Audi E-Tron EV Road Trip To Kentucky 

After watching all the charging issues with your Mach-E road trip, it's somewhat reassuring to watch this video from a few months earlier to see that constant charging issues are not inevitable with all non-Tesla EVs.

My wife is getting her first EV and your channel is very helpful.

I was so damn happy when it rained so it could wash off the bug guts off the windshield 😂

Hey Kyle, I just wanted to say how much I LOVE your channel! Keep up the amazing work

This is my first non-tesla roadtrip RU-vid video

I am from India and I am shocked you guys have too many charging point and we even don't how it's work and you guys are so lucky you have those empty and good roads

I really enjoy your videos man. I stumbled across your channel when I wanted to find out what an EV road trip would be like and you did a great job demonstrating that. We bought a model 3 and love it!

Great video! love to see how Audi is coming along and how the Etron handles long trips.

There is an EA station at Walmart about 10 miles east of the "Dayton" Supercharger. I have never seen anybody there. I dont use it, because a Volt can generate its own electricity from gasoline cheaper than 31c/kWh.

thx 4 the vid...i respect your opinion and viewpoint, u have the ability 2 see great things about many diff electric cars...great job...peace

Haha I loved the part where the gas station staff didn't even know about the charger

Absolutely could be a faster road tripper than many Teslas, but the EA infrastructure sucks hard. I just did 2000 miles and all but 2-3 stops had issues.

Enjoyed this video so much.

I would love to see you come to Europe and try 'our' cars: Peugeot e208, Renault Zoé, Volkswagen ID3,...

crazy and most satisfying review I've ever viewed, thank you so much, plz upload some extra info you experience.

Kyle, you can adjust the Audi planner, you can uncheck level 2 and only leave fast chargers and HPC only so you get 50-350kW chargers only .. my wife been driving her eTron so hard her GOM shows like 170 miles as well .. she also uses EA there is like 3 location around our area she has been using the Free EA charging that came from Audi .. As for chargers being down that issue affects every charging network, including Tesla, some area the chargers just seems more reliable than others, but if you check the Tesla around me today you will see 2 units out of 12 still down .. but yeah Tesla does have more plugs but the power is also shared and the SC by me most people I talk to their don’t even have a house and they use the SC once or twice a week, the SC is always pack however no one like to share charger so out of the 10 working plugs only 5 normally charging.. so having more plugs sometimes don’t mean much if you don’t want to share .. Also we did a 750 mile trip with the eTron driving the same route as we did in our old Model X and the trip in the eTron was quicker overall, so truly I don’t get the big deal others talk about on the eTron range .. faster charging for the win! Kyle once again truly great 👍 content... more please!

I'm taking my E-tron on a road trip from Chicago to Denver in a few weeks. Thanks for this video using it as a study guide! haha. I'm super nervous!!

Nobody does a better full review. I have no idea why you guys don't have more subscribers across your platforms.

Hi Kyle - great video. I have been waiting for your e-tron road trip. Love that car. Glad to hear your thoughts about it. It is a beast. Think, however, I would like to see ID4 and Audi Q4 e-tron first. More my size. Being in the 60+ age group ride quality - including quietness - is important to me. Sounds like the Audi excels there. I believe you said the ID4 was quiet and smooth too. One bit of data you may add to your video's - especially when you go off the beaten path - like this one - is how many miles it would have been in a ICE car vs what you ended up doing in a electric car having to follow the charger route. Thanks - love your stuff.

Great video Boss. I personally love the eTron. I think it's a great EV. Looking forward to your next video on the eTron. Were you using the seat massagers all the way from start to finish of your trip?

Let's gooo i love the roadtrips

Cool to see you drove to Dobson and up I-77 to VA. Beautiful drive up the mountain

Love your road trips although not an EV owner yet.

Complimentary charge makes EA like a supercharger!! Plug and charge!

Thanks for this video. I'm buying a 2021 Prestige in the coming weeks and this was a good watch. I commute 65 daily round trip for work. I think this is going to be perfect.

I’ve spent so much time at the Bristol, VA location! It’s never busy there! Love your reviews!

Great vid. Just signed on for an etron yesterday. Now I am doing research to find out what I am getting lol

I agree with your ETron cons...efficiency is even a lot worse as it starts getting colder out. That said I still love the car!

Cheers from my hometown of Louisville, hope you liked our little city!!

I have the same attitude about travel........relax and enjoy the ride. So stopping to charge doesn't sound like too much of a hassle. But I can envision my husband having a heart attack. His main travel goal is "see how fast I can make it". I want an EV but fear he will not do well on road trips! We don't do many but they do happen occasionally!

