Audi is expanding its electric model portfolio with the Q6 Sportback e-tron, one of the most popular body designs among customers. The powerful and iconic SUV design typical of Audi in the Q6 SUV e-tron is complemented by the essence of a Sportback’s features.

Audi has added the all-electric Q6 Sportback e-Tron and SQ6 Sportback e-Tron to its Q6 e-Tron model family for the 2025 model year.

The Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron offers two battery options, with ranges of up to 656 km and 545 km. The performance variant reaches 0-100 kmph in 4.3 seconds. It features an 800-volt system for quick charging and a five-star safety rating.

The 2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron electric compact crossover is due in U.S. showrooms later this year, and will be joined next year by a more dynamically styled Q6 Sportback E-Tron that Audi revealed on Monday at the 2024 Paris auto show in both Q6 E-Tron and sportier SQ6 E-Tron guises.

Audi is presenting the SUV coupé counterpart to the Q6 e-tron in Paris. Thanks to its aerodynamic advantages, it should have even more range than the SUV.

While still to be announced for South Africa, the standard Q6 being under consideration could well result in the Sportback being approved sometime in 2025 or even 2026.

I n the first quarter of 2024, Audi revealed the all-electric e-tron versions of the Q6 and SQ6, and it followed those up with a long-wheelbase Q6L e-tron for China and then a Q6

With five model variations now available, the Q6 Sportback E-tron quattro and SQ6 Sportback E-tron will launch in the latter half of 2025, boasting top speeds of 130 mph and 143 mph, along with an estimated range of 300 miles.