Remember the Audi e-Tron concept from Frankfurt Motor show this year. If you do then you must also remember the insane 4500 nm of maximum torque that it devlops.

The concept has now been confirmed for production in 2012 by none other than Audi Chairman, Rupert Stadler.

“Electric power will also give Quattro more possibilities, such as powering the rear axle like in the A1 concept, or four wheels in motors like the e-tron,”  “In fact, we want to launch a production e-tron in small volumes at the end of 2012.” he said.

The 4.2 meter long 1.9 meter wide e-Tron is powered by four electric motors at each corner developing a total of 313 bhp and earth moving 4500 nm of torque (we still can’t get over that figure!). 0-100 kph sprint takes 4.8 seconds while the roll-ons from 37-75 mph takes just 4.1 seconds.

source: autocar

This would be the first electric Audi which suggests companies intention of introducing electric powertrain from top down.

The e-Tron is powered by a lithium-ion battery pack which is mounted on the rear axle to keep the achieve perfect weight distribution. Audi also claims an impressive 250 kms of  range from the 42.4 KWh storage capacity.

The whole car sits on a modified version of Audi’s aluminium spaceframe chassis which has triangular double wishbones at the front axle and trapezoidal wishbone made of forged aluminium components at the rear axle.  The lighweight nature of the chassis and suspension components will also enable Audi to keep the kerb weight at a relatively light 1600 kgs.

To read more about the Audi e-Tron @ the Franfurt 2009, Click Here!