Audi's Electric Models Will Retain a Traditional Grille

As we've seen throughout the automotive industry, the arrival of electric models has meant significant design changes. The design constraints when developing EVs are so different that designers and stylists enjoy certain freedoms they didn't have before.

This can mean, for example, placing a trunk in the front or increasing interior space due to the absence of a transmission tunnel. Aesthetically, we've also seen electric models get fundamentally different and very distinct front ends, mostly because with no combustion engine to cool, the openings provided by traditional grilles are no longer necessary.

At Audi, like at so many other automakers, the development of electric vehicles is going full steam ahead. The German company could well abandon the combustion engine completely by 2016. However, what it won't abandon is its traditional grille.

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Indeed, Audi considers the grille an important and distinctive styling element, one that will continue to play a major role in the design of the brand's products. The so-called single-frame grille is here to stay, no matter what kind of drivetrain a model will have.

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