The 2019 Audi E-Tron is a big deal; it’s Audi’s first fully electric vehicle, and the first of many. But while it was developed as an electric vehicle from the ground up, it unsurprisingly draws from the Volkswagen Audi Group stable—and some more unlikely places.
The E-Tron is the first vehicle to ride on the new Audi C-BEV platform. Looking at the chassis, it is obvious that it was designed as a battery electric vehicle from the start as the middle of the body uses the battery as a part of the structure but things become much more familiar once we move to the suspension.
The front suspension consists of their common five-link setup which is found on vehicles such as the Audi Q5 and Porsche Macan, with two links up top and three below the axle.
Based on the pictures that we have so far, the suspension links and axles look to be located in almost the same exact spots. The the front track width of the E-Tron is also an exact match for that of the Macan and comes in at 65.2 inches.
Moving past the suspension, we see that the brakes are also very familiar. The brake pedal is a standard Audi part used on everything from the A4 to the Q5. The brake caliper is a six-piston Brembo unit which is found on certain variants of the Q5 and Q7 and the brake rotor is a two-piece pinned design that is found on a few other Audi vehicles as well as the Ford Mustang GT350.
