Penske: Audi e-tron's slow start worrisome

Audi e-tron

Larry P. Vellequette

November 25, 2019 05:00 AM

LOS ANGELES — Since it went on sale in April, the Audi e-tron — the first EV from Volkswagen Group's premium brand and the tip of the spear in the automaker's $66 billion, multibrand global electric offensive — hasn't exactly electrified the market, and that has at least one big name in auto retailing worried about the industry's battery-powered future.

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