Sunday Drive by Hormazd Sorabjee: The un-EV EV!

It’s the most un-EV of EVs if such a thing is possible. But that’s what the Audi e-tron 55 sportback sets out to be. Audi’s thinking is that electric cars should be as ‘normal’ as possible and to that end it has given the e-tron, the company’s first full-fledged, all-electric car, a shot of practicality. And that practicality goes beyond the car, which we’ll come to in a bit.