2022 Audi Q6 e-tron will be Porsche Macan twin

The all-new pure-electric Audi Q6 e-tron that's set to make its debut in 2022 will be co-developed alongside the next Porsche Macan, the German car-maker's boss has confirmed.

According to Audi CEO Markus Duessman, the 2022 Audi Q6 e-tron will be based on the Volkswagen Group's all-new Premium Platform Electric (PPE) architecture that Audi is co-developing with Porsche.

The Q6 e-tron will be the four-ringed brand's first beneficiary of the advanced PPE platform and will share plenty with the incoming 2021 Porsche Macan, which is also based on the dedicated EV architecture.

Designed to sit above the upcoming 2021 Audi Q4 e-tron, which will share the Volkswagen ID.3 MEB underpinnings, the Audi Q6 e-tron is just one of more than 20 models Audi says it will launch by 2025 in its aspiration to ensure a third of the cars it sells are all-electric by the middle of the decade.

Like the Audi e-tron GT, which is based on the larger J1 platform, the Q6 e-tron will use an 800-volt electronic architecture that features batteries capable of withstanding a DC rapid charge.

A range of up to 500km is expected, while top models will feature dual motors and produce as much as 390kW on overboost for a 0-100km/h sprint of less than 4.0 seconds.

If that doesn't sound quick enough, a future Audi Q6 e-tron RS is rumoured to pump out 475kW.

Set to be built at Audi's Ingolstadt plant from next year, Duessman confirmed the 2022 Audi Q6 e-tron would be powered by batteries produced by a nearby facility.

Following on from the Q6 e-tron's launch, Audi says it will launch a production car based on the technical knowhow accrued from its Project Artemis in 2024 that will introduce game-changing new tech to its electric cars.

Project Artemis has become known as Audi's black-ops engineering division that develops new tech without any of the usual red tape with the Volkswagen Group.

Set up to the combat new Chinese start-ups, it's thought the luxury car that will be launched in 2024 will have a range of more than 1000km, super-quick charging and be capable of full autonomous driving – if not from launch, during its lifetime thanks to more sophisticated software uploaded via over-the-air-updates.