Cars & Concepts

Lesson learned: Audi Q8 E-tron addresses issues that held first-gen EV back

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The 2024 Audi Q8 E-tron offers 285 miles of range vs. just 204 on the previous E-tron, along with faster charging.
June 04, 2023 04:00 AM

HEALDSBURG, California — When the Audi E-tron debuted in 2019, you could count its direct rivals on one hand, the Tesla Model X and Jaguar I-Pace chiefly among them. But Audi's first electric vehicle came out of the starting gate with immediate handicaps: It was slower to charge and offered just 204 miles of range vs. 325 for the Model X at the time and 234 for the I-Pace.

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