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tgrowazaytoday at 7:36 PM2 repliesview on HN

Something is up globally.

VAG sold 71 Audi Q4 E-tron in whole Q4 in the US. Only three Q8 E-trons. 220 Q6 and 248 VW ID.4 .

Best VAG EV seller for Q4 is Porsche Taycan at 1,672 cars.

Total US EV sales Q4 across all manufacturers is 234,171


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mooglytoday at 7:49 PM

Audi stopped Q8 e-tron production in early 2025. I don't know how much allocation the US has had of the semi-replacement (S)Q6, and A6 was not launched at all.

Q4 is a bit weird, since it's just a more expensive ID. 4, and not exactly more premium. Actually less premium feel than the sister car Skoda Enyaq, but that's not available in the US.

They're a bit out-of-phase with BMW and Mercedes right now, who just opened the books on their new platform cars. Perhaps you could argue it was bad timing with the Q6 being a bit of an "inbetweener", but the PPE platform was delayed, to be fair.

gmueckltoday at 7:44 PM

The US market is extremely regressive due to the changing regulatory environment. I fully expect new ICE cars without catalytic converters in the near future.

This is not representative of the rest of the world.

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