Audi’s lifted Q6 E-tron Off-Road concept is ready for winter driving

Jan 25, 2025 06:17 AM - 3 weeks ago 25765

Audi has revealed a caller dual-motor electric off-road conveyance concept based connected the Q6 E-tron that looks fresh for a snowpocalypse. The automaker built a moving prototype that lifts the conveyance by 6.3 inches and widens it by 9.8 inches, giving it a stance that wouldn’t beryllium retired of spot if it appeared successful Truck Country, USA.

Audi’s CEO Gernot Döllner calls the “Q6 E-Tron Off-road concept” a “reinterpretation of Quattro,” which is the company’s trading word for its all-wheel-drive models.

The other thrust tallness is courtesy of 4 bespoke portal axles integrated into the instrumentality hub assemblies astatine the beforehand and rear that Audi says summation torque astatine the instrumentality by 50 percent. Each axle is powered by an electrical centrifugal pinch a mixed powerfulness output of 380kW and up to 9,883 lb ft of torque astatine its peak. That’s up 3,245 lb ft of torque from the normal Q6 E-tron, which is Audi’s first conveyance built connected Volkswagen’s modular Premium Platform Electric (PPE) level (also utilized successful the caller A6 E-tron and Porsche Macan EV).

The conveyance is designed to climb hills arsenic steep arsenic 45 degrees but the institution did nerf the Q6’s apical velocity a spot down to 108 mph. Still, nary 1 should thrust that accelerated anyhow successful a conveyance lifted this high. This besides makes the Off-road conception a overmuch much realistic 1 compared to much sci-fi Audi concepts for illustration the Activesphere coupe / pickup motortruck combo pinch a mixed reality cockpit aliases the genuinely apocalyptic all-terrain “AI:Trail” that has drones for headlights.

Audi’s Q6 E-tron Offroad conception will beryllium featured astatine the FAT International Ice Race successful Austria connected February 1st. The institution will besides show it successful action via its societal media channels.

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