Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

Toyota’s first commercially available hydrogen fuel cell vehicle will go on sale in global markets in 2015. Ogiso also highlighted how hybrid technology is influencing motorsports, and how motorsports will aid the development of better hybrid technologies in the future. Toyota’s TS-030 uses supercapacitors instead of batteries.

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Prius Hydrogen Toyota Plug-in 277

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

Porsche has presented the second generation of its Le Mans Prototype 919 Hybrid race car. The new racer will compete in the 8 MJ category (8 MJ of recovered energy per race lap)—the highest of the current four energy categories in the LMP1 class. Porsche 919 Hybrid, 2015. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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Porsche 2015 Hybrid Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2016

Hybrid drive. Hybrid pioneer Audi, the first manufacturer to have won the Le Mans 24 Hours with an energy recuperation system, used a flywheel energy storage system from 2012 to 2015. At the same time, the speed of the LMP1 race cars continually increases. This new concept requires innovations in many other areas.

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Audi 2016 Hybrid Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Audi Sport has been giving its name to the current Formula E team since the inaugural 2014/2015 Formula E season, and has made one of its factory drivers, Lucas di Grassi, available in the course of this cooperation. With quattro drive we revolutionized rally racing and subsequently set standards in circuit racing as well.

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