Hi, thank you for the great video! There truly isn't much information about these cars available on the internet and I think I found the best channel! I am interested in purchasing an Audi Q8 55tfsi e PHEV and I wanted to ask some questions about the consumption: 1. What is the real fuel consumption of the car in city driving only, when fully charged, assuming that I charge it every night (winter/summer)? 2. What is the real fuel consumption on long distance highway drives 400km during summer on fully charged engine, including mountain terrain - Bulgaria to Greece? 3. Are there any serious problems with the electrical system or motor, similar to the ones of the Q8 Etron - coolant leaking into motor windings leading to 10K Euro repair cost? 4. Is it possible to drive the car in electric only mode during winter with cold engine? Thanks!
Hi, thank you! I`m shortly going to shoot a quick video on my statistics after the first 18,000km, it will include fuel consumption too. 1. city - EV only is 0L/100km + electricity cost. 17.9kwh is the battery pack and if you get a nice electricity retail price at home which can be 10 cent/KWH, then your full charge will cost 1.79 euro. So you can go 40kms for a fee of 1.79 euro, which means you would be consuming 4.475 EUR cost, which is the equivalent of 3L/100KM. If you electricity cost is lower, then of course it`s worth better. If you charge it on the street the EV consumption will be an equivalent of 12-14L of petrol consumption due to the ca 30kwh average EV consumption/100km (not worth charging) You can use the car in EV only and in Hybrid mode. If you give a bigger push on the throttle, petrol turns on due to energy need, otherwise you can go 30-50km in EV only depending on the terrain, external temperature, etc. 2. You can stay below 7L/100KM until 120-150 driven kilomeres. then you will be going towards 10.5L on normal terrain, mountain terrain I would say you will see around 11L at 400km. The car will recharge itself so at the end of your journey you can go in EV only for 15-20km, as well as at the beginning. 3. I had no issues so far. I`m at 72.000km and I`ve used the car for 18.000km in 6.5 months. Make sure tha car has been well maintained if purchased second hand, 1 owner only, preferably from an official Audi second hand dealer nexct to their showroom where the car was leased, not rented and they maintained every 15.000km. You get 1 year guarantee or 30.000km. If bought new, that`s a different story and no need to worry for 3 years I guess. 4. Of course. Up to probably 40km. The 2025 edition can go up to 70ish I guess. Best of luck!
@@AudiQ7PHEV2021-u Thank you for the thorough explanation! I just have two more things that I am not sure about: 1. What is the real-life fuel consumption in hybrid mode in city-only drive (winter/summer)? 2. During winter how does the cabin heat up considering that I use EV mode and no engine?
1. Well it depends on your style. With dynamic 0-60 accelerations the petrol will always kick in, if you push too hard and then when it realises you calmed down it comes back to EV. In that situation your 50km in city will be around 5-6 Let’s say you drive in a normal way, even if you are in hybrid the EV will be preferred. GPS can see you are in city and the smart system will prefer EV so in theory you can go 40ish km in EV only. So petrol only rarely kicks in. It will either be 0 or max 3 L on average. 2. I’ve just tried it and it needs 1 minute :) also you can do preheat via your app and can set it in the diary to have the cabin ready for 8:00 every morning
Hey! Great videos. Thanks for sharing your experience.I have a doubt before potentially purchasing… I commute daily 50km to work. From which 5km are city + 30km highway + 15km secondary road (max 80km/h). Then, I have the chance to recharge the batery in both locations (work & home).With so, would you reccomend PHEV or diesel in terms of consumption and saving? Thanks!!
Hey, that`s a great question. Many aspects here. If you live in an area with colder temperatures around the year, the 50km range hybrid will not go over 30-35KM due to cold and highway+ secondary road usage. It consumes more outside the city. I assume your at home electricity cost is ca 2L/100KM and your at work cost is 0. Then your 100km trip would be around 5L/100KM. 0 in city, 0 on highway and 14L on secondary. (this is just one trajectory assuming cold engine, etc) + at home electricity cost. Now bear in mind that here you leave the car in EV only as long as you can. Because if you let it use autohybrid, it will prioritize petrol when you speed up. The diesel would not really go under 9 litres. So in theory you could spare 4 litres every day and if you go 20x a month, it would be 80 litres, so approx one full tank of spare. if you are in the US it`s $1/L, in EU it`s €1.5/L so the cost savings would be around 100EUR per month. That`s negligible when it comes to service and maintenance and the PHEV Q7 use the break pads better due to its weight for example. Interesting to consider if you can have tax savings due to using a PHEV, or if you consider the later stage when you are selling the car. A hybrid may be easier to sell compared to a diesel in 5-10yrs time. ON the other hand you and this might be the most important aspect! in my view, you would feel a huge lack of happiness if you don`t use the car`s power when accelerating in the highway and don`t hear the awesome noise of the car. The 138 PS is ok, but you are always limited. In the city it`s fine, but outise I like using the petrol. And if you do so, you average will be higher. One example: yesterday I did city and highway, went 117 KM with light touch on the throttle and it was 6.7L/100KM. (+ EV cost of 1.8L, so 8.5L) I`m also not sure whether the phev burns tyres quicker due to its being heavier. So as you see the pur epetrol savings would be around 1,000/year. But you may face with some limits if you always use the car in efficient mode and focusing on maxing out it`s EV capabilities. Then it`s probably better to go for a 100% electric car. Hope it helps!
