Audi Q6 to get Porsche DNA and join e-Tron family in 2022
A larger e-Tron is poised to join the Audi family in the form of the Q6.
After recently announcing that it will no longer develop new combustion engines, Audi is picking up the pace with its rollout of EVs, with an all-new Q6 e-Tron electric SUV set to make its debut in 2022.
Set to sit above the soon-to-arrive Q4 e-Tron, the new Q6 will share plenty with the upcoming Porsche Macan, in much the same way that the Audi e-Tron GT and Porsche Taycan are closely related.
Audi boss Markus Duessman has confirmed the electric SUV is coming and will be based on parent company Volkswagen’s Premium Platform Electric (PPE) architecture, which will also sit under the eagerly awaited, and hugely important, Porsche Macan EV; the next generation Macan, due in 2022, will only be available as a battery electric vehicle.
The Q6 e-Tron will make up one of the 30 new EVs that Audi has pledged to launch by 2025 and the company is aiming for one third of its sales to be electric by that date. Obviously that goal is global, and not for the Australian market.
Audi registered the Q6 name in Australia late last year in readiness for the new model.
The Q6 e-Tron will be a high-profile part of that push, with an 800-Volt electronic architecture set up for DC rapid charging and a claimed range in excess of 480km.
The Q6 is expected to have a 350kW electric powertrain driving all four wheels with an uprated RS version likely on the way making as much as 475kW.
It will be built on the company’s new all-electric assembly line in Ingolstadt and source batteries from a yet-to-be-named nearby factory.
Audi also plans to leverage the knowledge learnt with its Project Artemis – which aims to implement new technology and development systems – which is itself closely linked to Volkswagen’s recently-announced Project Trinity, a skunkworks that aims to brings BEVs to market sooner.