Nice headrest covers. Greetings from Clemson, SC :)

I'd love that button to stop and release on my model 3.

Great review as always do you ever try and use "A Better Route Planner" It might be interesting to see how that works and let it navigate and Link in with the vehicle which I think it's possible to do over an OBD2 Bluetooth. Keep up the great work

Thanks so much for a great video, a roadtrip in a time of lockdown. I wish my tesla had a CCS1 adapter.

A great life for those who have absolutely nothing to do.

Looking forward to the video!

Man those free charging stations are sweet.. big time score IMO (based on what you said in the video... Something like $30-33 for a full charge at one of the stations you were looking up 😳)

What charger? That is amazing, did they not notice the construction activity when it was being put in? Did you pick up five gallons of oil at Exxon when you got the oil change reminder? Look forward to the oil change video!

Really nice video! Greetings from germany (e-tron & ioniq electric owner)!

Has Audi updated the software since this video? How often does Audi provide a software update, and how is it administered?

Hey Kyle, thanks for doing videos like this. Tesla makes it so easy to do, as you've shown in other road trip videos. It is nice to see non-Tesla EV's doing longer trips, and how much more planning they take to do it. And this is probably one thing scaring non-EV owners away from trying them, even if they never take road trips, or at least really long ones like you've done. I hope that the public charging network continues to grow so naysayers have even less excuses to try an EV, especially as they get lower prices, higher range, and faster charging.

Considering this model. How comfy are the messaging seats? Currently have a 2020 explorer st with Message seats so was wondering how the might compare? Thank you for your dedication to the EV reviews!!

It's good to see actual trip videos on ev cars, now we only need the inferstructor 8n australia

Hi Kyle, I also enjoy all your videos! I’m finally down to choosing between 2 EVs and your videos have really helped. They are the 2022 Etron and iX. Availability is playing a factor unfortunately. Etron I can likely get later summer, when I’d like it. Your videos show you love both EVs. I don’t do long road trips so I’m lowering my range priority to help justify the Etron. And Etron will be less $ 10k the way I’m specing them. Your thoughts please?

I would love to see that car. I'm literally right across the river from Louisville. New albany indiana

Would be so cool to have a dB meter when doing roadtrips so we can see the amount of noise each cars produces on same or similar route inside the cabin!

I have the same 2019 Tesla Model 3 and 2nd EV 2022 Audi E Tron combination. In my shorter drives to LV from California desert had many of the same comparative experiences.

I have thought about the kWh versus time pricing structure and think time is better even if it punishes me for having a Leaf that charges at the slow end of the scale. My thinking is there are limited number of chargers so it is better to encourage people to unplug once they are past the efficient part of their cars charging curve allowing quicker turnover of the charger.

In New Zealand our rapid charger network charges 25 NZ cents per kWh and 25 cents per minute at 50kw chargers, the per minute charge halves at the 25kw chargers and at hyper chargers i think its just a flat 60 cents per kWh. Always interesting to see pricing differences.

Loving the Clemson headrest covers. Go Tigers!

Go Tigers!!! love your videos.. keep it coming. My next car will be an EV. I live in a place where there is a Tesla charger, but no EA or any other station. -from a fellow tiger:)

Great license plate!

I love the etron

@34.50 he didn’t even realize the truck load of Mercedes AMG GTR driving by 😳😳

There are plenty of people who don’t even know electric cars exist... and even more who know they exist but think they’re either extremely expensive or just glorified golf carts. Especially in rural America.

Love it! I'm excited to see more road trips in other EVs. Looking forward to part 2. Plus is there still another video coming from the Tesla adventure series? So much to look forward to on this channel 👍🏻

@22:45 I think there used to be a bug which prevented unplugging while the auxiliary AC was running, I suppose that one is now fixed?

Kyle are you noticing any booming sounds while driving on mildly imperfect roads? I hear super low frequencies in mine and it really bothers my ears.

200 miles is kind of a short range for such an expensive car... on my kona I get 230 easily and is half of the price.

This just makes me more convinced that I'm staying with an ice unless it's Tesla for at least 5 years. There's a general attitude of ev drivers to accept major inconveniences and well as extremely higher cost at these fast chargers.

Wonder about the Audi’s reliability for long term. Looks like pure quality.

Hey Kyle is it harder on your Tesla battery to show up with 2% left rather than let’s say 15 or 20%?

Another great video. Love watching all the places you travel to in your Tesla. I will be buying my first Tesla soon. And one that I am interested in is in California. Maybe you can help me out. I live in the Nashville TN area. And would be flying to Cosa Mesa CA to pick up the Model X. And driving it back to TN. I am very worried about doing that. Because of range anxiety. Do you know if there are enough Tesla charges? For me to stop at. That I wouldn't be worried about running out of charge.

