A family member tried one on a month by month trial luckily.

Lovely car but on their first long journey from the North Midlands down to South Devon it showed its true colours .

Stopping at tge services in Gloucester for a charge they were told that the point was on the Northbound only.

They limped to Bristol services and with the heater off made it with 10 miles to spare .

The car was returned at the end of the month and they opted for a VW Hybrid which were in short supply but plenty of ID4 and ID5 .

So apparently the 2020 etron has a huge 95kwh battery but only manages about 200m. 433w per mile or 2.3m per kwh. Not efficient at all.

My Mokka-e I've managed as much as 4.9m per kwh but easily 3.8 to 4.2 presumably the latest etron is a whole lot better.

‘as my biggest fear is issues with the battery and having to replace it.’ Based on all available evidence (and there’s a lot of it), it’s a four word answer - you won’t need to. Only 1.5% of EV’s are showing to have required a non-warranty battery swap. And most of those were early LEAF and Tesla Model S.

That seems quite a high % - relatively.

‘That seems quite a high % - relatively.’ Almost certainly skewed by the earlier technology in those cars leading to a higher percentage of battery swaps.

Just out of interest anyone know the percentage of Fossil fuel Audis that have premature engine failures? Willing to bet its not zero.

‘That seems quite a high % - relatively.’ Almost certainly skewed by the earlier technology in those cars leading to a higher percentage of battery swaps.

Just out of interest anyone know the percentage of Fossil fuel Audis that have premature engine failures? Willing to bet its not zero.

I don't know the figures - but the V6/V8 Audi engines have a good reputation and are shared with other brands in the VW Group, ie VW itself, Porsche and Bentley.

Compared to what?. Not hard to find a list of "typical" Audi V8 engine problems if searching and it is also not too hard to find owners having experienced failure on Audi V6 engines. Whether that makes them more or less reliable than other engines of a similar size and power is neither here nor there, the point is whether or not more than 1.5% of Audi V8 or V6 engines have experienced failures. Because if 1.5% of EV owners (mainly early Leaf's) having to replace batteries is too much, surely the same would be the case on the ICE?

Slightly off topic but the later Audi V6 and V8 engines with timing chains rather than cambelts haven't a great reputation.

In fact timing chains are a common issue on engine in the few years. BMW Nx7, PSA/BMW Prince, various VAG, JLR Ingenium, etc.

Arguably a timing chain is cheaper than a battery but it's remarkable bearing in mind ICE is at the end of its development life how many still give issues.

Edited by pd on 26/02/2024 at 11:23