Audi Q6 e-tron quattro 1000 km challenge

[@Trades46]

Audi done a great job. If this big Q6 did so well, imagine how the newer A6 e-tron would do.

[@drakonhawk]

We say Denglisch in Germany 😂

[@nicolaischtt2381]

...and Danglish in Denmark... ;-)

[@erathol]

Nice! Looking forward to the 1000km with the upgraded e-tron GT and A6 e-tron!

[@mortenvollaug6530]

Takk!

[@tesla-spectre]

That is substantial improvement!🎉

[@DominikN66]

Not sure if you noticed but at 14:34 you captured noctilucent clouds - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctilucent_cloud. Pretty cool phenomena.

[@siraff4461]

I find it funny that people are so fast to criticise German cars and so fast to praise Chinese ones. Facts are facts - lots of the Chinese cars tested on here have issues ranging from binging and bonging in excess to overheating in normal use. Some German cars have issues too but they are much less prevalent and its usually fixed in a short time. There is little more annoying than having a "silent" car which constantly rattles, squeaks or generally makes unwanted noises. One thing that may be is when you are promised a certain range/charge speed and what you actually get is nothing like because its a bit chilly or warm out. This is so much better because they sweated the details and improved it. Thats quite a different approach to certain brands who simply put more on the spec sheet while half of it either doesn't work or even isn't there until an OTA update is sent weeks/months/whenever later. Think of this - you're minding your own business sitting at a junction with your loved ones in the back when a car comes at the side of you and hits your car hard. Is that moment the time you want to find out that something rattled loose or didn't work properly so the side airbags didn't deploy? Or that the door handles no longer work because "design" was prioritised over safety? Hopefully it never happens but you really don't want to find out the hard way.

[@sunseeker-yb5qt]

Best Car 2024 according to Björn - Audi will create a special award for that verdict🏆

[@achaz_]

Apparently, for their next models, Audi will use the new MG platform because you f how good it is. In my opinion, if the germans start using chinese platforms, you're better off buying the full car that goes on this platform (in this case MG)

[@maxihacky]

@@achaz_ Audi is developing cars for China together with SAIC (MG). Apparently it will be something like an A4 and A6 specifically developed for China. First car will be available in 2025. For now there are no export plans to Europe or USA, but that still could happen.

[@achaz_]

@@maxihacky I hope so ! Chinese cars are unmatchable for now

[@JoshuaStringfellow1]

Been looking forward to this, now just to see how the new Taycan, Emeya, and Polestars do on the 1000km challenge!

[@Max-si8sy]

You loose charging speed because of the efficiency mode. This mode allows higher temperatures differences in the battery, this interrupts the perfect charging curve.

[@DasHalbblut]

What is your source for this claim?

[@Max-si8sy]

@@DasHalbblut a video with an Audi battery engineer about the new battery and the different temperature range in different driving modes. I believe it was from CarManiac (in German)

[@BenefitOfTheDoubtInquiry]

Sounds like an oversight

[@storapa]

​@@BenefitOfTheDoubtInquiryFaster charging does not equal higher efficiency, so I think it's only logical (but I also get the reason why he choose that mode)

[@FGGiskard]

Crazy good car. Can’t I was waiting for the A6 avant but I think there is no that much of a point to it

[@veluria]

Can't wait for the new Taycan

[@gregspedding727]

Looks like some great improvements in the new model. Keep up the great work :)

[@bart007b]

I think this is an excellent car to do the 1000km trailer-test.

[@chriss2295]

Amazing how fast EVs are evolving in terms of charging speed and range.

[@bneyarb5037]

High praise for this car. I feel vindicated that I waited for it to come out

[@elektrischverhaal5166]

High price also 🥴🤑

[@bneyarb5037]

@@elektrischverhaal5166 ya get what ya pay for. Top 3 in quietness, very decent 1000km challenge time, good charging, comfort, technology, etc. I mean, what do you expect?