Kyle, it would be more informative if you could mention the number of seconds the charging station handshake takes.

After watching your road trips for awhile I've come to conclusion that the CCS network needs to be creating expanded especially is smaller cities and large towns!

I’m interested in what the trip length would’ve been if you use the optimal path between your two destinations compared against the path you took to make sure you had adequate charging. I’d also be interested in how much time was spent charging the vehicle overall.

With all the road construction and repair going on and much more ahead, detours and delays create a big headache. And, if there is an accident, might as well park on the shoulder and wait for a Greyhound. Wish you could keep your hands on the wheel while driving.

I understood the difference between charging by Kw v. Minute is a state law thing. That is, some states only allow states that are energy providers to charge by the Kw, otherwise you must charge by the minute (or some time unit). Not sure if it works in reverse, i.e., you can charge by minute anywhere. BTW, I currently own a TESLA Model 3 LR AWD (2019 model). Looking to sell it to try out another EV. I take monthly trips to my parents’ house in upstate NY from Virginia Beach. I’m looking to up the comfort factor and love Audis. I traded my 2017 Audi Q7 to get the Model 3. Wanted to get the e-tron when they first came out, but they had some initial pains in the beginning with the charging cables and fires, so they stopped sales for a bit. I wound up going with the Tesla. Can you discuss more about your comparison between the Tesla and Audi on long trips; likes/dislikes? Thanks!

I know that this is a wierd question but I have seen you comparing to Landcruisers and I am standing between a 2010 LC200 and a 2020 Audi e-tron 55. I have a cabin in the mountains and me and my family are quite often out on trips in the woods, but nothing extreme road-wise. What would you recommend?

Great video! Nice to see some more US content about the Audi e-tron, which is actually the most sold car (regardless of class and fuel type) here in Norway in 2020. For example, the e-tron has outsold the TMX 18:1! I think some of the reason is that we use WLTP, which makes it easier to compare electric cars in general.. Some comments: - You’d get 5-10% better range and even better comfort with the 19 or 20 inch wheels, which are narrower. (The recommended tire pressure is also a bit on the low side.) With that extra range, and some more experience with the limits of the car, you’d have an even better trip. With less motorway, you can easily go 230-240 miles. I’ve done 270 miles without hypermiling at all, but when the roads allow an average of only 45 mph. - The route planner in your test vehicle seems like it’s still on the old software. Which you confirm in regards to the oil change error. I’ve never seen that. With the latest software, it should be able to pick the fastest chargers just fine. I’d say as good my Model S back in 2017. 🙂 It’s still a bit conservative though, and while you can choose between routes in the car, or in the Audi app, I like to plan my trips over at abetterrouteplanner.com for even more choices- and a better overview. With Premium you get live traffic, weather, you can prioritize charging networks, pick chargers, set thresholds, etc. etc. *I think you’re absolutely right though. While some of us enjoy this, and it works fine, normal people will run into problems on long trips with all other EVs than Tesla, even today.* The HPC CCS network in Northern Europe is getting really good, and you don’t have these vast distances as in the US, but the charging providers must start using common platforms and follow the standards that actually exists. Even Plug & Charge exists. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wmWpdjSGSbM.html We can’t continue to have different apps and RFID tags for all of them. And we need reliable live status, in the car or the cars app. - You’re right about the GOM, it changes based on destination (elevation, speed limits etc). 👍 If you loook at the estimated SoC on arrival in the route plan, and keep 5-10% buffer, and you can’t go wrong. Except if the destination is a single 50 kW charger which can be out of order or busy.. Luckily, we see fewer of these overs here nowadays. Keep up the good work! I really like your EV content and your open mindedness.

So, I like the Etron. cool car, and i do agree with what you say that electricity doesn't have to be cheaper than gasoline (although this would be a motivator for people to upgrade, and wth the price of electricity as utility in home charging, solar power, this would be a great car); for road trips, Etron kinda sucks despite is great charging capacity and range. I would be about $31 for about 151 miles on electricity on an eTRON. a gasoline powered Audi Q7 (slightly larger car) woudl cost about $15 at today's average fuel price, and I could go 300 miles on said Q7. If you take a hybrid Q5 (another car I'm considering, but its smaller than the eTron) woudl cost about $12 for 151 miles and you could go almost 390 miles on that car for the same $31 price! so, when you take a cross country trip you'd end up paying twice as much or even more with an etron. Great road tripping car as far as charging and range, but sonsumption is WAY MORE EXPENSIVE than gas. See, I'm looking for a electric vehicle. But I need cargo capacity, so Etron is the most tempting out of the current bunch becasue is has a very useable cargo space with its square (albeit less aerodynamic shape). I wouldn't mind Model Y or iPace, but iPace too expensive (though so is Etron) and both model Y and ipace are too small for my needs. I don't care for model X that much, and that is even more expensive. so, I end up looking at cars like a hybrid Volvo SUV or a truck (Hummer EV? Cybertruck its not for me... :) ) Point is, I'd take enough road trips where I'd have to end up getting a second vehicle and even a Ford $-150 with the V6 Ecoboost would be a cheaper car for longer trips.... yeah. an F-15 would be similar MPG on road as a Q7.....

