Audi’s lifted Q6 E-tron Off-Street idea is prepared for winter driving

Audi has revealed a brand new dual-motor electrical off-road car idea primarily based on the Q6 E-tron that appears prepared for a snowpocalypse. The automaker constructed a working prototype that lifts the car by 6.3 inches and widens it by 9.8 inches, giving it a stance that wouldn’t be misplaced if it appeared in Truck Nation, USA.

Audi’s CEO Gernot Döllner calls the “Q6 E-Tron Off-road idea” a “reinterpretation of Quattro,” which is the corporate’s advertising time period for its all-wheel-drive fashions.

The additional experience top is courtesy of 4 bespoke portal axles built-in into the wheel hub assemblies on the entrance and rear that Audi says improve torque on the wheel by 50 %. Every axle is powered by an electrical motor with a mixed energy output of 380kW and as much as 9,883 lb ft of torque at its peak. That’s up 3,245 lb ft of torque from the traditional Q6 E-tron, which is Audi’s first car constructed on Volkswagen’s modular Premium Platform Electrical (PPE) platform (additionally utilized in the brand new A6 E-tron and Porsche Macan EV).

The car is designed to climb hills as steep as 45 levels however the firm did nerf the Q6’s high velocity a bit right down to 108 mph. Nonetheless, nobody ought to drive that quick anyway in a car lifted this excessive. This additionally makes the Off-road idea a way more sensible one in comparison with extra sci-fi Audi ideas just like the Activesphere coupe / pickup truck combo with a combined actuality cockpit or the actually apocalyptic all-terrain “AI:Path” that has drones for headlights.

Audi’s Q6 E-tron Offroad idea can be featured on the FAT Worldwide Ice Race in Austria on February 1st. The corporate will even present it in motion through its social media channels.