[@ClarionCaww]

​@@bneyarb5037 if you can afford it buddy, then go for it. A really lovely premium car that's also very practical

[@Flo-ez3nq]

Yes Audi engineer said cabin climate is priority over charging speed

[@Flo-ez3nq]

@9:35

[@jonathanoakey4745]

I've just ordered one, can't wait for it to arrive...but I have to wait until January!

[@urbanplanet8164]

My Q6 arriving late September :D ! i'll let you know how it drives . Even got a 8% discount on it . I did get the Platinum Pack too

[@jonathanoakey4745]

@@urbanplanet8164 I'm jealous! 😄 I keep thinking that I want more options, particularly the Bang & Olufsen speakers, the electric steering wheel and the ambient lighting, but I'd have had to get even more expensive packs for those, and I was already over my original budget by quite a lot!

[@sirace4054]

Björn you could optimised route bit better for example charging just 35% in Varberg and then drive to Helsingborg Ionity, charging again 35% and then back to Varberg. But then you have problem not time enoght to even the toilet...

[@bjornnyland]

We don't go to Helsingborg.

[@evchargerreviewsnet]

The old fat etron looks better and more premium in my opinion. But you can’t argue with that new charging curve.

[@andders2477]

Whats out you dont gets stressed with thise fast charging cars:). Impressive improvement compared to the older Audi. Used e-tron 55 are quite cheap but with these new one out they might get another cut.

[@thomaseriksson3182]

Thanks for this!👍 Like the new upptempo"Prodigy" style. Make this video looks and feel almost as a Danish crime serie😊 nice car..but very expensive in Sweden 🤮

[@newscoulomb3705]

I just realized that your first stop at Spekerod is pretty close to the first leg I make in my Bolt EV on long trips. That ~2.5 hours and ~180-200 miles is just about right for a first pee break.

[@KevGranlund]

You should really do the 1000km challsnge with the G9 summer run…

[@MisterStone72]

Nice work with grid reward 👍😀

[@MaxFiveGames]

People love the ''old'' e-tron cuz it's super quiet and very comfortable to drive. It feels like an awesome premium car. So if this new Q6 doesn't match the comfortable drive of an older e-tron. I'm not sure many people that own the old one will switch 🤔

[@TschingisTube]

People love the old etron because it was dirt cheap to lease.

[@bjornnyland]

The Q6 is also super quiet and very comfortable to drive. People just don't know it yet.

[@tonychristineandvinny786]

I like that Prodigy style music

[@FreePalestine2024__0]

If the q6 did so good, imagine how the new A6 will performe. My estimate will be 9h!!

[@Twin.motors]

If they can match the Teslas it would be shocking.

[@rxgoud]

Great song in the beginning High Octane 🤣

[@ianwilson2968]

Thank you for a very interesting report. I currently have a Q8 50 TDI. We are considering changing to an EV so the Q6 / SQ6 is of particular interest to us. We live in a warm climate, in Cyprus, though our village is at 474m above sea level so gets quite cold in the winter evenings though rarely below 10c at the times of day I would be driving, and obviously can be very warm at the peak of summer. We have PV panels and a net metering systems with our local energy provider. We travel approximately 11,000km per year, most round trips of 50km to our nearest major town - at sea level - on roads with a maximum limit of 80 KMPH. Ww rarely use the highway, if we do, its limit is 100kmph. Accounting how much energy our PV panels produce per annum, how much the house uses per annum and our current net metering credit balance, I have calculated that an EV that achieves 3miles per KW or better, would mean we would problem be self sufficient in fuel for the rest of my life. Realistically, would the Q6 / SQ6 achieve 3 miles per kw with that kind of use?

[@christoph5037]

its 26 kWh/100 km, so almost 4 km/kWh, most likely even less consumption for your profile of movement in Cyprus. Go for it!

[@Ziath124]

Wish you could do the Lyriq

[@magdre1129]

AUDI 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@LuddeVinje]

Won't this new route (not going all the way to Helsingborg) be a major disadvantage for the Q6 etron? Charging to almost 80% is a lot slower than driving to Helsingborg, charging there, and going back to Varberg.

