SEAT will establish electric versions of its high-performance Cupra models, business bosses have revealed.
The Leon Cupra is currently the only design within SEAT’s flagship performance line-up, however a new Ateca Cupra will join the variety next year. The hot Ateca will be four-wheel drive as well as utilize a version of SEAT’s 2.0-litre TFSI engine establishing upwards of 300bhp.
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Speaking at the expose of the new SEAT Arona, Matthias Rabe, SEAT’s R&D manager told car Express: “Cupra is incredibly essential for us. as well as I am completely sure we will see Cupra version of [our] electric cars.
“Electric vehicles have great performance as well as acceleration – Cupra as well as electrification is not a contradiction.”
We have already discovered that SEAT ‘s fellow VW group brand, Skoda is planning an electric sports car but this is the very first time SEAT has verified it will take its EV efforts down a high performance path.
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SEAT will introduce its very first devoted electric car in 2019 on the VW Group’s new MEB architecture. Rabe verified that the brand is targeting an electric variety of around 500km (310 miles) as well as that the EV would be the only car a home would need.
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SEAT will likewise establish hybrid as well as plug-in versions of its future models. Rabe added: “We see much more prospective for 100% completely electric vehicle, however for likewise we see enhancements for combustion engine cars as well as prospective for hybridisation as well as plugin hybrid on existing vehicles.”
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