FIRST DRIVE: Audi RS Q e-tron - Electric Dakar Car Tested On and Off-Road | Top Gear

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This is the Audi RS Q e-tron - the most interesting racing car of 2022. Back in January, it competed in its first-ever race – the biggest, most grueling, most hostile event on the planet: the Dakar rally. It was the first electrically-powered car to do so, and it was instantly on the pace, the three cars recording four stage wins between them. It uses an electric motor from a Formula E car on each axle, drawing power from a 50kWh battery pack underneath the seats. We know what you’re thinking - 50kWh is pretty average by today’s EV standards, especially considering this had to cover 8000kms of Saudi Arabian desert. Good thing it carries its own charger, in the form of a 2.0L turbocharged DTM engine from an old RS5.

Since Dakar cars are road-legal, we sent Top Gear Magazine’s Ollie Marriage to find out what the 2.3-metre wide racer is like to drive around town, before testing it in a slightly more suitable off-road location.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:37 Q+A with Carlos Sainz Sr.
3:17 Road Driving
6:03 Off-Road driving
9:00 Highlights + Features
10:24 Party Trick
10:52 Outro

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Congrats to Carlos and the e-Tron team for winning the 2024 Dakar. That's an incredible achievement.

neilreid
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Man is it just me or the Car really sounds like a RC car xD

mayazhossain
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Big congrats to Audi for building the loudest EV in world history

jimmy
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Would be a great starting point for a real life warthog design!

malcolmspeyer
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Just like Carlos Sainz jr., he loves the sand!😂

saptorshimukherjee
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And he's won the 2024 Dakar in it

jameskerr
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That noise would drive me bonkers... It's like nails down a chalkboard

David-vgou
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The Audi RS Q Etron is FANTASTIC i love the Rally/Off Road feel of the design, i love it, its large, beefy but has those sleek lines and angular panels.

The combo of black and red with all of its decals make it striking against snowy or the desert terrain. And in some countries i can't believe they let you drive it on roads haha.

mbphilipblack
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It’s a very interesting car. I’m glad to see Carlos Sainz doing good still, he’s a living legend

joseacuna
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Congratulation Carlos with Team to the Great Victory of Dakar 2024! 😊👍🏁🏆🏆🍾🍾

andersjonsson
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Interesting that there’s an internal combustion engine onboard to charge the batteries. Wonder how far you can get with this setup (before the fuel runs out) compared with how far it could travel if it was solely using an ICE with no electric motors.

geoffyin
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What a piece of engineering thoughts and endeavours!

Thank you, Tog Gear for this material!

Asperaetastra
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RC car. Crazy. As a kid we played with them, now we are driving them. Wild. What a time to be alive.

yourgotoproducer
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Omg, that integrated jack to change the tires is freaking genius!

Schmitzelhaus
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It sounds just like my first car, a 2001 POWER WHEELS Silverado.... I hate the sound but that machine is wicked!

GodspeedZRZ
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Wow! I've never seen a machine like this. Its like a car from Mars. What a wonderful innovation.

nhlakafistozshandu
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I love how insanely loud it seems to be 🤣

HARLANP
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lol @ the combustion engine screaming in the background. i have only minutes to live

detaart
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I odore projects like this
it's when you give an excellent engineer complete freedom of action and an unlimited budget, you get a result that blows everyone's mind, changes the rules of the game in the industry
Engineers and designers just go all out and all in, and as a result, something truly remarkable is born

llMarvelous
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An actual road legal SUV coupe based on this technology would be an amazing car 😫

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