Electric shiok

AUDI'S FLAGSHIP limousine is not only fully electrified, it's also very clever. The new Audi A8 will have the usual V6, V8 and W12 petrol engines but each is now a mild hybrid.

But if "mild'' is not in your vocabulary, there is also an A8 L e-tron quattro - a powerful plug-in hybrid with wireless charging.

It has 449 hp of system power and 700 Nm of system torque and a lithium-ion battery that allows 50 km of electric driving.

The fourth-generation A8 made its world debut at the Audi Summit in Barcelona earlier this month and while it may look familiar, it is very different.

Its upright front grille is bigger, but lower. It has a coupe-like roofline, but there is more headroom. Along its flanks, the shoulder …