[@bjornnyland]

No

[@thorstenkurafeiski1845]

@@bjornnyland Fair enough.

[@tommyovesen]

Thats insane charging speed. My next car :)

[@AndreasHappyfarm]

will the new Macan beat it? Looks more aero.. 🙂

[@Twin.motors]

It's the same car so they should be identical in time

[@zakbronson9637]

Would you get the Q6 or Q8 Etron?

[@michael.kusters]

Q6 is technically the better electric car in any way possible. Only a bit smaller ofcourse…

[@chengcao418]

He said Q6

[@jamesraisonx]

Depends what's important to you. The materials of the interior is better in the Q8, the Q8 is way more efficient

[@pawefiett2468]

​@@michael.kustersYou want more luxury or a better car in general?

[@pawefiett2468]

30:56

[@momatedise]

lol i was thinking that you could expand the airport shuttle as a business, but the farming of grid reward is always something. you gotta be the biggest farmer lol

[@EVSpeed]

In Bulgaria, the highway speed limit is an awesome 140kph! Would be cool if you wanna do the test here. I just left Thailand and bought a Tesla model y 2022 long range. Welcome to try it

[@TheEdmaster87]

I agree. Bjorn should do 1000km challenge on the German autobahn. But I can see it can be difficult due to many reasons. Realistically he would need to achive a much higher average speed on a good route with no speed limits, that is not easy due to roadworks, lack of good high power charging stations. Another problem is that not all EV cars can go faster than 200km/h. So he would need to find the optimal speed faster than 130km/h which can be used for testing. He will definetly spend more time charging and more often. I look forward one day when we get the 1000km range car that can do 1000km on one charge when the speed is 130km/h. Of course that means the car can do even higher at 120, 100, 90,80 etc.

[@sergiogarcia1853]

the horn is the same that the Audi Q4 😀

[@mrtobylund]

One of my biggest concern with cars made after last year is the ISA speed warning: - How annoying is it? - Can it be switched off with a button or a fast key somewhere? This is unfortunate enough to have become one of my main car buying arguments nowadays after seeing nightmarish examples of 5-7 steps in the touch screen every time you start the car. Please report this back in your reviews (since I know you exceed the speed limit on your tests)…

[@jojosthlm]

Great comment, if the dealer cannot disable these annoying and dangerous speed warnings and file holding as the default setting when starting there will be no deal.

[@pavlo2692]

What is the song at 1:35? 🙏

[@onzaueb]

Evgeny Bardyuzha - High Octane 🤘

[@pavlo2692]

@@onzaueb Thank you!

[@FoxmitX]

Still waiting for Facelift Taycan Turismo .... 266Wh/km is still a really high consumption.

[@Manu-P8]

I also think that the Audi A6 will be a better option, let’s see how efficient will be.

[@MarinussuniraM1]

Same as etron 55?car on, Ac on with gear in N and only "handbreak" works fine.

[@Fh77469]

Hello I have an Audi q8 etron how do I know if I have any software updates and mmi updates the my Audi isn’t available in my country are you aware of any software update?

[@ikocheratcr]

Next countdown should be one language per digit, and on each call you use a different order for language of each digit. :)

[@christoph5037]

Awesome video! You can notice you were in stress at the stops :D When are you going to test the A6 etron Björn?

[@bjornnyland]

Yes

[@christoph5037]

Thanks for the elaborate and detailed answer ❤

[@robertpawley5715]

You need a Rome claxon which plays la cucaracha 😂

[@janryznar5142]

PPE rocks

[@marcelbeaucamp9330]

Hey Björn, what do you think is the reason for the decreasing marketshares of the German EVs? They seem to be good and becoming better each year? VW just announced it will stop the production of the MEB plattform. First in China, where it will use SAICs plattform and later in Europe as well… Why do the Germans have so many troubles?

