The first battle of electric vehicles in Dakar Audi RS Q e-tron leads a new journey.

Easy Car Original Dakar Rally, full name of Paris Dakar Rally, is a professional cross-country rally held every year. Drivers and racing cars have to endure the high temperature of 40 degrees during the day and spend the night in the low temperature below zero. In addition to the usual car accidents, once you get lost, you will face the situation of cutting off oil and food or even giving up your car. Therefore, this is a real contest between man and nature.

The rules of the game are very simple. Whoever can reach the finish line in the shortest time is the champion of this stage. Amazingly, a dangerous cross-country race not only ushered in the first new energy vehicle-Audi RS Q e-tron, but also won three championships in the 12 stage.

From Audi's participation in Formula E in 20 14 years to the end of Formula E's first race in Berlin, in six years, Audi Sports ABT Schaeffler team * * * made a total of 43 podium appearances.

When we hear that Audi will drive an electric car to participate in the most difficult rally in the world, many people will have doubts. Electric car? Where is the connection between the cross-country rally and the rally? Even a mature fuel car needs an awesome schedule. Can electric vehicles complete the race normally and break the traditional rules of the game?

Now, as the first performance of electric drive racing car, Audi RS Q e-tron successfully completed the race in Yoshida. Audi opened a brand-new electric era in Dakar in such a "near miss" way.

The "dream team" from Audi: rally legends Stephen Peter Hansel, Carlos sainz and Matthias Ekster Rome drive three Audi RS Q e-tron cars to stand out from the stadium, which has marked the beginning of a new era in Dakar.

As one of the last epic endurance races in motor racing, Dakar Rally witnessed the ultimate test of Audi e-tron technology. In the first stage, RS Q e-tron had some trouble, but from the second stage, Audi RS Q e-tron won the third place.

In the third stage, RS Q e-tron won this stage 1/3/5. This stage champion is not only Audi's first victory in the top cross-country race, but also the first stage champion won by an electric-driven car in Dakar history.

In the following schedule, RS Q e-tron won the eighth and twelfth stages respectively, and as a "cutting-edge" team, * * * won the third championship title of this event, which is enough to witness the performance and strong adaptability of Audi RS Q e-tron.

Showstopper in Dakar once miraculously created the mighty Quattro four-wheel drive system. Nowadays, verifying the strength of e-tron in the rally is undoubtedly the proof of Audi's pioneering role in leading the technical development and reform in the racing field.

As the first brand to challenge the Dakar Rally with electric racing cars, Audi has integrated a series of innovative technologies such as pure electric drive, e-Quattro four-wheel drive, cooling system, safety system and high-tech cockpit. It has always been a heterogeneous model that has attracted much attention in Dakar. The achievements of the three stage champions are affirmation of the latest achievements of Audi electrification products.

As Markus Duesmann, chairman of Audi's board of directors, said: "The Dakar Rally is the most difficult race in the world and the perfect stage for Audi to develop and test innovative technologies."

The RS Q e-tron is a racing car with pure electric drive. It adopts an extended-range hybrid power system consisting of a 2.0T engine and three motors. The power system comes from the same motor group of E-tron FE07, and has won the championship in f E competitions many times. By adjusting the components, the power demand of Dakar rally can be met.

Through the precipitation of Formula E in the past seven seasons, Audi has achieved more than 97% system efficiency. For the complex Dakar, the development potential of electrified components has been tapped again, and the research and development of batteries and energy management has been further carried out, which has accumulated experience for future electrified product models.

Considering that the car can't be charged during the race, in order to ensure that the car can complete the race of nearly 1000 km every day, Audi RS Q e-tron adopts an innovative charging method. The 2.0-liter TFSI high-efficiency engine from DTM car is used as an energy converter to charge the battery pack on RS Q e-tron car, and at the same time, it cooperates with another generator set from FE car to provide energy for the car.

However, in the face of the complex natural environment of Dakar route, even if there is enough endurance to complete the race, it is still difficult to imagine how to use electric power to drive the car to complete this challenge because of the complexity and particularity of the battery pack and energy management system on the electric car.

In this regard, Audi is obviously confident in its technical reserves in the field of electrification. RS Q e-tron is equipped with a newly designed high-voltage battery pack for extreme environment, an extremely efficient energy converter and an energy management system to meet the extreme challenges of long distance.

For Audi, the Dakar Rally is not only the most difficult rally in the world, but also a perfect technical testing ground. The ultimate goal of the competition is to seek a breakthrough in racing and accumulate a lot of experience in developing mass-produced cars in the future.

As we all know, Audi has been playing a very important role in international competitions such as DTM touring car race, Formula E electric formula racing, GT World Championship, 24 Hours of Le Mans and WRC World Rally Championship. With the new energy sweeping the global automobile industry, Audi became the first brand to win the Le Mans 24 Hours with its electric drive system.

Now, in the third decade of 2 1 century, the glory of internal combustion engine has long been unable to conceal the rise of electrification. To create the future of the times, we always need a leader. This time, Audi's pure electric drive RS Q e-tron conquered the world's most difficult Dakar rally, which is enough to prove Audi's sufficient confidence and direction in the electrification era.

At present, as the first electric racing car to participate in Dakar Rally, Audi RS Q e-tron has undoubtedly achieved very good results. Although we also expect Audi's schedule in the second half of the year to bring more surprises, the facts have fully proved that even in the face of the most difficult rally, electric vehicles will not lose to fuel racing cars with a hundred years of technical precipitation.

Just like Audi conquered WRC rally with Quattro and led an automobile manufacturer to start the research and development of four-wheel drive system. The success of Audi RS Q e-tron will also be a successful inspiration. Not only in Dakar Rally, but also in other major events, we will also see more new energy racing cars participating.