Audi Q4 e-tron: Everything we’ve learned after SIX months behind the wheel / Electrifying
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At electrifying.com we all drive electric cars personally and professionally most of the time. But usually we only get a few days with a new model - and while we cram a lot of testing and filming into that time, there’s nothing like spending a little bit longer living with something.
For the past few months, we’ve been getting up close and personal with the Audi Q4 e-tron. It’s been racking up the miles going to video shoots and new car launches around the UK and been the daily driver for Ginny. On the rare occasions we’ve been able to steal the keys away, the team has also spent plenty of time in Audi’s first pure-electric, mid-sized SUV.
Join Ginny as she explains the good and bad points of Audi Q4 ownership and gives her verdict. Do you have an Audi Q4 e-tron? Do you agree with our findings? As always, we’d love to hear from you in the comments below.
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Like that you’ve used it! Hauling, camping. Good review! Thanks.
I own a Q4e-tron and I can honestly say is an amazing car. I have the dual motor 265 bhp. It is more then enough. On long tripsw/o motorway, yoy easily reach min. 400 km of range during spring/summer. On motorway about 250-300 km. And the front seats are one of the most comfortable seats I ever driven in. Bettyer than BMW X5 full option. The inly thing I do not actually prefer is the fact that the dampers are more on the sporty side set even on comfort setup. Apple carplay is also to be paid-around 100 EUr/year fee. Apart from these is an amazing car. Very very happy with this choice. Cost is way too high nevertheless, but is good value for money.
Great review. Got our S-line 40 sportback on order through lease hire and cant wait. Only have it for 3 years so not bothered about short warranty and we dont do a lot of motorway driving so will be fine most of the time with home charge. ❤
Love the car! Own one for about 2 months now.
Ginny is such a great reviewer, very thorough and comprehensive.
After a year with ours,it is to us ,a brilliant car,does everything we do,very well,no problems at all with the car,my only down,no keyless entry available,I do miss that when my hands are full,ps thanks for the video.
Wish it had the 360 cameras that cars using the same platform have!
Super good and informative video - Thank you so much Ginny 👌👍
Weird that the car play is an issue, works perfectly (and wirelessly) on my Enyaq, which is after all much the range beast
I have same car last 9 months and till now I'm very happy with this car..
On the strength of this review I got a new Q4 five weeks ago.
Agree with most what is said (though mine is the 2024 model with more power and updated MMI) and I’m not keen on the haptic controls on the steering wheel. However, range is exceptional. I’ve only charged twice away from home for a total of 18% and only then to see how public chargers worked and I’m getting 4.7 m/kWh on average. My range on the twice I’ve charged to 100% at home has been 360 and 377 miles. Now, before you say ‘ahh but, in the real world….’ I did a 360 mile round trip last week including 80 miles of motorway and 100 miles of A roads and I got home with the 18% I’d publicly charged still showing . Great car….
Hi great video good to see real life testing. Maybe I have missed it. Are you going to test the Mercedes eqe.
Great review, i drive ab ix3, but i think im going to have to give in and go for a tesla Y next. It seems to be the best all rounder
Have ordered the 45 quattro s.line. disappointed that you can't get electric seats. And why have they removed the tech pack pro option!!!
I love all the road tests you do but, yourselves plus 99% of other testers omit to test headlights. I have been waiting for a cataract op and have found night driving a pain .Having a Hyundai Ioniq 38kwh with LED lights have found the main beam pretty dismal .It would be great to hear, and see what you guys think to lights on the cars you test . Other than that keep up the great work.
Same here regarding cataracts, which is why I went for the Skoda Supern with adaptive lights, fantastic beam at night
I ordered one in Sept 21 when they were a lot cheaper and there was at the time a very good deal on my company scheme (cheaper than an Enyaq). However this quickly turned into a pipe dream as delivery date went from Feb 22 initially to March 2023!
I eventually gave up and got a smaller EV instead - a Peugeot e208. Really nice small car and doing 3.5 miles per kWhr in winter. Do I wish I waited for the Audi? - not really now. The lease prices have gone up massively and tbh if we go for a bigger EV next time it’s almost certainly going to be a Tesla.
Q4 etron to a 2008. That's a heck of a trade off . Ps what model of Q4 did you order and what was the price when placing order
Looking forward to get mine.
Have been waiting for almost a year now
I do like it very much and all so like like the sports back one to.
Update? Great review as ever.
