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MUNICH—Audi’s new electric car platform is vital to the company. Debuting in the new 2025 Q6 e-tron, it will serve as the basis for many new electric Audis, not to mention Porsches and even Lamborghinis and Bentleys, for years to come. His progression hasn’t been entirely straightforward either; Software delays have hampered plans to get cars into the hands of visitors in 2023, but now the new Q6 e-tron is set to take the world by storm.
There’s a pretty attractive generation built into the Q6 e-tron’s new EV architecture. Called PPE, or Premium Platform Electric, it was designed with flexibility in mind. Audi has taken the lead in its progression within the Volkswagen Group, but the other brands in this business empire aimed at the premium segment of the automotive market will also build electric cars with PPE.
Since SUVs are still very popular, Audi kicks off the PPE era with an SUV. But the platform allows for other sizes and shapes: next year we deserve to see the A6 sedan and, if we’re lucky, an A6 Avant estate.
There’s a new EV powertrain, a significant step up from the one powered by Audi’s Q8 e-tron SUV. The cells are prismatic and are manufactured through CATL in a German factory, with nickel-cobalt-manganese chemistry (in a ratio of about 8:1:1). It has been simplified, with 12 modules, composed of 1five cells. Compared to the Q8 package, the new Q6 has 30% more power density than the package level, as well as five percent more actual power, despite a 15% reduction in package mass (1,257 lbs/570 kg).
It runs on 800 V, allowing for very fast DC charging: the 94. 9 kWh battery (usable) can run from 10 to 80% in 21 minutes. Audi says it won’t want to reduce its 270 kW output until the state of charge exceeds 40 percent, after which it slows at a steady rate to 150 kW with 80 percent SoC. (Beyond 80%, a fast-charging electric vehicle will particularly diminish the evaluator. )
Of course, this requires access to an 800V-capable DC fast charger. For 400V chargers, the battery pack cleverly splits into two 400V packs using a mechanical fuse transfer, then equalizes their SoCs, and then charges them in parallel up to 135kW. claims to have opted for this technique instead of a DC-DC inverter because it saves weight. Both sides have AC charging ports, with DC charging only on the driver’s side. The 2025-style model year Q6 e-trons will feature CCS1 ports on the driver’s side, with the transfer to the J3400 going the following year.
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