Audi’s 2019 e-tron SUV First Electric Vehicle to Earn Top Safety Pick+ Prize

Just when you thought nothing can beat owning a Audi SUV that is completely emission-free, this happens. The 2019 Audi e-tron wins the nation's highest safety award. It is No. 1 in all-electric vehicle safety! The safest.

The 2019 Audi e-tron is the first all-battery SUV to achieve the coveted Top Safety Pick+ prize, and the win has got the competition up and running.

Best in Class

As it is, the fully electric Audi e-tron exceeds all comparable electric SUV models. The virtually silent e-tron beats the Jaguar I-Pace and the Tesla Model X in handling and versatility. But now it exceeds both models in the crowning distinction – safety.

How did Audi surpass the competition? Well, to start, the engineering geniuses at Audi designed a lower ride in the Audi e-tron. Compared with the higher riding Tesla Model X, the Audi's low profile provides superb handling you would expect in a sports car model.

Additionally, the 2019 Audi e-Tron SUV is fitted with a battery, engineered for durability and driving dynamics, in just the right place. Mounted between the driver and passenger seats and set at a low profile, the weight of the battery is situated so that it creates a low center of gravity. In short, the placement of the battery pack increases handling performance.

There is another design feature that emphasizes dynamic performance. Two electric motors are placed at both ends of the axle, one near the front and one near the rear wheels, creating an all-electric quattro all-wheel drive. Brilliant!

More feats of battery engineering include a complex thermal management system. To ensure quicker charging and extended performance, a liquid-cooling system ensures optimal thermal temperatures. Audi is so confident in its technology that the battery is covered by an 8-year or 100K mile warranty. Long-lasting performance.

What is IIHS?

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an industry-wide standard for automobile safety. Organized as a nonprofit in 1959, the IIHS is dedicated to reducing highway deaths. In order for a car to win the annual Top Safety Pick+ safety award, the organization's highest safety rating, it must score a "good" for crashworthiness in the following categories:

• Small Overlap Front (Driver Side)
• Small Overlap Front (Passenger Side)
• Moderate Overlap Front
• Side
• Roof Strength
• Head Restraints and Seats

It also must receive an advanced or superior rating for front crash avoidance, plus a "good" for headlights.

Breaking Down the 2019 Audi e-tron's Exceptional Ratings

The Audi earned the top "good" rating in all crashworthiness categories. For the category of high-tech crash avoidance system, Audi earned the top "superior" rating possible for its Audi Pre Sense Front system, a high-tech system that comes standard.

To view all of Audi's 2019 e-tron ratings, visit the IIHS website's 2019 Top Safety Pick+ section. The page includes crash test videos from the Audi e-tron test trials.

With Audi Pre Sense, standard automatic emergency braking combined with a front-mounted camera allows the e-tron to brake at speeds of 52 mph if pedestrians or bicyclists are detected. The Audi e-tron also comes with standard Audi pre sense basic, which prepares the vehicle for a collision by partially closing all side windows, the sunroof, and tightening seat belts.

It might be of interest, as an attest to Audi's overall safety record, that not only has the Audi e-tron won the IIHS Top Safety Pick+ award for 2019 but so have other Audi models. The 2019 Audi A3, A4, A6, and Audi Q8 also achieved perfect scores!

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If you're ready to plug in to the world's best and safest SUV right from your garage, fill out a contact form today and schedule a test drive. The exceptional electric vehicle starts at just $74,800.

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