Audi Q4 e-tron pricing unveiled

AUDI has debuted its Goldilocks EV automobile, driving in underneath the posh automobile tax (LCT) priced from $84,990 plus on-road prices; with bonus FBT benefits for enticing lease packaging and on high of that, merely a fantastic EV to drive besides.

The This fall e-tron suits the invoice in so some ways that it’ll flip plenty of status ICE consumers into severely contemplating Audi’s newest upmarket and value-rich automobile.

The brand new Audi is the primary quantity mannequin within the model’s BEV vary for Australia and is a part of a transparent technique of Audi to supply clients a selection of electrified fashions and inner combustion engined fashions (ICEs).

“ICE autos an important a part of the vary however in our product providing, we’ll even be rising the fashions of plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and battery-electric autos (BEVs),” mentioned Audi Australia director Jeff Mannering

“This is also consistent with the NVES and meets the mandates to cut back the emission averages of our fleet whereas interesting to a broader buyer base.”

Seemingly a luxurious household automobile, the This fall packs a lot right into a medium-size package deal that it has the options for a top-end govt fleet automobile, a wealth of cabin area for a premium chauffeur drive, and even only a very versatile machine for leisure seekers.

The This fall e-tron can be comparatively inexpensive.

It launches itself on the area of interest EV SUV sector occupied by rivals together with the BMW iX3 (from $91,000 +ORC), Lexus RZ450e (from $121,059 +ORC), Polestar 4 ($78,500 +ORC), and the Tesla Mannequin Y (from $63,400 +ORC).

The This fall is available in two physique shapes – a rakish coupe-styled Sportback and extra standard SUV – with two drivetrains, the ‘45’ with a single rear-mounted electrical motor and the extra dynamic (and costly) two-motor ‘55’.

Though differing in efficiency, each are long-legged with a 540km claimed vary for the slippery Sportback 45, by way of to the SUV 55 at 488km.

All fashions plug into energy sources as much as 175kW and with that, a sub-30 minute recharge (10-80 per cent).

Audi is offering buyer assist for residence charging with its partnership with JetCharge, providing a 7.4kW system for $799 (plus powerline if wanted) or $1730 for a three-phase, 22kW system. Costs are conditional.

Quotes for the house charging system are accomplished as rapidly as doable with Audi utilizing digital quotations. This quick methodology is without doubt one of the the reason why Audi Australia’s head of product Matthew Dale mentioned, “about 80 per cent of our BEV and PHEV consumers have opted for residence charging services”.

The This fall e-tron is the primary of Audi’s small EV SUVs constructed on the MEB platform that includes the ‘premium platform electrical’ (PPE) drivetrain design shared with Porsche.

It’s the first PPE platform mannequin to come back to Australia, however the world first is the Q6 e-tron that shall be launched in Australia subsequent month.

PPE provides a light-weight, modular building design with efficiencies in manufacturing to share with siblings and for future fashions.

Constructed round it is a very spacious four-door physique that includes a flat ground, lift-up hatch (squared or sloping relying on the physique model), and crammed with a number of expertise – some leading edge, one surprisingly showing as a retrograde transfer – packaging infotainment with cutting-edge security options.

The This fall sits on a 2764mm wheelbase, has a size of 4588mm, width of 1865mm and peak of 1632mm. It’s only barely larger than the Q3 (4484mm lengthy, 1856mm broad and 1616mm excessive) however has superior cabin and cargo room with inside storage size at 1830mm in contrast with the Q3 at 1760mm.

The design is deliberately slippery to minimise air drag, with the Sportback claiming a modern Cd of 0.26 and the SUV at 0.28.

In minimising dray as a lot as doable to increase the EV’s vary, Audi additionally pulled a shock within the type of rear drum brakes.

Mr Dale admitted it was a design that harked again a couple of a long time, or extra, and is extra generally seen right now on industrial autos resembling utes.

“In contrast to disc brakes, drum brakes don’t squeeze the pads onto the brake floor,” he mentioned.

“Discs do that to wipe the rotor drag of particles and water, and to set the pads precisely towards the rotor to maximise braking efficiency. That is accomplished steadily, and so produces some drag.

“However drums don’t have to be wiped and don’t have to be set.

“So, one of these brake is simpler at lowering drag, and therefore not affecting vary. I’ll add that the brakes within the This fall are helped considerably by the braking of the regenerative system, so that they’re not used wherever close to that of an ICE automobile.”

Additional extending vary is the radiator blind which improves the automobile’s aerodynamics and subsequently the vary. The blind is mechanically employed to permit air to succeed in the motor(s) radiator and preserve the working temperature at a great 30 levels Celsius.

The battery has its personal devoted cooling system.

Typifying EV cabin design, the This fall has an open sprint space with broad instrument and infotainment panels, diminutive gearshifter surrounded by (guide) button controls for ancillaries together with ‘Drive Choose’, and spacious private storage areas together with bottle holders mounted within the tops of the doorways, near the driving force (and passenger) arms.

Cabin tech contains augmented-reality heads-up show (within the 55 and the primary for Audi), which superimposes ADAS and navigation forward of the driving force, showing to ‘float’ at 10m forward of the automobile.

Audi mentioned the AR system permits the driving force to simply view and perceive shows, particularly in situations of poor visibility.

The This fall’s options additionally embody Sonos premium audio with encompass sound; an 11.6-inch show plus the driving force’s 10.25-inch display; matrix LED lighting; and a steering wheel flattened high and backside (55).

Audi has a five-year/unlimited-kilometre guarantee for the automobile and an eight-year/160,000km guarantee on the excessive voltage battery. Roadside help is included for six years.

Consumers will get 12 months of free charging at Chargefox shops as a part of their possession.

The automobile additionally comes with a six-year service deal which can value $2050.

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