Overall this is my favorite EV on the market - but one thing that drove me nuts on my test drive is that it will roll back instead of creep if you’re on an incline. Every other EV I’ve driven doesn’t have this issue
You're wrong about regen. Regen works during normal driving without using the paddles. Application of the brake pedal (unless hard/emergency braking which uses the physical brakes) is regen. You can see the effect bottom left of the driver display screen and often light use of the brake pedal, as you would normally drive, gives you better regeneration than the paddles. The comment about transitioning from ICE is not often stated but very true. IMO the etron, old and new, are the best EV's that feel like any other car.
Start/Stop button on an EV is completely pointless. Grab handles, sunshade/opening roof, spare tire, manual control air vents, physical gear shifter, physical turn signal stalk, and normal door handles are cool. '23 Q8 Etron can theoretically charge faster than a '23 Model X. In practice it is very rare you can find a CCS charger charging at rated 150 kW or 350 kW. At home you need a 100 AMP circuit to take advantage of the 19.2 kW Audi dual chargers. For most that means a $5k-$15k electric panel/service upgrade.
What a shame, the best looking Audi ever is all electric. I prefer a hybrid over an all electric. These grocery getters are overrated. Cars are not supposed to be an appliance.
Sorry about sections of the talking audio on this one guys, limited time to shoot and the audio got recorded in stereo and not mono 🤦♂️Ordered a new microphone setup, and we will continue to improve.
@@Driven-Productions Go to Home > Vehicle > Efficiency assist > Recuperation > Manual. Then use the left/right shifters to adjust. Overall, the high recuperation setting is not too high but enough to give you the sense of engine break.
@@fallingspark I did see that, but the car would continue to “reset” each time I reengaged the throttle. Is there a way to keep it in regen mode without the use of the paddles each time?
@@Driven-Productions it did that too when I was at the dealership. The only difference I can think of is now I’m signed in with a primary key. The other thing might be a software update.
Set recuperation to automatic and the car takes care of everything. How do you states that it will recuperate 90% of the energy and only use mechanical brakes when heavy braking is applied.
Just watching the video, as you take your foot off the accelerator (11;20), the display shows it giving regen just in the same way as when you demo using the paddles
I love the way regen works on the Q8 though. If you're used to shifting gears you'll get it right away. I went from a manual A4 to the Q8 ev and the paddles behave kind of like how downshifting works in a manual. Maybe not as engaging but certainly intuitive. More formula one style I guess with the paddles. The level of, let's call it engine breaking, delivered by the paddle shifters is just about perfect as well I find.
Sure, but do you always want to use the paddles? I’d like an always on setting personally, and correct me if I’m wrong, but currently that does not exist.
@@Driven-Productions Fair point of course. There should be a setting for "always on". I prefer to actively engage so having to always use the paddles is attractive to me. I never really liked automatic cars, it's a bit too drone(y) for my tastes, if that's a word, so bit of involvement is welcome in my mind. Saying that though there is no reason why they couldn't satisfy both types of drivers with either or that you can turn on via the menu system.
