Audi is prepping the automotive industry for the next year with new documents detailing its future plans. The first item on the agenda are plans to invest a total of €13 billion in new products and technologies, as well as in expanding its sites by 2016.
“To maintain our profitable growth, we will step up investment spending on new products,” said Axel Strotbek, Member of the Board of Management for Finance and Organization at AUDI AG. “The Audi Group plans to invest over €2 billion annually in new products and technologies.”
In their immediate future, Audi will be putting their new A8 hybrid on sale, which will then be followed by the launch of the Audi A3. Of course, the most awaited model is the R8 e-Tron, which will be unveiled at the end of 2012. When the new R8 e-Tron is released, it will make Audi the first premium manufacturer to offer an all-electric sports car.
