Audi apprentices build electrified EP4
To mark the 150th anniversary at the Audi site in Neckarsulm, twelve apprentices from the brand have put electrified the iconic, classic EP4.
The ‘E’ in the name of the futuristic one-off stands for the electric motor and ‘P4’ for the NSU Prinz 4, a model that NSU Motorenwerke built in Neckarsulm from 1961 to 1973. In the rear, where a two-cylinder petrol engine with 22 kW or 30 hp (22 kW) used to do its work, there is now an electric motor with 176 kW, which comes from an Audi e-tron from 2020. The drive system is powered by a battery from the plug-in hybrid Audi Q7 TFSI e quattro. This sits under the front bonnet, where the NSU Prinz once had its fuel tank.
“We wanted to build a car that was not only fast and looked cool but also honoured the 150th-anniversary of the site,” says Dean Scheuffler, an apprentice automotive mechanic at Audi in Neckarsulm.
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