The electrical vary on a totally charged battery is 362 miles in response to the optimistic European WLTP cycle, however Audi states an EPA vary of 285 miles. MPGe figures are offered of 80/83/81 MPGe on metropolis/freeway/mixed cycles. That is not so good as the 324-mile iX and 312-mile Lyriq, however is effectively away from the ageing Jaguar I-Tempo’s specs; the latter has a variety of solely 246 miles. The Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron with Extremely Bundle will handle a extra aggressive 300 miles, nevertheless.
There’s a European Q8 50 e-tron with a smaller battery, however the US will solely get the Q8 55 e-tron with the 114-kWh battery – of which 106 kWh is its usable capability. That is 19 kWh up on the 2023 e-tron’s 95-kWh battery. Fitted in the identical house because the earlier battery, the brand new one is extra energy-dense, whereas charging efficiency has additionally been improved. The utmost charging pace on a Degree 3 DC quick charger has been elevated from 150 kW to 170 kW, which suggests the battery might be charged from ten to 80 % in 31 minutes.
Audi says that the Q8 e-tron will come commonplace with the Plug & Cost operate however has not clarified whether or not this refers back to the GM-hosted system within the US, by which case the Audi would be capable of make use of GM’s Ultium Cost 360 ecosystem. What we do know is that you can cost your Q8 e-tron at any of VW’s Electrify America charging stations and, hopefully, quickly at any Tesla Supercharger station as effectively.