Is there any word about the Audi's Vehicle to Grid/Load charging ability?
I agree it's a brilliant car but the software, especially the app, is woeful as is Audi Customer Service. If you're expecting a smart car I would avoid, but if you don't care and just want a well built, solid and comfortable EV SUV it is great. We've had ours for just over a year and 13,000 miles now.
Exactly, the software bugs and misses will not be a problem for some people, but for me it's very annoying. No updates since 1+y, not being able to login with Audi account which is the basic of each audi car these days. Navi works really well, but absolute disaster with addresses being randomly wiped for absolutely not reason, ....for me the last Audi for sure. For this price such misses are simply not acceptable.
It doesn’t have fart mode so it’s not a smart car.
Smart car? Lol
Wtf.
What are you expecting the car to do apart from being reliable and its wheel dont fall off?
@@jacla1410 Did you get an update since it has been 9 months now? Also, what would you get if not Audi Q4 EV?
Winter range and does it have a heat pump. Looking at spec basic car £49,215 with lots of options so more like £55k spec of this one.
Thank you for being real! Well done. I have a Q5 & thinking about going electric
How have you found your Q5??? I’m debating if I want a Q4 sport-back 50 or a Q5 s s-line 50 TFSIe. The Q5 is actually 3k cheaper here in Ireland. I have a PHEV (330e) today and it works for me.
@@seancotter4610 Hi- We have a 2015 Q5 w/ 75,000 miles so far! It’s been great so far. Good luck
I have read 2019 ‘s not a good year for them.
@@seancotter4610 My neighbour has just bought a brand new Q5(ordered last year). It replaced a Q3 they had from new. He loves the Q5 and says its night and day better than the Q3. He didn't consider the etron due to limited range.
I’ve had my Q5 3.0 D since new…..15 years ago ….here in Spain…..no problems with it whatsoever….Best car I’ve ever had 👍🍷.
Don’t buy electric car … wait for hydrogen motors
Agree with the review. The MyAudi app is very disappointing due to its inconsistency!! Any the privacy note that comes up every time you start t the car 😡😡The car itself is great 👍
A solid SUV EV, Ginny, and I'm sure you've enjoyed it -but I'd guess not as much as when you get an i.D Buzz, correct?
Ordered mine September 22 expecting in August 23 🤞
What's the sceduled maintenance and costs associated with the Q4? Will Audi gouge me like they do with gas cars?
Want one , but my budget only lets me afford a 2021 in the lesser 35 . Sadly since April 2020 private buyers cant go to the big auctions otherwise i would have probably just scraped into the higher end of this model. 😢
7:11 NOPD isn't a drawback but it's a plus. Unlike OPD, NOPD applies SIN's 1st Law to the fullest. Coasting & creep uses less energy to keep the vehicle in motion than to start from rest.
NOPD means that you've to brake to bring the vehicle to a FS. Applying the brakes means putting the brakes to work which results in no rusty brakes and makes the brakes in top-notch working conditions.
I have owned a q4 for a couple of months and I have to say I can’t see myself ever going back to an ice car. I don’t do many miles so I’m finding we only need to charge it once a week and then it only costs £3.60 ish for a weeks motoring.
What about water leaking into the trunk? Have you experienced that? I noticed after 1½ month of owning mine that rain water leaks into the trunk. Especially when opening it, all the rain water travels down the sides and leaks enough water into the place between the outside of the car and the inside of the trunk area (where wiring and trunk lights are). Definitely something to be concerned of.
Elephants can blow water back out of their trunk. Luckily this has a boot and you just turn it upside to get the water out.
As a business owner and consultant I still cannot understand people buying an Audi at its price. The prestige at the golf and country club of today anyhow is based on S3XY cars and some outstanding replacements from Korea e.g. Kia EV6, Genesis GV60 or Hyundai IONIQ 5. All these product work better and offer better value vs. price relationship and their styling is electric and not from the ICE past. And where is the frunk in an Audi? Fortschritt durch Technik was yesterday and now in ads they already must present cars they never build while ‚premium‘ ICE Audis you can get at half the price already… Very convincing indeed!
Audis hold their value. Hyundais and Kias don’t. If you want to know why people still buy German cars, clock 50k miles per year in mainly motorways and see how and Audi feels vs a Kia. It’s night and day. Hyundai and Kia while very good these days, have become stupidly expensive. My neighbour paid £36k for a 1.6t Sportage. These are prices to shock Volkswagen owners let alone ford or Peugeot.
