Audi’s Q9 lost its electronic door handles after its CEO vetoed them. Gernot Döllner said China’s ban on electric handles played only a minor role. Late design change forced costly manufacturing revisions before production. The big Q9 SUV is Audi’s most luxurious, tech-heavy vehicle yet, so Audi’s designers reasoned it needed a suitably posh set of door handles. And that’s what it got until one test drive convinced its CEO that sometimes the old way is simply the better way. var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== “DESKTOP”){ adpushup.triggerAd(“0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8”); } else { adpushup.triggerAd(“82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f”); } }); The flagship SUV was originally supposed to feature electronic…
Audi’s Q9 Had Electric Door Handles. Its CEO Killed Them After One Test Drive
