{"id":80234,"date":"2025-02-05T17:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T22:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80234"},"modified":"2025-02-05T17:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T22:00:55","slug":"audi-quietly-dropped-an-extreme-overland-q6-e-tron-and-we-are-here-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80234","title":{"rendered":"Audi quietly dropped an extreme overland Q6 e-tron \u2014 and we are here for it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The overlanding trend may be played out, but no one told Audi \u2014 and they absolutely knocked it out of the park with this extreme off-road Q6 e-tron concept featuring genuine, high-clearance portal axles<\/strong>. (!?)<\/p>\n

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Volkswagen has been struggling to keep its Audi brand on track recently, but there is no denying team Audi\u2019s styling chops<\/a>. As if to underscore that point, Audi showed up at this year\u2019s world cup weekend in Kitzb\u00fchel, Austria with what the company calls \u201ca highly emotive\u201d Q6 e-tron offroad concept powered by a pair of electric motors (one at each axle) with a combined 380 kW (about 510 hp) and the ability climb 100% grades (45 degrees) thanks to its electric portal axles.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not familiar with portal axles<\/a>, it\u2019s a rarely-seen drivetrain design that offsets \u2013 usually from above \u2013 drive shaft or CV axle from the center of the\u00a0wheel\u00a0hub either to dramatically increase or (in rare cases) lower the ground clearance of a given vehicle. Power is then transferred from the axle the wheel through a simple gearbox, built into each hub.<\/p>\n

Portal axle examples<\/h2>\n
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