Hi, thank you for the great video! There truly isn't much information about these cars available on the internet and I think I found the best channel! I am interested in purchasing an Audi Q8 55tfsi e PHEV and I wanted to ask some questions about the consumption:
1. What is the real fuel consumption of the car in city driving only, when fully charged, assuming that I charge it every night (winter/summer)?
2. What is the real fuel consumption on long distance highway drives 400km during summer on fully charged engine, including mountain terrain - Bulgaria to Greece?
3. Are there any serious problems with the electrical system or motor, similar to the ones of the Q8 Etron - coolant leaking into motor windings leading to 10K Euro repair cost?
4. Is it possible to drive the car in electric only mode during winter with cold engine?
Thanks!
Hi, thank you!
I`m shortly going to shoot a quick video on my statistics after the first 18,000km, it will include fuel consumption too.
1. city - EV only is 0L/100km + electricity cost. 17.9kwh is the battery pack and if you get a nice electricity retail price at home which can be 10 cent/KWH, then your full charge will cost 1.79 euro. So you can go 40kms for a fee of 1.79 euro, which means you would be consuming 4.475 EUR cost, which is the equivalent of 3L/100KM. If you electricity cost is lower, then of course it`s worth better. If you charge it on the street the EV consumption will be an equivalent of 12-14L of petrol consumption due to the ca 30kwh average EV consumption/100km (not worth charging)
You can use the car in EV only and in Hybrid mode. If you give a bigger push on the throttle, petrol turns on due to energy need, otherwise you can go 30-50km in EV only depending on the terrain, external temperature, etc.
2. You can stay below 7L/100KM until 120-150 driven kilomeres. then you will be going towards 10.5L on normal terrain, mountain terrain I would say you will see around 11L at 400km. The car will recharge itself so at the end of your journey you can go in EV only for 15-20km, as well as at the beginning.
3. I had no issues so far. I`m at 72.000km and I`ve used the car for 18.000km in 6.5 months. Make sure tha car has been well maintained if purchased second hand, 1 owner only, preferably from an official Audi second hand dealer nexct to their showroom where the car was leased, not rented and they maintained every 15.000km. You get 1 year guarantee or 30.000km. If bought new, that`s a different story and no need to worry for 3 years I guess.
4. Of course. Up to probably 40km. The 2025 edition can go up to 70ish I guess. Best of luck!
@@AudiQ7PHEV2021-u Thank you for the thorough explanation! I just have two more things that I am not sure about:
1. What is the real-life fuel consumption in hybrid mode in city-only drive (winter/summer)?
2. During winter how does the cabin heat up considering that I use EV mode and no engine?
1. Well it depends on your style. With dynamic 0-60 accelerations the petrol will always kick in, if you push too hard and then when it realises you calmed down it comes back to EV.
In that situation your 50km in city will be around 5-6
Let’s say you drive in a normal way, even if you are in hybrid the EV will be preferred. GPS can see you are in city and the smart system will prefer EV so in theory you can go 40ish km in EV only.
So petrol only rarely kicks in. It will either be 0 or max 3 L on average.
2. I’ve just tried it and it needs 1 minute :) also you can do preheat via your app and can set it in the diary to have the cabin ready for 8:00 every morning
@@AudiQ7PHEV2021-u Thank you very much for the explanation!
@@simplyengineering7718 no problem at all, let me know if any Q-s come up
Hey! Great videos. Thanks for sharing your experience.I have a doubt before potentially purchasing… I commute daily 50km to work. From which 5km are city + 30km highway + 15km secondary road (max 80km/h). Then, I have the chance to recharge the batery in both locations (work & home).With so, would you reccomend PHEV or diesel in terms of consumption and saving? Thanks!!
Hey, that`s a great question. Many aspects here.
If you live in an area with colder temperatures around the year, the 50km range hybrid will not go over 30-35KM due to cold and highway+ secondary road usage. It consumes more outside the city.
I assume your at home electricity cost is ca 2L/100KM and your at work cost is 0.
Then your 100km trip would be around 5L/100KM.
0 in city, 0 on highway and 14L on secondary. (this is just one trajectory assuming cold engine, etc) + at home electricity cost.
Now bear in mind that here you leave the car in EV only as long as you can. Because if you let it use autohybrid, it will prioritize petrol when you speed up.
The diesel would not really go under 9 litres.
So in theory you could spare 4 litres every day and if you go 20x a month, it would be 80 litres, so approx one full tank of spare.
if you are in the US it`s $1/L, in EU it`s €1.5/L so the cost savings would be around 100EUR per month.
That`s negligible when it comes to service and maintenance and the PHEV Q7 use the break pads better due to its weight for example.
Interesting to consider if you can have tax savings due to using a PHEV, or if you consider the later stage when you are selling the car. A hybrid may be easier to sell compared to a diesel in 5-10yrs time.
ON the other hand you and this might be the most important aspect! in my view, you would feel a huge lack of happiness if you don`t use the car`s power when accelerating in the highway and don`t hear the awesome noise of the car. The 138 PS is ok, but you are always limited. In the city it`s fine, but outise I like using the petrol. And if you do so, you average will be higher. One example: yesterday I did city and highway, went 117 KM with light touch on the throttle and it was 6.7L/100KM. (+ EV cost of 1.8L, so 8.5L)
I`m also not sure whether the phev burns tyres quicker due to its being heavier.
So as you see the pur epetrol savings would be around 1,000/year. But you may face with some limits if you always use the car in efficient mode and focusing on maxing out it`s EV capabilities.
Then it`s probably better to go for a 100% electric car. Hope it helps!