Ken Block’s Electrikhana Las Vegas [video]

The driftmeister is back. Ken Block’s Electrikhana Las Vegas is the latest stunt-driving extravaganza from the chief hoonigan. His latest custom-built steed is powered purely by batteries.

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Block became famous for his drift antics, first in a Subaru and then with Ford products. More recently the American has partnered with Audi (as we covered here) to help promote the company’s EVs.

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His latest steed is a custom-built Audi S1 called the Hoonitron. Audi Sport developed and assembled the one-off machine in Neckarsulm, Germany. The all-electric prototype that was styled by Audi Design and takes cues from famous Audi racecars of the past. The Audi S1 Hoonitron has two electric motors and all-wheel drive. It is based on carbon fibre platform.

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“With the S1 Hoonitron we broke entirely new ground at Audi,” says Oliver Hoffmann, member of the board for technical development at Audi AG. “Developing a fully electric prototype for the unique requirements of our partner Ken Block was a big and exciting challenge to which the whole team rose with flying colours. It is great to see how ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ is presented in an all-new environment.”

Cameos

Ken Block’s Electrikhana Las Vegas also features brief guest appearances by other Audis such as the Audi 90 IMSA GTO (1989) and the Audi 200 Trans Am (1988) track racers. The Audi Sport quattro S1 Pikes Peak (1987) and Audi quattro Gruppe B A2 (1984) rally cars also feature. In addition, we see brief appearances by the Audi R8 LMP and Audi R18 e-tron endurance racers.