[source: Audi AG]
Highly efficient: up to 30 percent more range thanks to energy recuperation
World premiere in electric cars: the electrohydraulically integrated brake control system
Strong performance: up to 300 kW and from 0 to 100 km/h (62.1 mph) in less than six seconds
The Audi e-tron prototype combines enormous power and high efficiency. With a system output of up to 300 kW, the full-size SUV with a fully electric drive accelerates from zero to 100 km/h (...
[source: Volkswagen Motorsports]
Volkswagen just released video shot from a helicopter of the record breaking run by the I.D. R Pikes Peak and Romain Dumas. The sound seems to be coming from in-car footage so maybe Volkswagen will be releasing that soon. Until then, enjoy the video of the incredible 7m 57.148s run - Editor
Herndon, VA — On June 24th, Volkswagen made motorsports history at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Today, video of the entire record-breaking run is ava...
[source: Volkswagen Motorsport]
7m 57.148s minutes – Volkswagen’s electric racing car sets a new overall record
Romain Dumas betters Sébastien Loeb’s record by 16 seconds
I.D. R Pikes Peak: the sporty forerunner of the new, fully-electric I.D. family
Wolfsburg - Volkswagen and the I.D. R Pikes Peak have made history at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Driving the 500-kW (680 PS) I.D. R Pikes Peak, Romain Dumas (F) defeated a field including cars with conventional...
PIKES PEAK INTERNATIONAL HILL CLIMB
Driver Romain Dumas clocks time of the day at Pikes Peak
Volkswagen preparing meticulously for Sunday’s race
Sven Smeets: “Compliments to the team, but that was only qualifying.”
Wolfsburg - Romain Dumas and the Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak made a clear statement of intent in qualifying ahead of the 2018 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in the US state of Colorado. The Frenchman, at the wheel of Volkswagen’s first fully-electric ra...
Today's Find of the Day goes out to the scale model collectors amongst us. Rare and out of production models tend to pull a serious premium on auction sites like Ebay, and that's if you can find them at all. Take for example the Minichamps' 1:43 iteration of Walter Röhrl's 1987 Audi Sport quattro Pike's Peak racer.
Minichamps did a limited edition run (6687 units) back in 2006, complete with cool display box featuring a map of the Pike's Peak hillclimb. It seems at least one of those un...
source: Volkswagen of America, intro: Bill Cho
Say 'Pikes Peak' to an Audi fan and visions of Michele Mouton, John Buffum, Bobby Unser, Walter Rohrl, and, of course, the Sport quattro E2 Pikes Peak pop into their head. Volkswagen Group is headed back to Pikes Peak but this time it's Volkswagen leading the charge with an electric race car, the I.D. R Pikes Peak. The driver of this car should be familiar to Audi Sport fans, Romain Dumas. Dumas won the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Audi ...