[@robertcoufal7710]

Im hoping that you get new macan ev to test soon. :-)

[@u.wunschel7311]

Audi❤

[@UK-Cycling]

Thanks Bjørn for the great review. I’m interested to see how the Zeekr 7X and new Tesla model Y measure up against the Audi. Best regards Martin

[@davestraight8219]

nice to see the hulk at varberg

[@hitman2720]

Audi 👌

[@p.g.1938]

What happened to the 800 volt sayings?

[@youtubebob123]

What do you mean?

[@nicoev4851]

Hi Bjorn! Great video ;) By the way NIO openned a lot of new PSS in Norway recently. When are you trying the need EL8?

[@mw8425]

Bjørn, when you test new Porshe Macan?

[@jadziadax8658]

The horn sounds like a Renault R4

[@ziggyyo]

25:47

[@mickyvee8584]

Just good sound proofing.

[@danielolzon1974]

Thank you so much for this video. When will you be doing this challenge with Xpeng G6 performance?

[@tafl-9198]

25:47 😂😂😂

[@thomaswestin9987]

When will you review Polestar 3 and 4? Would be nice to compare with this

[@2kMario]

Non stop over average consumption :) why ? are you pushing up to 140km/h and going down to 90km/h ?

[@bjrnottesen5052]

Talk about expected depreciation. Range always was a problem with EVs, but depreciation is actually the biggest problem and needs to be adressed in serious tests.

[@murraybhenson]

How would one “test” depreciation? Depreciation is going to happen. It’s worse on luxury cars, and even worse on luxury cars fitted with lots of options. BEVs in the EU seem to be depreciating faster than their ICEV equivalents… and probably will continue to do so for a while until the market and tech stabilises a bit. If it’s keeping you up at night, just lease.

[@Tradack]

I think it’s better to rent an EV than to buy it, so you can avoid the deprececiation issue

[@bjrnottesen5052]

@@Tradack so you think with a rental car you dont have to deal with depreciation? 😏😂

[@nikosweden]

Macan EV lease cost is almost twice the ne of an equivalent ICE due to lower final value

[@CarsCars-f7m]

Does anyone know which app he is using for the grid rewards?

[@bjornnyland]

Get 400 NOK bonus when signing up for Tibber: tibber.com/no/invite/teslabjorn

[@temporarilyusingthis3641]

what? it couldn't beat my i4 40? despite +20kWh in capacity and 800V? looks like efficiency still outruns all other aspects

[@christoph5037]

its also an SUV, more weight, more air resistance, the a6 Strom will beat the i4

[@liimatankari]

Can you do E-Priam range test? I think you kind of one at some point.😂

[@ansgarfinn500]

Gut gemacht Audi

[@davidkwan3888]

Please reduce music volume, it isn't consistent with normal talking volume

[@slick147]

Battery technology is improving every year and has not hit its peak in engineering, hence depreciating EV values also they are initially well over priced by 20-30% over ice versions.

[@sensnowy]

If the car would be at its peak it might have beaten the EQS at 9:05

[@illiaal1268]

I'd rather call Q6 a hefty e-tron or beefy e-tron😂After such results for sure)

[@AOTanoos22]

Yet the Tesla Bros on Twitter say the Model Y is a far superior car for half the price...and when you ask how come the Model Y is superior, they come with 0-100 kph times lmao.

[@kraenk12]

Of course a Tesla fanboy channel says this. This car is way bigger and more comfortable.

[@AdrianCocan]

I would like to see a summer 1000km challenge for KIA EV9. I am sure it will be very close to Q6

[@skjhfuihff08757]

Does Q6 HUD support carplay’s google map?

[@FlorianMickler]

No

[@martinterra]

It would be interesting to see the Model X 2021+ range test. Can you ask for a car from your local fans? I can do it but I'm a few thousand km apart ;)

[@zeedustrakok]

I do find the consumption a bit high. If only it came out when it was planned. Then I wouldn’t have gotten it and gotten the much better A6 avant etron. Now I got the BMW instead since I needed to order.

