Audi’s temporary three-year stint competing on the Dakar Rally surprisingly ended with a victory final yr because the German automaker shifted its focus and sources to its upcoming Components One works program. Unsurprisingly, lots of the uncompetitive RS Q e-tron rally prototypes have been disposed of as soon as the Dakar program was shuttered. The No. 224 Audi from the debut 2022 Dakar surfaced in an unlawful dump in Czechia earlier this week.
The Audi RS Q e-tron was pushed by Mattias Ekström, with Emil Bergkvist because the automobile’s co-driver. The No. 224 was the highest-placed of the three Audis with a ninth-placed end. It was the manufacturing unit group’s finest Dakar end till its 2024 victory. For individuals who don’t keep in mind, the RS Q e-tron was an all-electric monster. The prototype buggy was fitted with three Components E motors. Two items have been mounted to every axle and produced 562 horsepower. The third motor was mated with a turbocharged 2-liter inline-four to create a screaming vitality generator.
In some unspecified time in the future, important parts of the No. 224 have been introduced throughout the Czech-German border and dumped at an unlawful website inside a protected nature park, Highway & Observe studies. Truck drivers introduced 230 tons of waste to the previous sawmill close to the village of Jiříkova, together with items of aviation fiberglass, wind generators, automobile elements, circuit boards and batteries. Transport documentation claims it’s all primary plastic stick. Jiříkova mayor Barbora Šiškov informed native information outlet Seznam Zprávy:
We additionally discovered a bit of a particular automobile that drove within the 2022 Dakar Rally. We discovered that it was a particular Audi hybrid, pushed by Mattias Ekström and Emil Bergkvist, and so they completed ninth. This automobile will need to have price hundreds of thousands of euros to develop. Audi administration paid the German firm Roth to scrap the automobile and it ended up with us. Together with the license plate.”
Audi confirmed that Roth Worldwide is a part of its provide chain and reiterated that it abides by strict environmental pointers. The German automaker is presently conducting an investigation in respect to its compliance processes. Audi, together with the remainder of the Volkswagen Group, understandably takes its environmental affect critically after it was embroiled in the worst emissions-cheating scandal in historical past.
