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Audi recently released the grandsphere concept car, which is positioned as an all-electric luxury sedan. The new car will be unveiled during the 2021 Munich International Auto Show in Germany and is scheduled to go on sale in 2025.

The appearance of the new car, the use of polygonal mouth grille, flat LED headlamp group to improve vehicle recognition. On the side of the body, the door-to-door design is adopted and the B-column is cancelled, but the frameless window shape is not used. The new car has a 23-inch rim and follows the style of the Audi Avus concept car in the 1990s. The rear of the car adopts a streamlined design, and the taillight echoes with the headlight group.

In terms of interior decoration, according to Audi's official propaganda, the interior of the vehicle will be built into a more comfortable living / experience space. Before turning on the driving mode, the steering wheel, dashboard and other devices in the car will be hidden, so that there is more space in the car.

In the power part, driven by pure electricity, the battery module has a capacity of 120 kilowatt hours and can provide a range of more than 750 kilometers, of which the car can be charged for 10 minutes with an additional range of 300 kilometers.

As for the Audi Grandsphere concept car launched by Audi, netizens have also said: it is too tech-conscious, and if it is in mass production, it will be too handsome to drive on the road. It is worth noting that there were media reports yesterday that President Tesla Musk recently indicated at the company meeting that Tesla will release a new energy vehicle with a starting price of 25000 US dollars (equivalent to 160000 yuan) in 2023. Musk revealed that the new car may have no steering wheel and pedals. According to its insiders, the car may be released for public testing on Sept. 25. As early as 2019, Tesla released a picture of a car without a steering wheel and pedals and said the goal was to launch such a car within two years. However, Tesla Musk also said: whether the new model will really remove the steering wheel will ultimately depend on the completeness and promotion of Tesla's autopilot system. For example, Tesla Zhen launched a new energy vehicle without a steering wheel in 2023, which may be a new milestone in artificial intelligence.

As Audi's head of development, Oliver Hoffmann, said: "highly self-driving will change the rules of the game in the automotive industry." With the continuous development of the intelligence of the automobile industry, automobile companies are constantly pushing through the old and bringing forth the new, and the transformation, upgrading, reform, innovation and subversion of the automobile are once again "mentioned" by the mainstream automobile companies. Whether the hidden steering wheel will be popular in the future remains to be seen.

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