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DESERT ELECTRICAL STORM

Audi plans to take the electrified vehicle out of its comfort zone by campaigning its radical RS Q e-tron in next year’s Dakar Rally. The powertrain comprises front and rear-axle motors lifted from the firm’s FE07 Formula E racecar. Given the distances between stages, the racer’s 50 kWh battery will be supplemented by a DTM-sourced TFSI turbopetrol

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