@@Olliebobalong yes, yes, stay with your belief. But Kia and Hyundai Group just changed in one generation and are factually among the best. What would you say if here in Switzerland you can get now new top of the line Audis at half the price? Keep dreaming but you should know that time changes and past values are worth nothing! Also in automotive and before in telephones. Keep buying Nokia and Motorola. But fact is with Apple and Samsung something new came into play. Same here, with Tesla as new #1 in ‚premium‘ segment. Then in the same league come the cars of Hyundai Group Genesis GV60, Ioniq 5&6, Kia EV6 even in price relation before Porsche Taycan. And here in Europe the Korean cars get good prices as used cars and loose less value than named cars in your outdated example. So talking about opinion from others and reality are not always same! We as fleet owners look for TCO in our cars and not for small talk.
tesla is as premium as a rust bucket… wannabe premium for sure but not even close
it’s just fast in a straight line that’s it.. but that gets old quickly
horrid suspension, cheap build, cheap paint job, not even parking sensors anymore, no front camera, no 360 degree view, no sunshade, cheap plastics everywhere, the worst cabin lights.. the list goes on.. should never be in the same category with Audi…
I bought a GV 60 back in August the Korean cars are so far of the rest , the GV 60 does all the high end Audi 's and even the taycan does for a lot less money .
Roger. Just don’t buy one. Buy a Kia if that’s what you want Who cares?🤷🏻
After 13 months and 14k miles (plus 60+ videos) in my 40 S-Line I’d echo what Ginny has said. Quiet, relaxing, comfortable, spacious, good looking, decent range, nice interior…it’s a great all rounder.
There are a few niggles with the app/CarPlay but nothing that caused any real issues.
Genuine question…. How did you charge in Cornwall? Once past Exeter, there are no public chargers and certainly no fast chargers?
Cornwall Services has a rapid charge station with multiple units. There's a fair few around Council car parks too, just walked past them in Falmouth today. Fast chargers very common too.
9 months in and a remarkable car. App is crap but the car makes up for it.
I'm curious what you will decide between Q4 E-tron and a Tesla Model Y if you would have chance to use it for 6 months.
I have tried Mercedes, Volvo XC40 and the Audi e-tron. The driving experience, the dashboard controls, ... of the Audi e-tron (45 Quatro) is just great.
Which is better Q4 e-Tron or VW ID. 4?
There is not a positive/negative point I did not recognized myself in. I received my Q4 3 month ago. Especially the Android Auto.
With regard to charging, it will be just as frustrating for those arriving at a rapid charger and who can use that, to be in a queue behind those with vehicles that can only charge at half the rate.
I'm not sure how people queue at EV charging points as there's no obvious queueing mechanism or lane?
Best Car👍
power seats?
It's written several times here but the unstable integration with the MMI is terrible. The same can be said for the myaudi app. Disgraceful. An upgrades is coming 2023 - hopefully it will fix these bugs. Unacceptable in such an expensive car. Cheapens the brand.
Have you got the update? If so, what is the situation?
Grill looks like a backsplash for kitchen
quick question, do you have an adjustable armrest in this 50k Audi?
Yes you do 😂
Did you pay $30k dealer markup like they do in LA?
Well, BMW just killed CarPlay stability with their latest software update in the i4
That not support IOS display right?
Nice video,,Hey guys” what is the max range miles you get for a full charge ???
They have just updated the battery and mileage range on the newer models.
I never understood why some E.V's have such a large gill when there is no need for it with an electric power train - if a manufacturer really does need to put a large grill on a car then why not make it more aesthetically pleasing to the eyes. - other than that, all of the reviews I have watched from carwow to electrifying have said that the Q4 etron is a great car to drive.
Agreed!!
Glute medius tear?
How many miles did you cover in the six months?
Yes
Like many cars today, I find the inside of the Q4 very bland. I can get that by sitting in my garage, at midnight, with the lights turned off. Admittedly my garage doesn't get you from A to B, but a bit more design imagination would'nt go amiss AUDI.
It has the aero of a barn door! Why would they do that to the efficiency 😢
He never told me it only has a 3 yr warranty 😮😢😢
0-60 speed is disastrously slow on the entry level ones. You have to buy a top spec Q4 for a sub 8 second acceleration
Yeah I dont understand why they decided to make these so slow. Its a turnoff for many.
