New Audi Grandsphere concept makes Munich motor show debut
The new Audi Grandsphere concept has made its public debut at the 2021 Munich motor Show. The all-electric luxury four-door saloon previews design and tech details that could make it onto the next-generation A8 limousine as part of Audi’s ‘Project Artemis’ venture to develop a high-tech, next-generation all-electric platform.
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The Grandsphere is the second in Audi’s trio of ‘sphere’ concepts, following the Skysphere two-seater roadster that made its debut recently. like its sibling, the Grandsphere is fully electric and has been developed as a study for the future of luxury automotive travel.
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As such the concept features a new method to interior design which, according to Audi, has been made possible thanks to level 4 autonomous driving technology.
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In fully autonomous mode the 5.35-metre-long saloon’s steering wheel and pedals retract into hidden compartments in the dashboard and floor, freeing up even much more space with a design that “reimagines the interior, the passenger compartment, as the centre of the vehicle.”
This centres around a new infotainment system that projects a full-width image onto the wooden surface under the windscreen in level 4 mode; when the chauffeur takes manual control these displays are segmented for the chauffeur and passenger.