It's been rather hard to believe the promises made by automaker Audi, but in the wake of the Dieselgate scandal, we now all know that the Volkswagen Group, whether they like it or not, will have to focus its future efforts on electrification and one of the centerpiece vehicles coming from this push into plug-ins will be the upcoming Audi A9 e-tron.

Dubbed as a true Tesla Model S competitor (though 8 years late to market), the A9 e-tron will be an AWD electric sedan with range of up to 311 miles (presumably NEDC) and Level 4 autonomous driving.

Audi boss Rupert Stadler stated:

"By 2020 we will have three EVs in the line-up. We'll start with the production version of the e-tron quattro concept car, which will have a range of up to 500km. By 2025, 25% of our line-up will be battery-driven models."