I think I've just watched an eleven minute commercial for Audi! 🤔😬
I use Android Auto with the car and never had a problem connecting….maybe an Apple issue?
Android Auto works. The app won’t talk to our phones. That means we can’t see the battery power, warm the battery up remotely (important in cold climates), and use any of the other features they sell you on. I’ve owned mine for 3 weeks and had an SOS light on. It’s been in the shop more than I’ve had it. Audi USA can’t figure out how to fix it. It’s a huge disappointment for Audi. Had I known about the issues with the support desk (and the fact that Audi seems unprepared for the EV world), I wouldn’t have purchased it.
He’s just told me he’s buying a British MG 4 ! I don’t have the heart to inform him it’s Chinese 😂
How can a family afford this great all rounder?
Company car tax it's under £20 a month apart from that it's going to be expensive
It's very nice but so is the price
The Q4 is the closest thing to the A2 coming back
It’s a shame that Audi have not electrified the A2. Small aluminium bodied EV that looks cool 😎 rather than more SUV’s.
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God save the King!
Glory to Ukraine!!!
Is this in Pebble Grey?
It's not. Pebble Gray looks like Nardo Gray.
The big grille...looks so ugly 😡 you have to choose a expensive package to get it in all black out. Nice review anyway 👍
the MEB platform is lower-powered and very expensive compared to much more powerful options from Tesla and Volvo. I’d like to consider the Q4 as an alter to my Model Y but I’m not willing to lose the performance offered by Tesla
Based on the comments and video, I just feel the need to disclose that I’ve had 0 issues with Apple CarPlay in my new Audi. If anything, the wireless connection is resilient to me wanting to disable it to connect to the dashcam…. 😐
Interior looks very grey. Also, they haven’t trimmed the inside of the windows and you can still see bare metal. This is unacceptable on a car of this price.
A large SUV which is inefficient. I wonder how it fares in winter conditions with range if it gets 3.6m/kWh in the summer.
This isn’t a large SUV, medium sized at most 😂 Winter range depends how you drive it. I’ve done a number of videos on this- my normal winter range is about 230 miles, but this week I managed to get it down to around 130 miles (took a bit of effort though 😂)
When she said it weighed in at 49K pounds...I thought she meant lbs because I'm a simple American, and was like whaaat!??!?! Then I realized it was the price.
😢😢😢😢. Nearly a year in Q4 etron vorsprung - the electronics are terrible, really bad. You can’t even set up a profile, can’t store your home address, the whole screen crashes, regular warnings and error messages. I should have got the BMW. Audi knows all about the issues and has not updated the software. That said drives very nicely is quiet and relaxing, it’s such a shame the info system is terrible.
Why on earth would anyone pay 50K plus for a flawed vehicle. Just a few years ago, you would have slated a car costing this much with this many compromises.
I know your a EV channel but I just don’t understand why we should put up with this.
What do you drive?
It weighs in at 49,000lbs or 22 metric tons. LOL 😆
this or the jag with the highest battery and the weakest power to get the longest range?
software is a disaster, mine is 1+year old and still no software update, unable to login etc... Big disaster also with navi addresses being wiped randomly every few weeks etc.... driving wise nice, but every EV is, software is half-baked and for this price it's far below Audi standards. This is where you see how far behind VW/Audi is with software.
I’ve only had mine for a month but I agree with you. No technology for being a next generation vehicle. Audi app has minimal functions. Audi is years behind Tesla when it comes to futuristic technology
Big disaster! Really.
Audi called for deal with audi q4 etron, and I was considering it over the new Tesla model 3; any update with software now?
Had one for 6 months and it was junk. "Nothing fell off" is hardly a high bar....no point looking for an unbiased review of an electric vehicle from a channel who's sole purpose is to extoll their virtue.
Buckley is an excellent presenter but I'm afraid all on this channel have their eyes and ears closed to reality.
I'd like to know what 12 hours + of home charging costs for 280 ish miles. Today's energy costs I'm guessing a fair wack. Warranty is dismal to for £50k.
Easy enough to work out. If it was completely empty then 77kWh X the price per kilowatt hour. The price cap price is 34p (I think) so £26.18, though many people have cheaper tariffs than that.
For my Q4 to be more expensive than my old 520d (averaged 46mpg over 4 years) then I’d need to pay over 65p/kWh (based on current diesel prices).
@@edinreviews 65p per kW isn't far away. It's not long now until ev ownership will cost more than diesel cars.
