For the very first time ever, Ken Block and the popular Gymkhana collection goes electric powered. Girls and gents, welcome to Electrickhana.
Ken Block has created 10 wildly prosperous Gymkhana movies with around a billion views on YouTube in which he flexes his remarkable driving skills guiding the wheel of relatively serious machines. All of these devices until now run on fossil fuels.
Ken Block and Hoonigan are taking the Audi S1 Hoonitron to the substantial-stakes playground of Las Vegas for their all-new online video.
The S1 Hoonitron reportedly has 6,000 Nm (4,425 lb-ft) of torque which is no match for these inadequate tyres.
The movie description states it operates an 800-volt technique and whilst there is no mention of the electricity it does not genuinely matter.
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The Audi S1 Hoonitron has two electric powered motors, all-wheel drive, power galore, a carbon fiber chassis, and absolutely complies with the safety specifications of the FIA, motorsport’s governing entire body. Audi Activity developed it as a one-of-a-type car or truck completely for Ken Block. Its overall body shell, for which Audi Style led by Marc Lichte is liable, promptly evokes memories of the legendary Audi Sport quattro S1 with which the 4 rings charged to the best in the famed Pikes Peak hill-climb race. Ken Block and his team engaged in near trade with the Audi departments through the advancement of the car.
“With the S1 Hoonitron we broke entirely new ground at Audi,” states Oliver Hoffmann, Member of the Board for Technical Progress at AUDI AG. “Developing a entirely electrical prototype for the exceptional prerequisites of our lover Ken Block was a large and thrilling challenge to which the complete workforce rose with flying colors. It is good to see how ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ is offered in an all-new natural environment.”
