Audi was early to the luxury EV SUV game, but five years on the original e-tron needed a refresh. The updated Q8 e-tron brings more range and even more luxury.
Audi was very early to the full-size EV SUV game when it launched the original e-tron back in 2018. But EVs have come a long way in just five years, and the e-tron was looking a bit long in the tooth . It’s fine timing, then, for Audi to refresh its offering with the 2024 Q8 e-tron, an EV powertrain version of its Q8 two-row luxury SUV.
Related It’s simple and handsome, with just a little flair thrown in. So … it looks like an Audi. And the design is a whole heck of a lot better than the Mercedes EQE SUV, which is a direct competitor in price, size, and range. Though neither company is taking anything approaching a risk with colors — hope you like shades of grey.
A full day behind the wheel in Northern California let me see how the Q8 e-tron handles a variety of roads and driving situations: casually navigating rural roads through vineyards, taking on the twisty coastline on Highway 1, and setting cruise control on inevitable freeway stretches to get between them.
Audi’s drivetrain programming is great, too. Power is delivered smoothly at all speeds, though there’s a wide variation in pedal responsiveness between “efficiency,” “comfort,” and “dynamic” mode. In the latter you unlock an extra portion of “boost” power, bringing a little extra shove. In regular driving, I appreciated the intelligent transition between coasting at high speeds to regenerative breaking at lower speeds and in corners.
Inside, new packaging for the battery cells brings more capacity in the same physical size, bumping the Q8 e-tron to a 114 kWh pack. That’s a big battery, but this is also a big SUV — and now it has the range you’d expect. The Q8 e-tron steps up to a 285-mile range, substantially higher than the outgoing model and well within the range of most peoples’ driving needs — particularly Audi owners, which often have more than one car.
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