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2025 Audi Q5 Hybrid vs Audi Q5 Plug-in Hybrid

MPG, range and what each one really costs you to fuel, from official EPA ratings and recalculated with your own gas and electricity prices.

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✓ Cheaper to run
$2,279/ year to fuel
26 MPG
✓ Cheaper to run
$1,870/ year to fuel
58 MPGe + 26 MPG

AWD · 2.0L 4-cyl turbo · 7-speed dual-clutch · 58 MPGe + 26 MPG

The 2025 Audi Q5 Plug-in Hybrid is the cheaper one to run. Driving 15,000 miles a year with $3.95/gal premium gas and 18¢/kWh electricity, it costs about $1,870 a year to fuel (58 MPGe + 26 MPG), versus $2,279 for the 2025 Audi Q5 Hybrid (26 MPG). That's roughly $409 a year, or about $2,046 over five years.

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Fuel cost over 10 years

  • Audi Q5 Hybrid
  • Audi Q5 Plug-in Hybrid

Side by side

Audi Q5 HybridAudi Q5 Plug-in Hybrid
$2,279 Your annual fuel cost $1,870
26 MPG Combined efficiency 58 MPGe + 26 MPG
23 MPG City 55 MPGe / 25 MPG
29 MPG Highway 61 MPGe / 27 MPG
— Electricity use (kWh/100 mi) 58 kWh
— Driving range 390 mi
— All-electric range 23 mi
346 g/mi Tailpipe CO₂ (g/mi) 149 g/mi
5/10 EPA fuel economy score 7/10
5/10 EPA greenhouse gas score 9/10
— Charge time at 240V 3 hrs
Hybrid Powertrain Plug-in hybrid
Premium gasoline Fuel Premium gas + electricity
2.0L 4-cyl turbo Engine / motor 2.0L 4-cyl turbo
7-speed dual-clutch Transmission 7-speed dual-clutch
AWD Drivetrain AWD

✓ marks the better value. EPA scores run 1–10 (10 is best). Volumes come from the EPA interior volume index and aren't published for every body style.

Audi Q5 Hybrid vs Audi Q5 Plug-in Hybrid across model years

  • Audi Q5 Hybrid
  • Audi Q5 Plug-in Hybrid

Annual fuel cost of the most efficient configuration of each model year, at your prices. Click a point to open that year.

How they differ

Among 133 2025 small SUVs, the Audi Q5 Hybrid ranks 110th and the Audi Q5 Plug-in Hybrid 85th for lowest fuel cost.

The powertrains differ: the Audi Q5 Hybrid is a full hybrid, while the Audi Q5 Plug-in Hybrid is a plug-in hybrid.

Frequently asked questions

Which is more fuel-efficient, the 2025 Audi Q5 Hybrid or the 2025 Audi Q5 Plug-in Hybrid?

Measured by cost to drive, the Audi Q5 Plug-in Hybrid. The Audi Q5 Hybrid is rated 26 MPG combined and the Audi Q5 Plug-in Hybrid 58 MPGe + 26 MPG (EPA, most efficient configuration of each).

How much does it cost to fuel the 2025 Audi Q5 Hybrid vs. the Audi Q5 Plug-in Hybrid per year?

At 15,000 miles a year with $3.95/gal premium gas and 18¢/kWh electricity, about $2,279 for the Audi Q5 Hybrid and $1,870 for the Audi Q5 Plug-in Hybrid.

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