Premium Platform Electric (PPE) is a modular
car platform
A car platform is a shared set of common design, engineering, and production efforts, as well as major components, over a number of outwardly distinct models and even types of cars, often from different, but somewhat related, marques. It is prac ...
for
electric car
An electric car, battery electric car, or all-electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using only energy stored in batteries. Compared to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, electric cars are quie ...
s being developed by
Volkswagen Group
Volkswagen AG (), known internationally as the Volkswagen Group, is a German multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The company designs, manufactures and distributes passenger and commercial ...
brands
Audi
Audi AG () is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. As a subsidiary of its parent company, the Volkswagen Group, Audi produces vehicles in nine production facilities worldwide.
Th ...
and
Porsche
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche (; see #Pronunciation, below), is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans, headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ...
.
The platform will be for larger electric vehicles which are not suitable for the
Volkswagen Group MEB platform, although Audi will also build cars with the smaller platform.
Details of the platform were first revealed in 2019, with Audi noting that it would have 2/3 assembling commonality with the
MLB Evo platform.
The first car officially announced for PPE was the
Audi A6 e-tron.
Details
The car reportedly has a
WLTP range, with an 800V electrical architecture that allows
DC fast charging at up to 270kW.
In November 2022, it was revealed that the architecture allowed rear or four-wheel drive, with power up to 450kW.
The batteries run at 800V, but can split into 2 400V packs for further charging.
Models
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Audi A6 e-tron (production commencing 2022)
Prototypes
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Porsche 718 GT4 ePerformance
See also
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Volkswagen Group MEB platform
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Volkswagen Group Scalable Systems Platform The Volkswagen Group Scalable Systems Platform (''SSP'') is a modular car platform for electric cars being developed by the Volkswagen Group. SSP was announced in July 2021, as part of Volkswagen's "New Auto" strategy, to have a "single battery el ...
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List of Volkswagen Group platforms
The German automotive concern, Volkswagen Group has, since the 1970s, developed a series of shared automobile platforms for their motor vehicles.
Originally, these were identified using a simple alphanumeric system. The first letter prefix ind ...
References
External links
Volkswagen Group corporate website
{{Volkswagen Group brands
Electric vehicle platforms
Premium Platform Electric