These illustrations are made by CarScoops’ artist Josh Byrnes. They are speculative drawings based on prototype models we’ve spied as well as intel we’ve obtained and are not related to or endorsed by Audi.

It’s an electric avalanche at Audi as the Ingolstadt-based automaker is in onslaught mode with battery-powered offerings coming on-stream in full force. Next on its product development calendar is the Q6 E-Tron (the Q5 e-tron name may also be used), which sits above the newly-revealed Q4 and is anticipated to replace the current e-tron SUV and its Sportback variant.

Curious to know more? Fortunately, there’s an abundance of spy-photography catching the Q6 driving out and about, so let’s digitally diminish the camouflage and explore everything else we know about it to date.

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Illustrations Copyright Carscoops.com / Josh Byrnes

Premium Proportions

At first glance, the Q6 looks sinister in a hunkered down yet restrained way. Its athletic exterior combines good proportions with short front overhangs, helping emphasize a dynamic stance. Frontal styling features a reinterpreted closed-off Singleframe grille and is flanked by large air inlets below the LED matrix headlights.

The view from the side reveals a roofline that gently cascades down towards the rear, with the upper window trim flowing across the rear pillars. Further down, the sheet metal is organically tense with sculpted panels and muscular haunches. At the back, a striking light band connects the OLED tail lamps echoing the theme set by the wider e-tron family, and a contrasting diffuser panel finishes of the dynamic look.

A Luxurious Outlook

An emphasis on recycled materials and vegan leathers will be first and foremost throughout the cabin of the Q6. Its dedicated EV platform will also liberate more occupant space, enabling a sculpted, highly crafted and dynamically luxurious place to spend time in. Like other recent Audis, features include a digital instrument cluster with an augmented reality (AR) head-up display, MIB 3-powered OLED touchscreens with haptic feedback, dynamic ambient lighting and optional digital side-view mirrors.

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While expected to maintain a similar, edgy design as the Q4 e-tron pictured above, the new Q6’s interior will be even more luxurious and higher-tech

Many driver-assist programs will be available, including collision avoidance assist, full-range adaptive cruise control and surround-view cameras. Various drive modes for the air suspension will feature, as will semi-autonomous driving with GPS-based predictive curve control.

Platform & Performance

Unlike the current e-tron SUV, the Q6 will sit upon Volkswagen Group’s premium platform architecture (PPE) co-developed with Porsche. Shared with the next-generation Porsche Macan EV, the 800-volt architecture is capable of DC fast-charging up to a rate of 270kW, allowing the 100 kWh battery to charge from 5 to 80 percent within 25 minutes.

We anticipate the Q6 to utilize the same rear- or dual electric motor arrangement, battery, and rear-/all-wheel drive setup as the recently-revealed Audi A6 e-tron Concept. Power figures for that vehicle are 350 kW (470 hp) and 800 Newton meters of torque. Audi says depending on the variant, it will boast a range of more than 700 km (435 miles) on the WLTP cycle and hit 100 km/h (62 mph) in less than four seconds.

The Mercedes-Benz EQC pictured above is one of the Q6 E-Tron’s main rivals, as is the Porsche Macan EV seen below in prototype form

Rivals & Reveal

The Q6 e-tron will compete against rivals such as the Mercedes-Benz EQC, Jaguar I-Pace, Tesla Model X and BMW’s polarising iX. As with the all-electric Porsche Macan, the Q6 e-tron will be introduced in the second half of 2022 in standard and RS guises.

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2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know
2023 Audi Q6 E-Tron: Design, EV Performance And Everything Else We Know