[@pebech]

Do You know that quattro should always be spelled with a lowercase q? Check with Audi and Wikipedia.(From Wiki: Due to the nomenclature rights derived from the trademark, the word quattro is now always spelled with a lowercase "q" by the manufacturer, in honour of its former namesake)

[@jonbraathen2232]

You must test the latest Ioniq 5 also, it charges faster than the 22 model and has a bit more kWh. Maybe we could do a race with 1000km challenge once 😊

[@daloATF]

Time to do a challenge with a diesel car. For those who claim to get 0.5L/10km and no stops. Just for comparison (yes I know there is a fossil drive)

[@bjornnyland]

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[@bjornnyland]

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[@ehudk215]

What abouth the bew Model X LR

[@Twin.motors]

The Model X will most likely win since the Model Y with a much smaller battery was only 15 minutes behind this e-Tron. Even a Model Y long range RWD would smoke the Audi

[@golach420]

What's the depreciation like? 😂

[@jasabi3303]

Why do these expensive cars have laggy maps/infotainment in 2024? 😕

[@Darknight00744]

Can you please compare Audi App Functionality against Tesla? Probably one huge point to decide for Tesla, but not sure?

[@kingmiro]

But the power consumption is still high.

[@pitu72ger]

Great entertainment.

[@propergander8509]

Charging speed is impressive. Consumption not so much. It’s eating that big battery right up!

[@matthewhartley5334]

14:48 Was that a deer running across the parking lot?

[@CosminIordache2]

I think it was something flying

[@Vercixx]

it seems like a bird, maybe an owl

[@tridruankham2657]

❤❤❤

[@Two4OneMusic]

Imagine a Model 3 with 10-80 in 18 min 😍😍 and 85 kwh battery. Maybe some day with the BYD Blade battery like in Model y.

[@Noaixs]

800V is the way to go. Tesla Model 3 is highly price optimized with 800V the car would be more expensive.

[@miraphycs7377]

to do that you need 800V like in Hyundai e-GMP not a blade battery. Only 800V Tesla is the cybertruck atm

[@user-jw4nz8km2x]

the Korean EV6 Ioniq5&6 already do this. People are just mad stubborn thinking Korean cars suck while their quality is ridiculously good nowadays.

[@XPerformanceContact]

Wooowww good gigh kwh on high soc😶

[@ViriuZ7]

I wish it was a bit wider, like the q8 because it looks a bit skinny

[@katchaontheflipside]

Seems u never got below 15%. Why not go deep? Couldve been a couple mins faster even huh?

[@celeron55]

That battery and its cooling system is impressive. The rest of the car, well, whatever, it's a big Audi.

[@Elektroauto1984]

you need to get an newer X Long Range

[@rui569]

But, but, a man needs to pee...

[@j_gister]

Has Audi said that the Q6 E-Tron will replace the Q8 E-Tron? I'm pretty sure it hasn't because the new Q6 E-Tron came in between the Q4 E-Tron and Q8 E-Tron.

[@bjornnyland]

I didn't say the Q6 would replace Q8.

[@j_gister]

@@bjornnyland but you give that impression because you are talking about the old and the new one, while comparing them.

[@KiaHyundaiEVPlatform]

why is tesla palladium faster than q6? this charges faster i presume

[@bjornnyland]

More range and better efficiency.

[@NormalXP99]

Pogbjørn

[@thomasschoovaerts8385]

Omg, it almost consumes double then my Model 3 highland rwd 😮

[@PaperCoffeeTable]

Just checked the price of the Q6 e-tron in Sweden with same equipment as Tesla Model Y LR… 959 700 SEK (82 030 EUR). The Model Y LR is 634 170 SEK (54 205 EUR). That is insane, no way the Q6 E-tron is good value for that much more money.

[@FromPetroltoTesla]

300.000 SEK extra for more stress it seems.

[@Tob-h7f]

Same equipment? Q6 has a lot more equipment and comfort even at base model Q6. MY should rather be compared to Q4 (that also has more equipment then MY). You are comparing apples and oranges.

[@kraenk12]

This car is way bigger and way more luxurious.

[@UgglemannenFTW]

Dont forget the bad warranties of Audi in general aswell...