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Audi grandsphere concept
The private jet for the road Audi presented the Audi grandsphere concept study at the IAA 2021. Like a first-class flight, the 5.35-metre-long saloon combines the luxury of private travel in the highest level of comfort with a comprehensive range of experiences on board. Once again, the Ingolstadt-based company documented its innovative capacity and vision for the luxurious mobility of the future. Automated driving in Level 4 enables new dimensions of freedom: in this mode, the interior is transformed into a spacious experience without steering wheel, pedals or displays. And the first row of seats becomes a first-class lounge with maximum space, an unobstructed view and access to all the functions of the holistic digital ecosystem into which the Audi grandsphere is integrated. As the second of three "sphere" concept cars from the brand with the four rings, the Audi grandsphere occupies a special position. Many of the tech-
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nologies and design features brought together here will be found in future production Audi models within a few years. The Audi grandsphere concept illustrates the brand’s ambition to become the pacemaker for technological transformation and completely new, holistic mobility offerings in the automotive upper echelon. In August 2021, the electrically driven roadster Audi skysphere concept made its debut – the spectacular vision of an automated GT that transforms itself into a self-driven sports car with a variable wheelbase. Both concept cars – and also the Audi urbansphere, the third representative of the trio, which will appear in 2022 – are linked by the fact that the entire concept is derived from the ability to drive automatically at Level 4. Level 4: This not only changes the interior from the classic driver-oriented cockpit plus passenger seats into a spacious lounge as soon as the steering wheel and pedals retract. At the same time, it opens up new degrees of freedom for all passengers. The Audi grandsphere not only frees the driver(s) from the task of driving whenever possible, but at the same time the concept car offers all those on board a wide variety of options for using this freedom to create individual experiences: communication or relaxation, work or retreat into a private sphere when desired. The Audi grandsphere concept transforms
