Audi became the first major manufacturer to embrace Dakar’s new T1U regulations for electric and hybrid cars earlier this year when it entered a trio of RS Q e-trons for Stephane Peterhansel, Carlos Sainz and Mattias Ekstrom.
Despite the scale of challenge involved, Audi’s maiden outing the Saudi Arabia-based rally-raid was largely a success, yielding four stage wins and a spot inside the overall top 10.
