Audi is describing its all-electric Q6 e-tron SUV – a twin underneath the pores and skin with the electrical Porsche Macan EV – as “one of the vital Audis we have now ever launched, and the beginning of one thing actually new for us”, in addition to promising that it’ll have “class-leading vary”; effectively in extra of 650km off a cost.
Set to reach in Australia within the first half of 2025, the Audi Q6 can be provided in varied variants together with a Efficiency RWD (rear-wheel drive, not historically an Audi characteristic), a Quattro all-wheel drive and the stronger, and Porsche-like, SQ5.
Whereas the Audi Q6 e-tron will share the identical PPE structure that the Porsche Macan EV is constructed on, it’s going to additionally get that automobile’s selective damping system, delivering improved experience high quality.
Inside, you possibly can count on a variety of screens, together with a Panoramic OLED show, and the power on your front-seat passenger to disregard you fully.
All Q6 e-trons will characteristic the entrance passenger contact display screen show; a ten.9 inch contact display screen that can permit your copilot to pick out locations through the satellite tv for pc navigation and share them with the motive force’s screens, select media and even watch YouTube movies.
The display screen is designed with intelligent know-how which means will probably be clearly seen to the passenger however to not the motive force.
The Q6 e-tron may also have new matrix LED headlights, with a number of gentle signature so drivers can customise the look of their very own daytime operating lights. Charging may also get sooner, with the brand new automobile utilizing an 800-volt structure that can allow it to be charged from 5 to 80 per cent in as little as 22 minutes.
One other new weight-saving measure is the PDLC (Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal) roof, which replaces a standard sunroof. This glass roof can change its chemical make-up to regulate the quantity of sunshine coming via.
The Q6 e-tron may also be joined subsequent yr by the long-awaited This autumn e-tron – which was on account of arrive in mid-2024, however has been pushed again, based on Audi, in order that Australians may have entry to the most recent and best model – in addition to an up to date model of the sporty e-tron GT and RS e-tron GT (the range-topping Efficiency model of which may have a staggering 680kW, 1027Nm of torque and a claimed zero to 100km/h time of two.5 seconds, making it far and away the quickest road-going Audi ever).
Audi’s Matthew Dale admits there are “a variety of pure electrical autos arriving in Audi showrooms over the subsequent 12 to 18 months” however says he’s not involved about studies of a cooling marketplace for EVs down underneath.
“Can we contemplate the market, completely, however if you happen to take a look at the place the marketplace for EVs is now, it’s at 11.6 per cent, yr thus far, so it’s slowing, however it’s definitely not going backwards,” Dale stated.
“For the primary time, we’re going to have a BEV in our mid-sized SUV providing, we’re going to have a full breadth of merchandise, and it’s all about providing our prospects that selection.”
Count on full pricing and specification particulars nearer to the automobile’s launch in 2025.
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