In its conversion of its Neckarsulm plant from only producing the zoomy R8 super sports car to include assembly of the e-tron electric models, Audi employed only virtual modeling to make the necessary changes to the plant. That makes the Audi e-tron GT is the first model whose production was planned entirely without physical prototypes, according to the company. Audi points to technical innovations such as three-dimensional building scans, machine learning processes, and virtual reality as the keys to developing this production entirely in virtual reality.
