What Volkswagen Group platform underpins the Audi Q4 e-tron?

The Audi Q4 e-tron is underpinned by the Volkswagen Group MEB platform.

MEB, short for Modularer E-Antriebs-Baukasten, is Volkswagen Group’s modular platform for battery-electric vehicles. It was designed around electric propulsion, allowing the battery pack to sit low in the floor and supporting different body styles, motor layouts and battery capacities across group brands.

The Q4 e-tron uses this architecture alongside related electric models such as the Volkswagen ID.4 and Škoda Enyaq. Depending on version, the Audi can use rear-wheel drive with a single motor or all-wheel drive with two motors. Its battery options and range vary by model year and specification.

The Q4 e-tron is sometimes confused with Audi’s larger electric models, which use different architectures. It is not based on the J1 platform used by the Audi e-tron GT and Porsche Taycan, nor on MLB, Audi’s longitudinal-engine platform family. Production began in March 2021, with German assembly at Volkswagen’s Zwickau-Mosel plant.