Audi has been noticed testing an electrical crossover to fit in between the Q5 and Q7. It can go by the title Q6 E-Tron, and there might be each common and coupe-like Sportback physique kinds, in addition to a high-performance RS Q6 E-Tron variant.

The Q6 E-Tron is a twin with the electrical Porsche Macan at the moment in growth, and each autos share Volkswagen Group’s new PPE platform for premium EVs. Resulting from delays, the autos are actually anticipated to go on sale solely in early 2024, probably as 2024 fashions. The Q6 E-Tron was initially due in 2022 and the Macan EV in 2023.

The Q6 E-Tron would be the first to debut. Its reveal will happen within the second half of 2023, Audi has confirmed.

The prototype for the Q6 E-Tron reveals the automobile will look much like the lately launched This fall E-Tron, simply on a bigger scale. Nonetheless, one new ingredient on the Q6 E-Tron, which can also be new to the Audi model, is a cut up headlight design.

The Q6 E-Tron appears to be like to be barely larger than the Q5, simply because the This fall E-Tron is barely larger than the Q3. No specs have been revealed, however we all know the PPE platform could have an 800-volt electrical system and vary capabilities of 300 miles or extra.

For the Macan EV, we all know the platform will characteristic a 98-kwh battery pack and an electrical motor driving every axle. No less than one Macan EV grade will ship a mixed output of greater than 603 hp, one thing we would additionally see within the aforementioned RS Q6 E-Tron.

2024 Audi Q6 E-Tron spy photographs – Photograph credit score: S. Baldauf/SB-Medien

Manufacturing of the Q6 E-Tron might be dealt with at Audi’s plant in Ingolstadt, Germany, which is being ready for manufacturing of PPE-based autos, in addition to batteries.

The automobile’s arrival will mark the beginning of one in all Audi’s most formidable mannequin rollout applications. Audi will introduce 20 new or up to date autos by the top of 2025, and greater than half might be electrical. Past 2026, Audi plans to solely launch EVs.