2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron
The 2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron is sold in the U.S. as an electric large SUV with 4 EPA-rated configurations. Its longest-range version, the SQ8 Sportback e-tron (20 inch wheels), is EPA-rated at 242 miles with 70 MPGe combined efficiency. NHTSA lists no recall campaigns for this model year so far (Safety Signal A). Manufacturer pricing runs from $90,200 to $93,000 across 2 trims.
| Trim | Powertrain | Drive | MSRP | HP | MPG comb | Seats | Cargo (2nd row) | Wheels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQ8 e-tron quattro | Electric | AWD | $90,200 | 496 hp | 70 MPGe | 5 | 28.5 cu-ft | 20 in |
| SQ8 Sportback e-tron quattro | Electric | AWD | $93,000 | 496 hp | 70 MPGe | 5 | 27.2 cu-ft | 20 in |
MSRP excludes destination. Open a trim for the complete spec sheet and standard/optional equipment. Have the car in front of you? Decode its VIN to see which of these trims it is and what it was priced at.
Specs & fuel economy
Source: EPA fueleconomy.gov| Configuration | Powertrain | Drive | Engine / motor | City | Hwy | Comb | Range | kWh/100mi | Charge (240V) | Annual fuel* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQ8 Sportback e-tron (20 inch wheels) | Electric | AWD | 138 and 157 kW Asynchron 3-Phase | 68 | 72 | 70 MPGe | 242 mi | 48.1 | 16 h | $1,100 |
| SQ8 e-tron (20 inch wheels) | Electric | AWD | 138 and 157 kW Asynchron 3-Phase | 68 | 72 | 70 MPGe | 242 mi | 48.1 | 16 h | $1,100 |
| SQ8 Sportback e-tron (21/22 inch wheels) | Electric | AWD | 138 and 157 kW Asynchron 3-Phase | 59 | 60 | 60 MPGe | 208 mi | 56.3 | 16 h | $1,250 |
| SQ8 e-tron (21/22 inch wheels) | Electric | AWD | 138 and 157 kW Asynchron 3-Phase | 59 | 60 | 60 MPGe | 208 mi | 56.3 | 16 h | $1,250 |
*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year at EPA reference fuel and electricity prices. fueleconomy.gov record ids: 48306, 48304, 48307, 48305.
Emissions & certification
Source: EPA emission certificates| Configuration | Smog rating | Emission standard | Where it can be sold new | SmartWay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQ8 Sportback e-tron (20 inch wheels), SQ8 Sportback e-tron (21/22 inch wheels), SQ8 e-tron (21/22 inch wheels) | 10 / 10 | Federal Tier 3 Bin 0 / California ZEV | All 50 states (federal, all altitudes); California and states following California standards | SmartWay Elite |
| SQ8 e-tron (20 inch wheels) | 10 / 10 | California ZEV / Federal Tier 3 Bin 0 | All 50 states (federal, all altitudes); California and states following California standards | SmartWay Elite |
Certified for all fifty states, so it can be registered new anywhere in the U.S.
The smog rating scores tailpipe pollutants other than greenhouse gases, 1 (worst) to 10 (best), and is comparable only within a model year. The standard is the federal bin or California tier the configuration was certified to. Both come from the EPA certificate behind the window sticker.
The cheapest ownership win
Insurers price the 2025 SQ8 e-tron very differently, and the gap between the best and worst quote on the same car and driver is usually larger than any option you are weighing on this page.
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Recalls (0)
Source: NHTSA recall databaseNo NHTSA recall campaigns are on file for the 2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron. New campaigns appear here within a week of NHTSA posting them.
These are vehicle campaigns — the ones the automaker filed against this model. NHTSA also records equipment recalls, filed by a parts maker against a component (a tyre, a child seat, an aftermarket part), and those are not listed here or counted above. nhtsa.gov/recalls shows both for a VIN.
