The plant has been a role model for sustainable production since the production of the Audi e-tron began. Around 160,000 units of Audi’s first electric model have been delivered since 2018.
The Audi Q8 e-tron will reach customers in Europe and the United States as a certified net carbon-neutral1 car.
From 2025, production at all Audi plants will be carbon neutral as part of the company-wide environmental program Mission:Zero.
Named “Factory of the Future” in 2020 by the employers’ association Agoria, Brussels achieved this distinction as early as 2018. Since production of the Audi e-tron began, the Belgium site has been recognized as the world’s first certified carbon-neutral high-volume production plant in the premium segment.
The site switched to green power back in 2012.
Among other things, Audi Brussels installed one of the region’s largest photovoltaic systems on the plant premises, covering 107,000 square metres.
The system generates around 9,000-megawatt hours of power from sustainable energy every year. That’s enough to charge some 90,000 Audi Q8 e-tron units and reduce carbon emissions by 1,881 tons.
The companies that supply the battery cells are obliged to use only renewable energy sources for production.
The electric traction motors for production are transported from Hungary to Brussels by green freight. Since May 2022, Audi has been using rail transport on the 1,300km route, a decision that reduces carbon emissions by around 2,600 tons annually.
The new Q8 e-tron’s optimised drive concept, improved aerodynamics, and higher charging performance and battery capacity result in an increased range of up to 582km in the SUV and up to 600km in the Sportback (both according to the WLTP).
Audi also uses recycled materials in some components for the Audi Q8 e-tron. These materials, recovered via a recycling process, save resources and ensure a closed material cycle that is both efficient and sustainable.
In 2021, Audi Brussels produced 43,866 all-electric cars.
Starting in the second half of 2023, more than 3,000 employees will also make the Q4 e-tron here.
Instead of twelve, there are now 14 windings producing the electrical magnet field on the Audi Q8 e-tron.
Audi mounts virtual exterior mirrors in Brussels on request.
The body and chassis of the Audi Q8 e-tron are connected.