Please just remember that this Audi E-Tron is an ultra premium car with a base starting price of $65,900, so it better work as well as it did with it's fast charging rate. Most people can't afford a 65,900 EV car.

A trailer full of some sweet Mercedes at 34:48

Which would you prefer to roadtrip in, Audi E-Tron or Cadillac Lyriq? Both have about the same size battery, similar interior size, similar seating position, similar charging speed, massaging seats, great tech, etc.

I have the Prius Prime which is a decent compromise EV/HV since we have a short commute. My guess is 80-90% of our regular driving will be EV and roadtrips will be HV. I think our next car will be full EV depending on how charging stations roll out. There are none in my suburb in Ontario, Canada for example.

You are blessed with low energy prices - here in Germany it's between 39 to 77 cents / kWh, but if you drive a luxury vehicle you don't care - same with large ICE SUV´s, you know what you are getting.

I decided on one of these as my second car instead of a model X. Both these cars have dropped dramatically in price. Feb 24 when I am writing this. I got a white prestige plus 2019 with 47k miles for $27k. Truly a beautiful car, and a steal for the quality in it. I saw plenty online for 23k-24k with more miles.

Boy the music gets old. These trips while possible sure seem like a lot more effort and time versus gas.

how about a comparison of all night driving with lights on vs all day with not?

Hey Kyle, how has the Etron been holding up? Curious as I've heard about a lot of electrical and software issues with these vehicles...

How do you rate polestar 2 vs etron in tech and luxury?

I own one of these. Edition One: Only 900 made world wide. 9K miles as of 1/24/24. It is the bomb. I drive it just to drive it. I only paid $37K out the door

Should do a side by side roadtrip at the same time with the model Y to compare. That has dual pane glass now too but obviously will be louder then the etron still. You say the range difference is so little but I have a feeling its more then you alluded to, only one way to tell, test same day same time same road.

another good video but you never posted the part 2

What is the price difference between the Model X and the Etron - buying or leasing in the US? Somebody has inside on this?

I am so glad to see this pop up in my feed. I have the Audi Q7 currently. Have been crying over not being more patient to buy the Tesla Model Y. The E-tron is the Q7 electrified, right? How does it compare in your opinion? I know you mentioned cost to charge in the video. For perspective, I pay about $60 bucks for a tank of premium gas and get about 400 miles. So it's pretty much in line with that cost.

👍🏽 video

Would buying this model today be a good buy or what comparable car would be better? I like the space, I have two kids that are still on carseats and want to be comfortable. Also the price for this car today isn't bad. I don't plan on doing long roadtrips, I'll use my gas car for that.

Loving your road trips, but where are Alyssa and the dogs 😀

Since your podcast a few weeks ago where you said that the Audi e trons have come down in price so much and are a good deal I have been looking at a lot of videos most of yours especially one in regards towing there's not many out there but one question where somebody said that you could not charge and have the AC running or leave somebody in the car and have the AC running but you just answered that question that way I was wondering about in this video so thank you very much The content excellent as usual that you're right the e-tron 2019 are a deal at the moment you can find some that only have 12K and they're under $40,000 and that's the prestige I'm looking to maybe tow a small box trailer to work and back I average about 70 mi a day and I think this would work perfectly I have all my tools in the back of the trailer but still gathering information first thing I've got to do is to get a charge installed at the house

35:32 $million load.

Hey Kyle, In summers you should do a road trip in Alberta,Canada. Just waiting to see beautiful prairies.

Have you tried A Better Route Planner?

Obviously they don’t keep the window squeegees at the chargers like at the gas pumps.

I live just outside Louisville, you never did say where you were at in KY at that last charger (Walmart).

Is there a reason you don't use A Better Route Planner at all?

Thanks. This effort gives an indication of how much extra time and thought must go into traveling with a non Tesla EV. In a simple ice you could have concentrated on the end objective and the drive.

You need to get your rear light bar fixed. Mine was doing the same thing.

did they have your green drink?

So because there's a buffer, is it ok to charge it to 100% all the time?