Audi Confirms the Q8 e-tron's Death but Says a Successor Is Coming

• Audi confirmed that it closed its mill successful Brussels, Belgium, successful February, taking the electric Q8 e-tron SUV with it.

• That means that 2025 is the last exemplary twelvemonth for the Q8 e-tron and its much aerodynamic Sportback variant.

• Audi said a successor to the Q8 e-tron is connected the way, which we deliberation could get bigger and pricier to differentiate it much from the Q6 e-tron that arrived this year.

Last December, Audi confirmed plans to shut down accumulation astatine its mill successful Brussels, Belgium, successful February, leaving the aboriginal of the Q8 e-tron SUV up successful the air. At the time, Audi said a tiny fig of Q8 e-trons would beryllium produced for the 2025 exemplary year, but it didn't outright ringing the decease knell for the SUV. Now, the automaker has officially confirmed the discontinuation of the Q8 e-tron, but besides divulged that the spread successful its lineup created by the SUV's departure won't stay bare for excessively long.

The e-tron Is Gone (but Not For Long)

In a connection to Car and Driver, an Audi spokesperson said that the Brussels installation was unopen down connected February 28, 2025, and confirmed that this determination spelled the extremity for the existent Audi Q8 e-tron. The SUV, which was simply called the e-tron erstwhile it went connected merchantability for the 2019 exemplary year, lasted for 7 years successful the United States and ushered successful an epoch of dedicated electrical Audis.

A sloped-roof Sportback exemplary joined the lineup for the 2020 exemplary twelvemonth earlier the SUV added the "Q8" prefix successful conjunction with a refresh for the 2024 editions. The Q8 e-tron was ne'er a immense seller, peaking astatine 8180 units sold for the accepted SUV variant successful 2023, with an further 2907 units sold for the Sportback. Combined, the Q8 e-tron and Q8 e-tron Sportback were Audi's bestselling EVs each twelvemonth until 2024, erstwhile it was surpassed by the compact Q4 e-tron and Q4 e-tron Sportback's combined figure.

While the Q8 e-tron volition depart aft the 2025 exemplary year, Audi confirmed to C/D that a successor is successful the works. The automaker didn't supply immoderate details connected the successor oregon erstwhile it mightiness arrive, but we wouldn't beryllium shocked to spot the next-generation Q8 e-tron turn successful size and terms to amended found its presumption arsenic a flagship electrical SUV. Audi launched the Q6 e-tron this twelvemonth successful the mid-size electrical luxury SUV segment, which measures astir six inches shorter wide than the Q8 e-tron and undercuts the Q8 e-tron's basal terms by astir $10,000.

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