Audi Urban Sphere 2022 Concept

The German company Audi has launched online a set of teaser images and a promotional video for its latest test model called the Audi Urban Sphere 2022 (urban sphere), which is an MPV-like and electric-powered four-wheel drive vehicle.

The third and final Sphere concept car specifically targets the Chinese market, and is also suitable for any other urban center in the world.

Audi Urban Sphere 2022 Concept

• Notably, it’s the largest model in all of Audi ‘s concept cars to date, an impressive size two feet longer than the 2022 Cadillac Escalade.
• Their size practically prevents them from driving on any street in the city, especially in crowded cities where pedestrians and cyclists mix with SUVs and inflated trucks blocking the streets, making congestion unavoidable and resulting in increased injuries and deaths, as recent studies have shown that cities that have experienced growth Larger vehicles in larger vehicles suffered greater rates of pedestrian fatalities.
• The high-tech Audi Urban Sphere 2022 luxury car has several advantages to provide a comfortable and enjoyable driving experience with the utmost luxury inside it, we will learn what the new car will look like during this article.
• It belongs to the giant luxury SUV segment, and is one of three models based on the modular EV platform of upcoming Audi cars.
• The exterior dimensions are impressive, measuring 5.51 meters (18 feet) long, 2.01 meters (6.6 feet) wide and 1.78 meters (5.8 feet) high, with a wheelbase that keeps the interior space usable.

Audi Urban Sphere car specifications

EXTERIOR DESIGN

• The Audi Urban Sapphire 2022 concept is shown in the teaser by Audi, elegant and sassy with an adjustable chassis. The Urban Sphere will also have mirrored rear doors and no B-pillars, which suggests that this will be a particularly luxurious car.
• It has the look of a minivan and crossover features with a distinctive lighting design. Audi used the front grille area and the rear central strip as complete lighting groups capable of creating headlights, taillights and turn signals.

Interior Design

• According to early details, the concept car’s outline focuses more on the interior than on the exterior.
• The cabin comes with sustainable plant-based materials and is made from recycled and processed materials without chemicals like bamboo fiber and wood veneer.
• The company excelled in the interior design of the cabin, where we find a spacious car with a cavernous interior that serves as a hall and a mobile office, as well as a living space during the time spent by its occupants in traffic.
• Although the dimensions indicate the presence of a truck, the two-row car seats only one driver and three passengers, each with just enough space to enjoy it.
• Each seat has its own space to maintain the privacy of each passenger, and it is backed by amenities and luxury such as the sound-blocking feature, to avoid disturbing other passengers, and the rear seats are particularly luxurious, so that they can swivel.
• Each passenger can design their own preferred travel experience such as getting work done, getting some rest, or enjoying some form of entertainment.
• The car is equipped with a giant large screen at the front of its interior, along with small screens for the second row located in the back of the front seats.

Communication and smart technologies

• The Audi Urban Sphere 2022 is characterized as digital, social and participatory, as it includes the Audi Assistant intelligent assistant, so that it is available to each passenger in the car separately, through an independent wide screen for each passenger showing what he chooses.
• The teaser of the prototype also showed the feature of motion sensors for the buttons and the handle, so that passengers can interact with the controls by moving the hand in the air in front of the buttons without having to touch them, in addition to sensors tracking the movement of the passenger’s eye.
• The company is working on Level 4 autonomous driving technology, so the driver can take their eyes fully and focus away from the road, and its steering wheel can be hidden inside the dashboard.

mechanical specifications

• In terms of power, according to early reports, the prototype is expected to be equipped with an all-electric powertrain.
• The powertrain of the concept was made up of a motor on each axle with 180 kW and 690 Nm of torque.
• It has an electric range of 750 km on a single charge from a 120 kWh battery.
• With 800V charging capacity for a range of 300 km in just 10 minutes of charging, the battery can be charged from 5-80% within 25 minutes.
• As for when the concept will enter production or reach the market, it is still unknown, but it is expected to take a long time until 2024.