@@Slufnyt1 depends where you charge. I only use public chargers and I’ve not paid for a charge since Dec for my Q4. My wife uses our local leisure centre to charge our i3 and they’re about to got from 16 to 35p/kWh. You’re right though, if you only ever charge at expensive ultra rapid chargers and if the price of fuel remains “low” then cost benefits will vanish pretty quickly. I did a video about this late last year, and although the fuel prices have dropped you can look at the charts and see where the cut off for the Q4 when compared to a 520d. The figures are based on my real world use, not wltp or manufacturer claims 🤔Real world EV running costs (BMW i3 and Audi Q4)
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@@edinreviews currently the cost to home charge is 34p due to the government price guarantee, but once that runs out the home charging will become 65p ish per kw, and then I'm estimating atleast another price rise to around 85p per kw. I thought public charging at say tesco or similar is Alot more than home charging?
@@Slufnyt1 it depends where you are- it’s a geographic lottery. My local council “fast”chargers are just going up to 35p, which is cheaper than Tesco etc. I rarely use ultra rapid chargers, and in my area there are still some free destination chargers. I don’t have a home charger, but for me if the average price per kWh gets much above 60p then my old 520d could have been cheaper to run.
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Me gusta el Audi para wendy yuliana
“I reckon 0 to 60 in 8.5 secs is plenty for anyone and you don’t really need fast charging”. If you don’t agree then this review is not for you and I just saved you 11 minutes
You have to go into the dealer for SW updates, no seat cooling, no 360 view, drum brakes in rear, under 300 miles on battery, no federal tax break… and people are still buying this car???
Sorry Ginny this car is just not worth the money , I will stay with my GV 60 it has the HP. the range and it great value for the money.
lol. Actually, I'd rather bugs end up on that front sealed grill rather than on the radiator on my traditional ICE car. Much easier to wash them off.
Bork- broke - muck- technic 😜
Marmite grill
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Well Ginny as I have said multiple times, when I regain my driving license from the DVLA and my eyes have been corrected so no more cataracts I think it is time to look at an alternative, your show does not go for - the humble Donkey and Cart which may not be the most practical speed wise but think of the objectives and what can be achieved by simple living in a downsized caravan on wheels pulled by said animal who will gladly try to eat the carrot from the stick in front of it as we progress at a snails pace along the country roads.
Audis'; bought by people trying to impress other people they don't really like
Aside from that some nice exterior design
Hahahaha may I have your permission to use that one?
@@pigeonpoo1823 yes of course!
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Can anyone explain how a big, well financed company like Audi could possibly release a car whose name in French translates into “turd”?
Much more energy efficient than a vehicle with an internal combustion engine.
Audi gets more and more boring inside. No color choices anymore, but black. Reminds me to BMW, to save some money resp. do more profit. Charging speed not the best.
Audi customer service SUCKS!!!! 😊😢
Definitely looks very 80s suitable for pensioners 😮
Considering this is being discontinued soon I would avoid purchasing this car because even Audi doesn’t believe in the product…
And this was a party political broadcast on behalf of Audi 👎
Audi Q4, inefficient, overweight, and made in tiny numbers because VAG are not serious about EVs. Only BYD and Tesla are intending to make significant numbers available to all markets…..discuss
I don't know about BYD, but the thing wrong with Tesla are the drivers, each and every Tesla driver is a huge complacent ass. You know the ones everyone desperately want avoid at parties.
That's the free market for you.
Tesla is also overweight and over digitalised for a car because of said market. If we're being serious, small Chinese $4000 - $12000 electric cars and pioneers like APTERA have the upper hand in the auto industry
@@buddy1155 Hey Buddy
That doesn't exist, same thing was said about Prius drivers, Volvos, Volkswagens etc.
And BYD and other Chinese electric automakers would absolutely own markets globally - because China plans its markets for what people want *AND need* to ready their cars for Europe, US, etc.
All because of speculative market competition & profit as a business culture failed to prepare for real competition itself. It happened back throughout every decade with new arrivals and the state eventually had to prop up and incentivise domestic car manufacturers to compensate their Failed business model.
Failed to give car owners options that were available elsewhere. Imagine how different things would be if there were hybrid pickup trucks back in the 2000s? That was possible
Yawn... 😴😴
If you want a unconfortable car, with a lots of road noise, with quality niggles but rapid and efficient buy a Tesla
What an ugly design