Audi is expecting the E-Tron GT and RS E-Tron GT to arrive in North American dealers this summer, but we'll have additional pricing info and official range estimates in the coming weeks and months. Stay tuned for more on Audi's latest all-electric.

Prices for the E-Tron GT start at $99,900 for the base Premium Plus, $107,100 for the Prestige, and $139,900 for the RS (not including a $7,500 federal income-tax credit, which Audi still qualifies for). Those prices seem high, but there's reason to believe the E-Tron will represent a value relative to its Porsche counterpart – that's because Audi's options catalog is dramatically smaller than Porsches, relying on fixed trim levels and a smattering of options packages to the all-you-can-eat folks in Stuttgart.

A Taycan 4S, for example, starts at $103,800, but comes with a smaller battery, 19-inch wheels, and a leather interior – bringing it to parity with the E-Tron's battery, 20-inch alloys, and leather-free cabin drives the price up to just over $117,000, or $10,000 more than an E-Tron Prestige.

E-Tron GT will sound pretty similar. There's a 93.4-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack, an 800-volt electrical architecture that allows rapid recharging – five to 80 percent capacity in 23 minutes – an electric motor on each axle, and a rear-mounted two-speed automatic. Base models pack 469 horsepower (350 kilowatts) and 464 pound-feet (630 Newton-meters) while the RS variant thunders silently down the road with 590 hp (440 kW) and 612 lb-ft (830 Nm). Like the E-Tron crossover, the GT has an overboost function that temporarily increases output to 522 and 637 hp, respectively.