Last fall, our spy photographer caught an unusual Audi prototype testing on public roads. The high-riding vehicle wore the body of a Q6 e-tron Sportback but rode on beefy tires with a wide track ...

The all-black-everything Q6 E-Tron Offroad concept is lifted nearly 6.5 inches and styled out with in-house designed portal axles for more aggressive off-roadability. The 422-horsepower all-wheel ...

The concept features dual electric motors with a combined output of 380 kW (510 hp) and a unique portal axle design, enabling it to climb gradients of up to 45 degrees. The Q6 e-tron offroad ...

Known as the Audi Q6 E-Tron Off-Road, this portal axle-rocking beast takes things far beyond the brand’s typical Allroad treatment. Other adjustments to the standard Sportback model include a ...

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 ...

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 roadgoing ...

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 ...

Alas, unlike a regular crossover SUV, this fresh, fully electric Audi Q6 e-tron offroad concept is "making its debut in the wintry elements with newly developed portal axles." The tag continues ...

New portal axles give the concept a 50% increase in wheel torque for more traction. Despite its rugged specs, Audi hints the concept may evolve into a production model. Update 1/27: Audi has ...

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 ...