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Audi A1 e-tron wins Silvretta Electric Car Rally

German automaker Audi has, once again, claimed the title of overall winner in the Silvretta Electric Car Rally in Austria's Montafon region. The 2011 victory by the A1 e-tron follows the R8 e-tron's win in 2010. The second Audi in the rally, a Q5 fuel cell, finished in sixth place out of 32 vehicles.

After three days and 307 kilometres, the A1 e-tron bearing number 206 was named the winner of the second Silvretta Electric Car Rally. The event took place from July 7 to 9 and was held on "highly taxing mountain roads" with inclines up to 15 percent. A1 e-tron driver, Franciscus van Meel, says that:

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Sending an electric car into the Alps is one of the toughest challenges you can present it with. The fact that the A1 e-tron proved so impressive here is especially gratifying to me and it proves we're on the right track with our electric mobility approach of combining an electric motor with a combustion engine.

The A1 e-tron's 75-kilowatt electric motor, 12-kWh lithium-ion battery pack and single-disc, 254-cc rotary engine were apparently enough to propel the range-extended electric to the front of the pack, landing it in the winner's circle

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