Audi is making a big change to its branding for the Chinese market with a new logo that lacks the automaker’s famous four-ring emblem. Today in Shanghai, the company showed off the new “AUDI” logo — yes, it’s just Audi in all caps — on the front of a new E concept electric Sportback that notably lacks its broadly used “E-Tron” branding.

After months of rumous, Audi has unveiled a new EV range in China, sporting, instead of the rings (arguably one of the best logos ), a simply 'AUDI' wordmark. The first concept car to sport the new branding is the 'AUDI E concept', a "fully electric Sportback" whose design is "both minimalist and calm".

One of the world's most popular car brands has ditched its famous four rings in a massive change as it looks to launch a new brand in China. In a glitzy event in Shanghai, China, Audi CEO Gernot Döllner announced that the German brand would launch its first new brand alongside the new AUDI E concept.