Audi’s authentic devoted electrical car, the E-tron, launched in 2019, is getting a reboot for 2023 that features up to date styling, extra vary and a brand new identify: the Q8 E-tron 55 and Q8 E-tron Sportback.
A extra energy-dense 114-kilowatt-hour battery pack replaces the 95-kWh unit in the identical area. Energy outputs are unchanged. The 55, with all-wheel drive by way of a dual-motor setup, maxes out at 402 hp and 490 pound-feet of torque in Sport mode. The high-performance SQ8 E-tron options three electrical motors — a 166-hp unit up entrance and two 131-hp motors bolted on the rear axle — to provide a mixed 496 hp and 718 pound-feet of torque in Sport mode.
Audi expects a 30 % improve in vary, given the extra environment friendly rear electrical motor and improved aerodynamics. It estimates 361 miles for the Q8 E-tron and 372 miles for the Q8 E-tron Sportback, each primarily based on the Worldwide Harmonized Mild Autos Take a look at Process. The Q8 E-tron can cost at a price of 170 kilowatts, Audi says, going from 10 to 80 % in 31 minutes on a DC quick charger. It goes on sale within the U.S. within the spring.