That’s right tofu tyrants, the argument for hybrid technology just got a lot stronger thanks to Audi taking a full podium at the Le Mans 24 hour race in their Audi R18 e-tron quattro.

In front of 200 000 spectators, Audi proved themselves to be the quickest and most reliable vehicles in the race.

“With the e-tron quattro in combination with ultra-lightweight design, we put a completely new technology on the grid and immediately won with it – this cannot be taken for granted by any means, particularly here at Le Mans” said Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG.

The Audi R18 e-tron quattro is an all-wheel drive car in which the conventional drive system is intelligently combined with an electrically driven axle. Audi is already testing this technology in production vehicles in which the drive shaft is replaced by electric cables.

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