Audi Q4 E-Tron

Took delivery on Tuesday. Been a long time coming, ordered in June and multiple delays were frustrating. A proper drive will be had this weekend.

Low miles so far, 220km trip last weekend reduced the battery to 17%. Not terrible, not great.

that would infer a full winter range of around 265, really more like 250 as you are never going to run to 0. thats not too bad, you should see 310-315 in summer weather id guess.

The wife acceptance test will be evaluated this weekend with a longer trip planned meaning we'll have to stop and charge once. Happy enough with the range at the moment as the majority of driving is local. Longer trips maybe twice a month.

Quite likely, the 35 is a shorter range and to spec it with desired packages and still come in under 60K this is the one to have. Slower charging, I'm not sure what your thought it there, connected to a HPC it'll pull 100kw/h which is slower than the max available but plenty quick enough for us. Range again is subjective if the car can do what it's required to do without inconvenience. I know that sounds like I'm defending it and my purchase :) We'll likely change in three years and given there's such a delay in deliveries we may drift away from an Audi replacement. Meantime we're enjoying the car, comfort and features.

Dont get me wrong it's a lovely car and well wear! How are you finding the range for your recent longer journeys?

My friend is of the same mindset as yourself, the majority of journeys are short and the 35 model provides sufficient range for these journey's. He would have opted for the 40 model but his wife insisted on some extra options which would have taken price over €60k and he wasnt prepared to forgo the grant which is sensible.

My thinking would be battery spec is important in an EV so I would try and go for best spec within reason. It's not just charging speeds that is different, 100kw v 125kw, but also the power and range is higher in the 40 model so my preference would be the 40 model if I had the cash to buy one! In the meantime I make do with an L30 with 130km range and max 50kw charging, although because of the chronically poor range charging speed is largely irrelevant as it's now only used as a local runaround and charged almost entirely at home.

That was our thinking too. We stopped last weekend on a return leg having driven 195km and knowing we would need a boost to go the remaining 80. We charged for 20 minutes at an ESB charger and recovered just under 30% battery, more than enough to get home.

I’d like to stretch the battery and see just how far we could get on a single full charge with reasonable driving. But yep, same spec in the 40 model was considerably more expensive and the extra range we might enjoy maybe once a month, twice at most wasn’t worth it for us.

We don’t skimp on AC, heated seats or eco driving modes either as what’s the point in paying so much to then turn off those features? if there was a range risk to getting somewhere we’d be careful but no need yet and thankfully have used just one public charger so far and that was without issue.

Delivery lead time is so long for the 50. Depending on when it’s ordered could be a year to delivery.

The site costs don’t include the grant reduction. But they change the site quite a bit. If you spec one, take the unique build pdf offered at the end as it includes your spec and price and you can call the dealer using that.

My mum had an order from last year due for June, and she has also just been told its 2023 now, but the garage are saying she will have to take the deposit back, is that correct?

Presume it is but wanted to check.

I got a call about 20mins ago from dealer saying that my order has been cancelled and they will give my deposit back.... said their whole production line has been cancelled and that I'll get a letter from Audi Ireland director with a full explanation. So I rang Audi Ireland direct... yea, same story about semi-conductors etc it's not just the Q4, lots of other models hit and it's a big deal and we're very sorry etc.

I ordered Aug-21, was told Jan, then Feb, then July and now nothing - FFS.. what a sh!t show!

thats the thing they arent offering to hold anything, its here is your deposit back thanks and good luck!

The I5 is a very cool car, its a lot more EV than the Q4 which is just a nice premium mid sized SUV, the Ioniq still has that concept car look.

Starting to realise that. My dad went from a A3 Saloon S-Line (2017) to a 22 Tucson instead of a Q3 for that very reason.