During the World Cup weekend in Kitzbühel, Austria, Audi introduced the Q6 e-tron offroad concept, a prototype electric ...

If you’re not familiar with portal axles, it’s a rarely-seen drivetrain design that offsets – usually from above – drive shaft or CV axle from the center of the wheel hub either to ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. The Audi Q6 e-tron off-road concept previews a rugged electric SUV based on the Q6 e-tron. Designed as a go-anywhere ...

Audi claims the newly developed portal axles increase torque at the wheels by 50 percent. The Q6 e-tron Off-Road also sits 6.3 inches higher and has a 9.8-inch wider track than the standard ...

Featuring portal axles all around, this all-electric crossover rides extra high and wide versus the more pedestrian Q6 e-tron Sportback on which it is based. Audi is playing coy on production ...

UAW members at Detroit Axle have voted to OK a strike. The union said in a news release that workers on Wednesday "had voted by a resounding 99% to authorize a strike if necessary." Workers ...

Audi CEO Gernot Döllner was treated to the first test drive of the completed concept, and had this to say about it: “The Q6 e-tron offroad concept is a reinterpretation of quattro. The model shows the ...

But it appears to use portal axles to raise ground clearance and allow for the biggest-possible tires. Unlike conventional axles, portal axles situate the wheel hub below the axle hub, separated ...

Since mass-produced cars first emerged in the early 1900s, an often-overlooked measurement that influences a vehicle's aesthetic appeal and function is the "dash-to-axle" ratio. This metric helps ...