Electric Emporio

  Clear the stage for an electrifying high-tech test laboratory: just under a year after the initial concept idea,  Audi Sport has begun testing the new Audi RS Q e-tron, with which Audi will take on one of the most important challenges there is in the world of racing in January 2022: the Dakar Rally. Unique:  Audi wants to be the first car manufacturer to use an electrified drivetrain in combination with an efficient energy converter to compete for overall victory against conventionally-powered competitors in the world's toughest rally. "The quattro was a gamechanger for the World Rally Championship.  Audi was the first brand to win the Le Mans 24 Hours with an electrified drivetrain . Now, we want to usher in a new era at the Dakar Rally while testing and further developing our e-tron technology under extreme circumstances," says Julius Seebach, Managing Director of Audi Sport GmbH and responsible for motorsport at Audi. “Our RS Q e-tron was created on a blank shee...

  The Audi e-tron GT qualifies as a performance electric sports car. There are two versions – the extremely fast one is called the e-tron GT, while the warp-speed version is called the RS e-tron GT. Both are mean-looking and, more objectively, they're low and wide because they've been designed to handle brilliantly. They also have a boot (two boots, actually) and rear seats that are suitable for adults; so they're usable transport, not just toys. Oh, and in case you need a bit more convincing that the Audi e-tron GT is a serious bit of kit, underneath it's basically a Porsche Taycan, which is our current favourite performance car and one of the e-tron GT's chief rivals. The Tesla Model S would be another. The entry-level Audi e-tron GT really is extremely fast. The  Audi e-tron GT  has two electric motors , one driving the front wheels and one for the rears, making it four-wheel drive. That means it gets off the line with no drama in terms of wheelspin, but an all-e...