Ken Block Slides Audi EV By means of Las Vegas In Newest Gymkhana

Electrikhana is lastly right here. Ken Block takes the Audi S1 Hoonitron on a high-speed journey via the Las Vegas Strip, together with right into a on line casino. Alongside the way in which, a few of Audi’s most essential race automobiles make cameos.

Issues kick off with a misdirect. It looks as if Block is strolling as much as Walter Röhrl’s Audi S1 Pikes Peak rally automotive, however then the digicam pans to Hoonitron. The automotive has a Method-E-sourced electrical motor powering every axle. The precise output is not clear, however this video reveals that the machine has loads of energy for giant slides at excessive speeds.

The primary main setpiece is on the strip the place Block spins the Hoonitron 180 levels and slides into a niche within the boulevard to hurry away in the other way. He follows up with a 360-degree pirouette whereas persevering with to maneuver ahead.

The following huge transfer is driving right into a on line casino. Block stays within the entry space however has sufficient room to do some donuts. Folks at a close-by craps desk urge him on.

Block then travels to the highest of a parking storage. Up there, he finds a boxing ring and two fighters. Punching luggage are alongside the outer fringe of the realm, and the Hoonitron’s tail sends them flying.

The ultimate huge stunt is making a smokescreen in entrance of The Strat.

The Hoonitron went via greater than double the traditional quantity of tires whereas making Electrikhana in comparison with Block’s different Gymkhana movies. Judging by the quantity of smoke that seldom dissipates from the cabin, it isn’t onerous to see how that is attainable.

Hold a watch out for nine-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen making a quick cameo as a shocked onlooker. In you’d favor to see attention-grabbing Audis, a 1984 Quattro Gruppe B A2, 1988 200 Trans Am, 1989 90 IMSA GTO, R8 LMP, and R18 E-Tron Quattro make appearances, too.