Audi relies on luxury and deletes the Q2

Markus Duesman

The CEO is realigning Audi as a premium brand.

(Photo: AUDI AG)

Mr. Duesmann, the new federal government wants a turnaround in energy and transport policy. Are the politicians on the right track?
The realization that renewable energies must be expanded quickly is correct. It is good that the space required for this is shown. For us in the automotive industry, it is important that we achieve technological clarity with regard to the drives.

Because Audi has already committed itself to the electric car?
We could have left the question of the drive open and waited to see what prevailed. However, we wanted to shorten the process – because many countries, including Germany, currently do not have enough green electricity. You can’t dream of e-fuels on a large scale. We would need five times as much green electricity for cars with synthetic fuel as for battery electric vehicles.

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