Production underway

Series production of Audi’s first all-electric vehicle has begun at the brand’s Brussels plant.

The wait is almost over for the arrival of the first all-electric Audi, with production underway on the Audi e-tron in Brussels ahead of its September 17 international reveal.

4 September, 2018


After months of seeing the now familiar camouflaged Audi e-tron prototypes being put through their paces around the globe, series production has begun on the Audi e-tron. The first all-electric SUV to come from Audi, this eagerly anticipated model will be officially unveiled in just two weeks at the Audi Summit in San Francisco (19.9.18). 

Audi Board of Management Member for Production, Peter Kössler and Patrick Danau, Managing Director of Audi Brussels, were on hand to watch the first Audi e-tron models as they came off the assembly line, signalling a significant milestone in the brand’s ongoing history. 

“The Audi e-tron is a genuine pioneer,” says Peter Kössler, Member of the Board of Management for Production and Logistics at AUDI AG. 

“It features innovative technologies such as virtual exterior mirrors and combines traditional Audi qualities in handling and dynamics with technical Vorsprung that goes far beyond the car. Our Brussels plant was comprehensively modernised for the production of the electric car. This is the world's first certified CO2-neutral mass production in the premium segment.”

Audi Brussels offsets all emissions produced in the production process and at the site, primarily by using energy from renewable sources, but also through environmental projects. 

The Audi plant in Brussels offsets all of its emissions produced in the production process and at the site

... plant upgrades included extensively rebuilding its body shop, paint shop and assembly line step by step...

“Audi built up numerous competencies in-house for the Audi e-tron and developed both the battery technology and the actual drive system itself. And employees rethought, planned and implemented many stages of production,” said Patrick Danau, Managing Director of Audi Brussels. 

Since 2016, the Brussels plant has undergone major work to make it a carbon-neutral facility and prepare for the production of the Audi e-tron. These upgrades included extensively rebuilding its body shop, paint shop and assembly line step by step, as well as establishing its own battery production. In addition, driverless transport systems are used to bring the batteries for the electric cars to the assembly line in sequence as they are needed and the employees in Brussels have undergone more than 200,000 hours of training for the first all-electric Audi. The international unveiling of the Audi e-tron will take place in San Francisco on September 17 and will be streamed live at www.e-tron.audi