2027 · Q6 e-tron quattro (19 inch Tires)
Side by side · 2027 model year
Audi Q6 e-tronvsCadillac LYRIQ
325 mi EPA · 22 min 10–80%326 mi EPA · 40 min 10–80%
vs
The Audi Q6 e-tron is rated 325 miles on the EPA test, the Cadillac LYRIQ 326. A 10–80% stop takes 22 minutes in the Audi Q6 e-tron and 40 in the Cadillac LYRIQ. Every figure below names the version of the car it belongs to, and the three tools further down turn the same numbers into a charging race, a road trip and a yearly bill.
At a glance
Audi Q6 e-tron · Q6 e-tron quattro (19 inch Tires)
325mi EPA
22min 10–80%
Cadillac LYRIQ · LYRIQ 11kW Charger
326mi EPA
40min 10–80%
$59,200from
The short answer
The Audi Q6 e-tron turns the same electricity into more miles.
1
The Cadillac LYRIQ is rated 326 miles against 325 — 1 miles, 0% further. It uses 32.5 kWh to cover 100 miles where the Cadillac LYRIQ needs 36.8.
2
A 10–80% stop takes 22 minutes in the Audi Q6 e-tron and 40 in the Cadillac LYRIQ. On a 50 kW post it is 64 and 76 minutes, so most of the advantage disappears at a slow site.
3
The Cadillac LYRIQ makes 459 kW against 215.
Which one, in one line
Pick the Audi Q6 e-tron ifit wins on running cost (32.5 kWh per 100 miles against 36.8), charging (22 minutes against 40).
The priceThe Cadillac LYRIQ is the cheaper to buy, listed from $59,200; both are US list prices before tax, delivery and incentives.
2027 · LYRIQ 11kW Charger
Charging, raced
Two cars, one post, same clock
Charging speed is a station number and a car number, and the smaller one wins. Set the post and both cars fill against the same clock — the interesting part is not who wins, it is how much of the gap a slow post takes away.
Each car is modelled on its own published 10–80% time, which gives an average power over that window: 145 kW for the Audi Q6 e-tron, 96 kW for the Cadillac LYRIQ. A post above that average changes nothing; a post below it sets the pace.
Cadillac LYRIQCCS140min
Audi Q6 e-tronCCS122min
At 150 kW, going from 10% to 80% takes 22 min in the Audi Q6 e-tron and 40 min in the Cadillac LYRIQ — a gap of 18 minutes. Both cars are limited by their own packs at this post, so a bigger one would change nothing.
Every figure
The numbers, with the version attached
A tick marks a figure that is simply more useful — more range, less energy per mile, a faster stop. Rows without a tick are different, not better: a bigger battery, a longer wheelbase and a wider body are all trades, and this page does not pretend otherwise.
| Measure | Audi Q6 e-tron | Cadillac LYRIQ |
|---|---|---|
| Range and efficiency | ||
| EPA range | 325 mi2027 Q6 e-tron quattro (19 inch Tires) | 326 mi✓2027 LYRIQ 11kW Charger |
| EPA efficiency | 3.08 mi/kWh✓ | 2.72 mi/kWh |
| Energy per 100 miles | 32.5 kWh✓ | 36.8 kWh |
| Battery, usable | 75.8 kWhAudi Q6 Sportback e-tron (MY25) | 91 kWhCadillac LYRIQ-V (MY26) |
| Range left in the cold | 57%modelled envelope | 57%modelled envelope |
| Charging | ||
| DC peak | 225 kW✓ | 130 kW |
| 10–80% at peak | 22 min✓ | 40 min |
| Average power, 10–80%(derived) | 145 kW✓ | 96 kW |
| AC maximum | 11 kW | 22 kW✓ |
| Full charge on 240 V | 12 h | 11.2 h✓ |
| Fast-charge plug | CCS1 | CCS1 |
| Size and weight | ||
| Length | 187.8 in | 197 in |
| Width with mirrors | 86.3 in | 86.9 in |
| Height | 65.6 in | 63.9 in |
| Wheelbase | 113.7 in | 121.8 in |
| Kerb weight | 4,850 lb | 6,052 lb |
| Space and practicality | ||
| Seats | 5 | 5 |
| Boot, seats up | 18 cu ft | 20.8 cu ft✓ |
| Front trunk | 2.3 cu ft✓ | 0 cu ft |
| Maximum cargo | 48.5 cu ft | 59.6 cu ft✓ |
| Towing, braked | 4,409 lb✓ | 3,499 lb |
| Heat pump | Standard Equipment | Standard Equipment |
| Performance and safety | ||
| Power | 215 kW | 459 kW✓ |
| 0–100 km/h | 7 s | 3.3 s✓ |
| Euro NCAP stars | 5 | — |
| Battery warranty | 8 years / 99,419 mi8 years / 160,000 km | 8 years / 99,419 mi8 years / 160,000 km |
| V2L / V2H | Not supported | Not supported |
| Price | ||
| Starts at | —US list price | $59,200US list price |
| Top version | — | $80,090 |
| Per mile of range | —cheapest version | $181cheapest version |
How to read the mixed rows. Range and efficiency come from one EPA row — the longest-range version of each car's current model year, not the longest range it has ever been rated at. Battery, charging and the catalogue dimensions come from the catalogue's headline record, which is not always the same trim. Each of those rows names its trim where the two disagree, and the model pages carry the full per-trim table.
