Audi Q4 e-tron vs VW ID.7

The VW ID.7 costs £4,775 more than the Audi Q4 e-tron. For that premium it adds 106 miles more WLTP range, 40 kW faster peak rapid charging and 60 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Audi Q4 e-tron comes out ahead overall.

The Audi Q4 e-tron is £4,775 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £152 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Audi Q4 e-tron comes out roughly £4,735 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 229 miles for the Audi Q4 e-tron and 281 miles for the VW ID.7 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The VW ID.7 goes roughly 52 miles further between charging stops.

The two are within 3 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 538 mm of total clearance for the VW ID.7 and about 535 mm of total clearance for the Audi Q4 e-tron. The Audi Q4 e-tron also turns in a 2.3 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Audi Q4 e-tron and 84% for the VW ID.7. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.