Audi has said that all new car launches will be electric vehicles (EV) from 2026, with its final internal combustion engine (ICE) set to go into production in four years’ time.

Speaking at this week’s Climate Neutrality Foundation conference, Audi chief executive Markus Duesmann confirmed that the Volkswagen Group-owned premium car brand would phase-out production of the last internal combustion engines by 2033.

Audi will make the move as part of a strategic realignment which will put the company on the path to an acceleration of e-mobility solutions.

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