What the cold row is not. “Range left in the cold” is the catalogue's modelled cold-highway figure as a share of its mild-urban one — a European model, not an EPA test in US weather. It is shown as a share rather than in miles so it cannot be mistaken for a US range rating.
Euro NCAP is the European crash programme; NHTSA and IIHS ratings are not in this dataset and are not claimed here. Warranty terms are the catalogue's kilometre figures converted to miles, so read them as indicative until a US warranty source replaces them.
Your numbers
What this pair costs you, on your drive
Two questions decide most purchases: how often you stop, and what the year costs. Both are arithmetic on the figures above, so change the inputs and the answer changes with you.
The drive
Starts full, arrives at 10%, charges back to 80% at each stop, and assumes a highway range of 85% of the EPA figure.
- Audi Q6 e-tron
- 2
- Cadillac LYRIQ
- 2
stops · 44 min charging
stops · 80 min charging
The year
Energy at the wheels from the EPA label, priced at the tariff you pay. Home charging is usually cheaper than the directory's median.
- Audi Q6 e-tron
- $1,365
- Cadillac LYRIQ
- $1,546
$11 per 100 mi
$13 per 100 mi
The trip model ignores charger detours, queueing and the last 10% of the pack, which is slow on both cars. The yearly cost is energy only: no session fees, no idle fees, no home-charger installation, and no petrol car to compare against.
Your priorities
A verdict you can argue with
There is no single winner, only a winner for a set of priorities. Move the sliders and the weighting changes — nothing here is a magazine score, and the page never hides the numbers it is built from.
Weighted result
Cadillac LYRIQ
wins 3 of 6 measures on these weights
Audi Q6 e-tron47%
Cadillac LYRIQ53%
Each measure is scaled between the two cars, so a weight of 5 means “this is the thing I care about” and 0 means “I do not care at all”. The scores are relative, not a rating out of ten.
Questions
Short answers, then the reasoning
Every figure here comes from the same data as the rest of the page. Where the data cannot answer, the page says so instead of guessing.
Still unsure about a term? The charging glossary covers the rest of them.
Which has more range, the Audi Q6 e-tron or the Cadillac LYRIQ?
The Cadillac LYRIQ. The Audi Q6 e-tron is rated 325 miles and the Cadillac LYRIQ 326, each on the longest-range version of its current model year — 2027 Q6 e-tron quattro (19 inch Tires) and 2027 LYRIQ 11kW Charger respectively. EPA figures are lab scores from one standard test, not a promise for a cold morning or a steady 75 mph.
Which charges faster?
The Audi Q6 e-tron. Going from 10% to 80% takes 22 minutes in the Audi Q6 e-tron (225 kW peak) and 40 in the Cadillac LYRIQ (130 kW peak). At a slow post the station becomes the limit and the gap narrows, because the slower car is short of power rather than short of time.
Do they use the same plug?
Yes. Both list CCS1 for DC fast charging, so either car can use the same sites without an adapter. An adapter still cannot raise the power a car will accept.
Which is cheaper to run?
The Audi Q6 e-tron, by about $517.60 a year at 12,000 miles and $0.35 per kWh. It uses 32.5 kWh per 100 miles against 36.8. That is energy only, at the wheels: session fees, idle fees and home-charger installation are not in it.
Which has more space?
The Cadillac LYRIQ: 18 cu ft of boot against 20.8 cu ft. Boot volumes are measured by different conventions between makers, so read the direction as reliable and the exact size of the gap as indicative.
Which is cheaper to buy?
The Cadillac LYRIQ has a published US list price, from $59,200.00; the Audi Q6 e-tron has no US price in the sheet yet, so only one side can be compared.
Other comparisons
All comparisonsEvery figure on this page comes from the same records the Audi Q6 e-tron and Cadillac LYRIQ pages use. How the sources are chosen, and what a figure here never claims, is on the methodology page.