The Q8 is loaded with high-tech amenities, as is customary in the premium car class. The car has over four dozen driver assistance capabilities that are based on data from up to five radar sensors, five optical cameras, and a dozen ultrasonic pickups. This influx of data is sufficient to allow the Q8 to park itself. Remote park assist plus, which will be available for purchase in 2023, will automatically manoeuvre your seventy-some odd thousand EV “into even the tiniest parking spots,” according to the announcement, in a procedure managed by the driver’s myAudi smartphone.
The Q8, like every other e-tron model since the series became electric in 2018, will be outfitted with Audi’s Matrix LED headlights. However, unlike prior model years, the Q8’s headlights will finally be ADB enabled, according to a long-awaited NHTSA rule in February, and as such, they’ll offer three additional features: better traffic information, a lane light with a direction indication, and an orientation light on rural roads.
If you were hoping for anything less than opulence in the inside, you’ll be disappointed. The panoramic two-part roof, as well as the integrated sunshades, are controlled electrically. Audi also offers four-zone automatic temperature control and massage capabilities for the synthetic leather-clad seats as options. There aren’t many physical buttons to touch in the cockpit, as almost everything is handled via the pair of central infotainment displays — a 10.1-inch larger and an 8.6-inch lower — or by voice command.
Ordering for the Q8 e-tron and Q8 Sportback begins in mid-November. Audi plans an initial market debut in Germany and other European markets at the end of next February, followed by arrivals in the United States by the end of April. Audi has revealed a starting MSRP of 74,400 euros, or around $72,500 USD at current exchange rates.
