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Road Test: 2023 Maserati Grecale Modena Mild Hybrid

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of torque produces an aggressive exhaust note with spirited acceleration. The accelerator pedal isn’t as touchy nor the crackling and popping of the exhaust note isn’t as dramatic as in Sport. T , Audi SQ5, Porsche Macan, Mercedes-Benz GLC 43, BMW X3 M40i, and sibling Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio.

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Porsche presents new 919 Hybrid LMP1 racer; 800V battery technology

Green Car Congress

Two days before the official Prologue for the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Paul Ricard, France, Porsche presented its new 919 Hybrid LMP1 race car for the 2016 season. Porsche 919 Hybrid, 4-cylinder turbo. It uses excess energy from the exhaust pressure that would otherwise escape into the environment.

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Porsche presents more efficient Gen 2 919 Hybrid LMP1 racer for 2015

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Porsche has presented the second generation of its Le Mans Prototype 919 Hybrid race car. Porsche 919 Hybrid, 2015. A liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery—developed by A123 Systems in cooperation with Porsche—temporarily stores converted braking energy from the front axle as well as converted exhaust-gas energy.

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Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 Le Mans prototype makes its debut at Geneva Show

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Porsche 919 Hybrid. The Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 Le Mans prototype made its premiere at the Geneva Motor Show. Porsche 919 Hybrid development began in the middle of 2011 on a blank sheet of paper. The 919 Hybrid is our fastest mobile research laboratory and the most complex race car that Porsche has ever built.

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Road Test: 2024 Range Rover Velar Dynamic SE Mild Hybrid

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The rear has slim U-shaped LED tail lights that sit high above the twin rectangular exhaust ports. Noise cancellation helps reduce the in-cabin presence of road and wind noise. If you want even classier, the rear wiper has been tucked under the visor, resulting an unobstructed view for the driver and a clean palette design.

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Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate

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The ride was supple, but not soft or floaty, and felt great on winding roads. Volvo positions the XC60 as a luxury SUV, and it does quite well against tough competitors from Audi, Porsche, Lexus, Genesis, Cadillac and Mercedes-Benz (our tests of those competitors is at the end of this article). Very clean.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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seconds, breaking a seven-year-old record for production cars that had been set by the roughly $ 1 million Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid. Porsche, McLaren, and Bentley are all developing hybrid models to bridge the gap, with the Porsche Taycan taking on Tesla on the full-electric front. That roughly equals the Ferrari’s performance.

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