Hear about a recall before the letter does
The manufacturer’s letter is the last step of a recall: it has up to 60 days after filing to mail owners, at the address on the registration. We email you the day NHTSA posts a recall on the 2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron, with what to do next. Nothing else, ever — no newsletter, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe in every message.
Parts & accessories for the 2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron
Search by fitment on eBay Motors — OEM take-offs, aftermarket, and the trim pieces dealers no longer stock. The listing and the price are the seller's.
Find parts for this SQ8 e-tron →Owner complaints
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseNo owner complaints on file with NHTSA for this model year.
Crash ratings
Source: NHTSA NCAP| Configuration | Overall | Frontal | Side | Rollover | Rollover risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUV AWD | not rated | ★★★★☆ | not rated | ★★★★★ | 9% |
| SUV AWD | not rated | ★★★★☆ | not rated | ★★★★★ | 9% |
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program. Standard driver-assist: forward collision warning, lane departure warning, automatic emergency braking.
Service bulletins & campaigns
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communicationsMost often about: Electrical System, Unknown Or Other, Structure, Suspension, Power Train.
- TSB_2070568_6 Service bulletin2026-04-22 · Unknown Or Other
- This bulletin provides information about professional noise analysis with the VAS 611 015 PICO-NVH tool
- TSB_2061028_9 Service bulletin2026-01-30 · Electrical System
- This bulletin provides information when there are no services in the MMI and the SOS LED does not turn green after PDI.
- TSB_2079520_3 Service bulletin2026-01-13 · Electrical System
- This bulletin provides basic information on damaged high-voltage batteries.
- TSB_2058077_10 Service bulletin2025-10-30 · Electrical System
- This bulletin provides information about the Audi pre sense warning, warning jolt and/or brake engagement.
- TSB_2059201_9 Service bulletin2025-10-30 · Electrical System
- This bulletin provides information when high beam assist, or traffic sign detection limited, DTC C12B3FD may be stored in the DAS control module.
- TSB_2076264_3 Service bulletin2025-10-24 · Electrical System
- This TSB provides repair instructions for the overhead view camera, generatoin 3.
- TSB_2079520_2 Service bulletin2025-10-24 · Electrical System
- This bulletin provides basic information on damaged high-voltage batteries.
- TSB_2059528_16 Service bulletin2025-10-24 · Electrical System
- This bulletin provides information when, with ConBox High, the Emergency call (SOS) fault/LED is red, with DTC B200000.
A service bulletin is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a known condition. It is not a recall, not a finding that the vehicle is defective, and the work is not automatically free — though a bulletin is often what a dealer works from when you describe a symptom, so quoting the document number can save a diagnosis. The count is every communication filed; the list shows the most recent, one entry per campaign, because a single campaign is usually filed as several documents on the same day. The summaries are NHTSA's; the full documents come from the manufacturer.
SQ8 e-tron by model year
all years, side by side →Common questions about the 2025 SQ8 e-tron
Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kitsHow much does the 2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron cost?
Manufacturer pricing runs from $90,200 for the SQ8 e-tron quattro AWD to $93,000 for the SQ8 Sportback e-tron quattro AWD, across 2 trims. Those are MSRPs from the manufacturer's own press material; they exclude destination, options, taxes and whatever the dealer adds. Every trim and price is listed above.
Does the 2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron have any recalls?
No NHTSA recall campaigns are on file for the 2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron. New campaigns appear here within a week of NHTSA posting them, and a clean sheet on a recent model year often just means the vehicle is new.
How safe is the 2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron?
NHTSA has not published a crash-test rating for the 2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron yet. On the recall record WhichTrim grades it A (100/100), which measures open and severe recalls rather than crash protection.
What is the fuel economy of the 2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron?
Across the 4 EPA-rated configurations of the 2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron, the longest EPA range is 242 miles on a charge. Figures are the EPA's own, per configuration, and every one is listed above.
How clean is the 2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron?
