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The Audi RS Q e-tron faces its third Dakar Rally. Team Audi Sport has optimized the pioneering rally prototype, that has an electric drivetrain, a high-voltage battery and an energy converter, in meticulous detail for the toughest rally of the year. The three driver crews of Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger, and Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz are facing the most difficult task of the year with optimism, but also respect.Audi was the first manufacturer to develop a T1U model for the Dakar Rally. The aim: the electrically powered prototype is to prove that a low-emission vehicle can master one of the toughest motorsport events and be competitive at the same time. The drivers, co-drivers, and management of Team Audi Sport agree: A particularly challenging edition of the Dakar Rally lies ahead of all participants. Twelve special stages during 14 days in Saudi Arabia cover 4,727 kilometers. Including all of the liaison stages, the route results in a total distance of 7,891 kilometers. The teams often have to complete more than 400 kilometers a day on the special stages.
Prime Minister of Morocco Aziz Akhannouch arrives in Berlin and is welcomed by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Several African leaders are expected in the German capital to take part in the G20 "Compact with Africa 2023" conference. IMAGES
Images show vast destruction in the Moroccan village of Imi N'Tala a week after a devastating earthquake hit the country on September 8. The magnitude 6.8 earthquake -- Morocco's strongest ever -- flattened entire villages and left tens of thousands of people homeless. The search for dead bodies buried in the rubble continues. IMAGES
Residents of the old town of Marrakesh, who were displaced by last weekend's powerful earthquake, wake up in a football stadium, which has been turned into a shelter by Moroccan authorities. The magnitude 6.8 earthquake -- Morocco's strongest ever -- has killed nearly 3,000 pople and injured more than 5,600 since it hit last Friday in Al-Haouz province, south of tourist hub Marrakesh. The number of people left without homes by the quake is not known. IMAGES
Moroccans perform Friday prayers at the Gueliz Mosque in Marrakesh nearly a week after the deadly earthquake that shook the city. The magnitude 6.8 earthquake -- Morocco's strongest ever -- flattened entire villages and left tens of thousands of people homeless. IMAGES
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