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Toyota Motorsport GmbH to demo new high-performance electric drivetrain at Pikes Peak

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47.794 sec) with the road-legal TMG EV P001 car ( earlier post ), a record which still stands. Based on a Radical chassis, the TMG EV P002 has a predicted top speed of 240 km/h (149 mph) in Pikes Peak configuration, with combined maximum power of 350 kW from its two EVO axial flux motors.

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SARTRE project completes first successful on-road demo of multiple vehicle platooning

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The test fleet included a lead truck followed by three cars driven entirely autonomously at speeds of up to 90 km/h (56 mph), with no more than a 6-meter (20-foot) gap between the vehicles. The participants in the first discussion included technical experts, politicians, legislators and traffic safety researchers.

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