Audi is creating a brand new electrical crossover positioned between the midsize Q8 E-Tron and compact This autumn E-Tron. It’ll go by the identify Q6 E-Tron, and prototypes have been out and about for greater than a yr.

Our newest spy pictures present a prototype for a coupe-like model to be known as the Q6 Sportback E-Tron. It’ll sit along with coupe-like variations of the Q8 E-Tron and This autumn E-Tron in Audi’s rising EV portfolio.

The Q6 E-Tron and Q6 Sportback E-Tron are being developed alongside an electrical Porsche Macan. On account of delays, each the Audis and the Porsche are actually anticipated to reach in early 2024, seemingly as 2025 fashions within the U.S. Underpinning them might be a brand new Volkswagen Group platform generally known as the PPE, and primarily developed by Audi and Porsche.

VW Group has been quiet on specs for the PPE platform however we all know it would have an 800-volt electrical system, permitting for charging charges as excessive as 350 kw. Vary must also be greater than 300 miles for the most important battery.

2025 Audi Q6 Sportback E-Tron spy pictures – Picture credit score: Baldauf

For the Macan EV, we all know the platform will characteristic a 98-kwh battery pack and an electrical motor driving every axle. At the least one Macan EV grade will ship a mixed output of greater than 603 hp, one thing we’d additionally see in a possible SQ6 E-Tron or RS Q6 E-Tron.

There isn’t any clear shot of the inside however Audi supplied a preview of the Q6 E-Tron’s cabin design in September. A digital sprint combines an 11.9-inch digital gauge cluster and 14.5-inch infotainment display with contact functionality.

The infotainment system might be a brand new Android-based design developed by Cariad, VW Group’s software program division, and can characteristic its personal app retailer. A head-up show with augmented actuality can even be out there, seemingly as an choice. And for audiophiles, there might be an out there Bang & Olufsen sound system.

Audi Q6 E-Tron

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 automobiles, in addition to batteries.

Audi has bold plans for EVs. The automaker goals to have 20 in its lineup as early as 2025. Past the Q6 E-Tron and Q6 Sportback E-Tron, we’ll additionally see an A6 E-Tron, and electrical replacements for the A8 and R8.

Audi additionally introduced it would launch its final automotive outfitted with a gasoline engine as early as 2026. This implies you possibly can count on most fashions within the Audi lineup to change to electrical energy as they’re redesigned.