The 2024 Audi SQ8 e-tron and SQ8 e-tron Sportback electrical efficiency SUVs have gone on sale in the USA as sportier alternate options to the common Q8 e-tron and Q8 e-tron Sportback.
If the names are complicated, it is best to know that the Q8 e-tron and SQ8 e-tron are literally the facelifted variations of the 2023 Audi e-tron and e-tron S.
The 2024 Audi SQ8 e-tron begins at $89,800 (excluding $1,195 vacation spot), making it $1,600 costlier than the 2023 Audi e-tron S. The 2024 Audi SQ8 e-tron Sportback is priced at $92,600 (excluding $1,195 vacation spot), which suggests it is $1,800 costlier than the outgoing 2023 Audi e-tron S Sportback.
Like their predecessors, the 2024 Audi SQ8 e-tron and SQ8 e-tron Sportback characteristic a tri-motor electrical drivetrain that delivers as much as 496 horsepower (370 kilowatts) and 718 pound-feet (973 Newton-meters) of torque in increase mode.
These numbers are unchanged from the earlier mannequin 12 months and permit the SQ8 e-tron to dash from zero to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds and attain an electronically restricted high velocity of 130 mph.
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Moreover providing elevated efficiency because of the 94 extra horsepower and 228 extra pound-feet of torque than the 2024 Q8 e-tron, the 2024 Audi SQ8 e-tron additionally comes with normal electrical torque vectoring, which interprets into improved dynamics and traction capabilities.
As with the 2024 Audi Q8 e-tron, the SQ8 provides a battery with a internet capability of 106 kilowatt-hours (114 kWh gross), which is 23-percent better from the earlier e-tron S. The bigger battery, together with aerodynamic and effectivity updates, results in an EPA-estimated vary of 253 miles for the SQ8 e-tron and SQ8 e-tron Sportback when fitted with the usual 20-inch wheels.
That is a rise of round 20 p.c in comparison with the 2023 Audi e-tron S fashions. With the non-obligatory 22-inch wheels, the EPA-estimated vary drops to 218 miles, although. Along with the elevated vary, the 2024 Audi SQ8 e-tron fashions additionally cost quicker at as much as 170 kW, which reduces the 10-80 p.c charging time to 31 minutes.
As anticipated, the Audi SQ8 e-tron fashions characteristic extra normal tools in comparison with their Q8 e-tron equivalents, beginning with the distinctive silver rocker-panel accents and aluminum-look exterior mirror housings, matched by related therapies on the entrance fascia and rear diffuser. As well as, the SQ8 e-tron EVs get flared fenders that widen the physique total by 1.5 inches (39 millimeters).
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Inside, normal options embrace 12-way adjustable energy S-logo embossed entrance sport seats wrapped in Valcona leather-based with distinction diamond stitching, a efficiency themed Carbon sq. construction inside trim end, and four-zone automated local weather management with a warmth pump and luxury pre-conditioning.
On the tech entrance, the SQ8 e-tron lineup comes normal with the Audi MMI contact response working system that includes an higher 10.1-inch and decrease 8.6-inch show with haptic contact know-how, Audi digital cockpit with full HD decision show, and a Bang & Olufsen sound system with 3D sound.
The electrical SUVs additionally include Plug & Cost performance and two years of free DC quick charging on the Electrify America community.
The 2024 Audi SQ8 e-tron and SQ8 e-tron Sportback will arrive in US showrooms within the fourth quarter of 2023.
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