Audi RS 5 Debuts as First Performance Hybrid with Electromechanical Torque Vectoring
The new Audi RS 5 becomes the brand's first performance hybrid, featuring a world-first quattro with Dynamic Torque Control for electromechanical torque vectoring at the rear axle.
2,000 Nm
15 ms
What Happened
The new Audi RS 5 is powered by a modular high-performance plug-in hybrid system. A brand-new rear transaxle with electromechanical torque vectoring, called quattro with Dynamic Torque Control, provides superb driving dynamics. This world-first technology shifts torque between the rear wheels in milliseconds for agile and controlled driving right up to the limit.
2,000 NmNm
Shifted between rear wheels in just 15 milliseconds
- Water-cooled permanent-magnet 400-volt electric motor (8 kW, 40 Nm)
- Overdrive gears to transfer torque
- Differential with low lock percentage
- Can only distribute torque under load
- Works off-throttle and under braking, independent of drive torque
Why this matters
This technology shifts torque between rear wheels in 15 milliseconds, improving agility and safety, making high-performance driving more accessible and controllable.
Terms in This Story
- quattro
- Audi's all-wheel-drive system.
- torque vectoring
- Distribution of torque to individual wheels to improve handling.
- HCP1
- High-Performance Computing Platform, the central control unit for drivetrain and suspension.
- overdrive gears
- Gears that allow the output shaft to rotate faster than the input shaft, reducing torque but increasing speed.
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