The EPA smog rating for the 2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron is 10 out of 10. That score covers tailpipe pollutants other than greenhouse gases, and it only compares vehicles within the same model year. It is certified for all fifty states, so it can be registered new anywhere in the U.S. Its configurations were certified to different standards — California ZEV, Federal Tier 3 Bin 0 — which the table above lists per configuration.
Are there service bulletins for the 2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron?
The manufacturer has filed 235 service bulletins and related communications with NHTSA for the 2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron, most often covering electrical system, unknown or other, structure. The most recent is dated 2026-04-22. A bulletin is not a recall: it is the repair procedure a manufacturer sends its dealers for a condition it knows about, and the work is not automatically paid for. It is still worth knowing — if the symptom matches, quoting the bulletin number at the service desk can save a diagnosis. The document numbers and summaries are listed above.
Which 2025 Audi SQ8 e-tron trim is the best value?
$2,800 separates the cheapest of the 2 trims from the most expensive, so the answer depends on which of the differences you would actually use. Every trim has its own page here with the manufacturer's full specification and equipment list, plus a short summary of exactly what it adds over the base trim — worth reading before a dealer frames the walk-up for you.
What we hold, and what an empty row means
Paid vehicle-history reports will not tell you the difference between “nothing happened to this car” and “we never received that record” — both of the big two say as much in their own help pages. Most of what is on this page comes from complete federal registers, so we can tell you which is which, row by row.
| Data | Held | Source | What it covers — or what empty means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel economy & configurations | 4 configurations | EPA certification records | Every configuration the EPA certified for sale, with its own test figures. |
| Emission certificates | 4 configurations | EPA emission certificates | Smog rating, standard and the sales area that decides where the car can be sold new. |
| Recalls | none | NHTSA recall campaigns | No campaign has been filed. Because the register is complete, an empty row here means there is nothing to find — not that we are missing it. |
| Owner complaints | none | NHTSA complaint database | No owner has filed one. On a car that sold in small numbers this says very little either way. |
| Crash ratings | 2 tested | NHTSA NCAP | Only the configurations NHTSA chose to crash-test, which is never all of them. |
| Service bulletins | 235 | NHTSA manufacturer communications | Everything the manufacturer told its dealers about a defect or malfunction, short of a recall. |
| Investigations | none | NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation | No defect investigation has been opened. |
| Driver-assist crash reports | none | NHTSA Standing General Order 2021-01 | No report has been filed. Only entities named in the order report, and only crashes they hear of — so this is also what an unequipped car, or a manufacturer without telematics, looks like. |
| Specifications filed with NHTSA | none | NHTSA vPIC, decoded from VIN patterns | We had no VIN pattern to decode for this model year, or the manufacturer filed nothing usable. |
| Trims, pricing & equipment | 2 trims | Manufacturer press kit | Transcribed from the manufacturer's own press material, every value carrying the document it came from. |
Rebuilt nightly; this page was generated 2026-10-26. Every figure above is traceable to the source named beside it, and the JSON for this page carries the same values with their identifiers.
Sources & method
Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). The most serious recall counts in full and each further one counts 85% of the one before, because a vehicle sold in millions is recalled more often than a rare one without being more dangerous — and because a flat subtraction bottomed the scale out, scoring a vehicle with 22 recalls within a point of one with six. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Read it as what it counts: recall campaigns on the federal record, weighted by severity. The damping reduces the sales bias by roughly 40% but does not remove it: like our complaint counts, this is not normalized by how many were sold, so a best-seller still scores somewhat worse than an obscure model with the same real risk. NHTSA crash ratings, do-not-drive and park-outside advisories, and the crash, fire, injury and death counts in owner complaints are reported separately on every page and never blended into the letter — a vehicle can hold five stars and a poor letter at once, and where that happens we say so rather than leave you to notice. Because the scale subtracts from a clean sheet, a model year too new to have been recalled, complained about or bulletined scores full marks on an empty record; we label those grades provisional rather than present them as earned.
EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records. Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed nightly. Trim-level specifications and pricing are transcribed from the manufacturer's official press kit; every value carries its source in the data file.