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Audi Sport promises 16 RS models by 2020, but rules out R8 EV as Aussies continue to wait for Q7 e-tron Audi has committed to producing three battery-electric models by 2021, starting with the e-tron SUV next year and the e-tron Sportback in 2019, and they will form the basis of Audi Sport’s first electrified RS models from 2020. So says Audi Sport boss Stephan Winkelmann, who also told motoring.com.au at the global launch of the new RS 5 Coupe in Andorra last week that the German performance brand’s RS model range will expand from 10 to 16 within the next 36 months, following three world debuts this year. Winkelmann in March committed to eight new RS models by the end of next year, including the facelifted RS 3 Sportback and sedan, and the R8 Spyder Plus. Four new RS models by 2018 With the RS 5 now launched in Europe (and on sale in Australia in November), he said “at least” four new RS models would follow by the end of 2018. These are w...