Standard are Audi’s ‘active’ digital light signatures and OLED tail-lights, while 18-inch wheels adorn the Q6 e-tron with the SQ6 wearing 20-inch rims. Inside, an 11.9-inch 'Virtual Cockpit' for the driver and a main 14.5-inch multimedia screen are standard, with an optional 10.9-inch passenger display. Audi calls this trio of screens the ‘digital stage’, the latter allowing a passenger to watch media without the driver seeing and being distracted. Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are both wirelessly available.

An AI-enabled 'Audi Assistant' and augmented reality head-up display aim to make driving easier by streamlining information and tasks. Software can be updated over-the-air (OTA) with third-party apps and features also able to be used within the car’s software. Interior ambient lighting is dynamic, based on functions and driving behaviour. For example, a bar over the dash glows red under hard braking. Additionally, a new version of Audi’s ‘phone box’ includes a 15-watt Qi wireless phone charger, or there are four USB-C charging points in the cabin.

The Audi Q6 e-tron's interior layout is, in the front, centred around a two-screen (or optionally three-screen) dash layout called the 'digital stage'.

Angular geometric shapes are typical of Audi's design, though the lack of buttons for functions like climate controls is decidedly impractical at times.

The Audi Q6 e-tron quattro and SQ6 e-tron, as the quattro name suggests, are all-wheel drive with an electric motor at the front and on the rear axle.

In the base all-wheel drive version, the motors make a combined output of 285kW, while the SQ6 has 380kW.

Both have the same torque outputs from their motors, 275Nm at the front and 580Nm at the rear, though a combined output is not provided.

The Audi Q6 e-tron has a standard five-seat layout, with two front seats and a three-seat bench in the second row with a 40/60 split.

Being a premium offering, the seats come with quality materials like leather, as well as different colour and style options.

The Audi Q6 e-tron quattro can launch to 100km/h in a claimed 5.9 seconds, while top speed is limited to 210km/h.

The SQ6 e-tron comes with a sprint to 100km/h in just 4.3 seconds. Top speed is a governed 230km/h.

The Q6 e-tron quattro can travel a claimed 625km on a single charge, while the SQ6 e-tron’s claimed range is 598km under WLTP testing.

Both have a 100kWh (gross; 94.9kWh useable net) lithium-ion battery.

The Q6 e-tron quattro is claimed to use between 17.0 and 19.6kWh/100km.