Ken Block Turns Las Vegas Into Audi S1 Hoonitron Playground
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For the initial time ever, Ken Block and the well-known Gymkhana sequence goes electric powered. Ladies and gents, welcome to Electrickhana.
Ken Block has produced 10 wildly successful Gymkhana films with above a billion views on YouTube exactly where he flexes his astounding driving competencies powering the wheel of instead critical equipment. All of these devices until finally now run on fossil fuels.
Ken Block and Hoonigan are getting the Audi S1 Hoonitron to the high-stakes playground of Las Vegas for their all-new video.
The S1 Hoonitron reportedly has 6,000 Nm (4,425 lb-ft) of torque which is no match for those weak tyres.
The online video description says it runs an 800-volt system and while there is no point out of the ability it does not truly make any difference.
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The Audi S1 Hoonitron has two electric powered motors, all-wheel travel, energy galore, a carbon fiber chassis, and entirely complies with the security expectations of the FIA, motorsport’s governing entire body. Audi Sport created it as a one-of-a-variety vehicle exclusively for Ken Block. Its physique shell, for which Audi Style led by Marc Lichte is liable, promptly evokes memories of the legendary Audi Activity quattro S1 with which the 4 rings charged to the top rated in the famous Pikes Peak hill-climb race. Ken Block and his crew engaged in near exchange with the Audi departments in the course of the enhancement of the auto.
“With the S1 Hoonitron we broke fully new floor at Audi,” says Oliver Hoffmann, Member of the Board for Specialized Improvement at AUDI AG. “Developing a completely electrical prototype for the distinctive prerequisites of our spouse Ken Block was a massive and enjoyable obstacle to which the total crew rose with flying colours. It is wonderful to see how ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ is offered in an all-new surroundings.”
