Gallery: Audi's Building an Electric SUV Because People Love SUVs

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    Audi says it will have a fully electric SUV with about 250 miles of range in dealerships in 2018.
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    The luxury brand also says 10 percent of its cars will be plug-in hybrids or fully electric by 2025
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    Audi’s battery-powered SUV, which looks a bit like the Model X but without the falcon doors, is the auto industry version of slipping broccoli into your kid’s mac and cheese.
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    “The trick here is to build a car that a lot of customers want to buy,” says Scott Keogh, Audi’s head of US operations.
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    To go with its new suite of EVs, Audi's working on a nationwide network of 150-kilowatt charging stations.
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    Those will be powerful enough to fill a 95-kWh battery to 80 percent full in 30 minutes.
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