A new name and improved efficiency—we drive the 2023 Audi Q8 e-tron

Enlarge / After selling more than 160,000 e-tron SUVs, Audi has given the model a midlife refresh and a new name—the Q8 e-tron. (The one seen here is the SQ8 e-tron Sportback version.)Jonathan Gitlin

LANZAROTE, SPAIN—The electric vehicle market is still nascent enough that most models are in their first flush of youth. But prevailing wisdom in the industry is that a model should live for about eight years, with a midlife spruce-up or refresh scheduled around year four. Not coincidentally, it’s been about four years since Audi started the production of its first electric SUV, the e-tron, and since

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