Audi released technical specifications and official pictures of the Frankfurt-bound A2 Concept, which had been revealed earlier in sketch form.

The 1,150kg four-seat city car features Audi Space Frame (ASF) and is made largely of aluminium, complemented by add-on parts in Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (CFRP). The car i really advanced and features ‘by-wire’ steering and braking, LED matrix lighting technology and a semi-autonomous running mode.

The Audi A2 concept is a purely electric vehicle. A lithium-ion battery mounted in its sandwich floor stores 31 kWh of energy, 24 kWh of which is usable. The electric motor is transversely mounted in the front, and delivers 116PS of peak power (80PS continuous) and 270 Nm of torque (160 Nm continuous) to the front wheels via a single-speed transmission.

Performance-wise it has a 0-62mph acceleration time of 9.3 seconds and a top speed of 93mph, and a range of 124 miles on full charge. Audi says it takes roughly 1.5 hours to fully recharge the battery with 400 volt three-phase current and approximately four hours with 230 volt household current. Those numbers are still high, but compared to other EVs on the market, they are good.

What’s more, the car can be charged wirelessly thanks to the new contactless charging technology (Audi Wireless Charging).