline that trades a little cargo volume for a lot of style.
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Mechanically, the e-tron Sportback is much the same as the e-tron SUV, with 300kW from a pair of electric motors.
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An e-tron Sportback will cost between $70k-$90k depending on trim or options, but I can’t think of a better EV interior for the money.
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There’s ample room in the back for three adults.
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Push the silver drive selector forward to reverse, or pull it back to go forward. Pull it back twice to go into S, which gives you a little more oomph for brief bursts.
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If you turn on the AC, expect this to drop by a few miles. But I bet you could go more than 218 miles if you drove everywhere at the speed limit and only accelerated gently.
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Plugging in to a level 2 charger, the battery will take about 10 hours to go from 0 to 100 percent.Jonathan Gitlin