The 2025 Audi Q8 E-Tron electric SUV gets minor changes for the new model year, while some reports indicate that will be discontinued in the near future.
Launching in 2024, The Q8 E-Tron replaces the Audi E-Tron, the automaker’s first electric vehicle. It inherits all the advantages of the E-Tron—includes good safety ratings—but with more driving range and better handling.
For 2025, Audi adds access to an app store for the infotainment system and Homelink buttons integrated into the side mirrors. The previous parking assist system has also been upgraded to a remote version, allowing the driver to activate it from outside the car. An available Magnesium trim package and various exterior trim details round out the changes.
Audi Q8 E-Tron 2025
The Q8 E-Tron is once again available in both standard versions. Sleeker SUVs and Sportbacks body style, with a 114 kwh battery pack (with a power output of 106 kwh) and a dual-motor all-wheel drive system rated at 402 horsepower and 490 lb-ft of torque. EPA ratings for the 2025 model aren’t available yet, but for reference, the 2024 Q8 E-Tron was rated at Maximum range 300 miles in Sportback form and 285 miles in standard SUV form.
A more sporty SQ8 E-Tron handling with a three-motor powertrain that’s also available in conjunction with both the SUV and Sportback body styles. This bumps output to 496 horsepower and 718 lb-ft, giving Audi an estimated Acceleration time from 0-60 mph is 4.5 seconds, compared to 5.6 seconds for the Q8 E-Tron.
Prices start at $76,095 for a Q8 E-Tron SUV in base Premium trim (all prices include a mandatory $1,295 destination charge). Premium Plus and Prestige trims are also available, starting at $80,495 and $86,495, respectively. Sportback models cost $3,400 more.
Audi Q8 E-Tron 2025
The SQ8 E-Tron skips the Premium grade and starts at $91,495 in Premium Plus trim and $97,495 in Prestige trim, with the SUV body style. The Sportback body style adds $2,800.
Audi uses a variety of architectures for its current lineup of electric vehicles. The Q8 E-Tron is still based on the original E-Tron architecture, the Q4 E-Tron uses Audi parent Volkswagen’s MEB platform, and the E-Tron GT shares the J1 platform with the Porsche Taycan. Another architecture is being introduced with Audi Q6 E-Tron 2025uses the same Premium Platform Electric (PPE) as the Porsche Macan Electric.
