2014 Cars Hybrid Hybrid Racing 
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 1, 2020
We want to continue demonstrating the brand’s slogan ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ in international top-level motorsport in the future and develop innovative technologies for our road cars. In 2012, Audi achieved the first victory of a hybrid racing car in the Le Mans 24 Hours.
Green Cars News
MARCH 28, 2014
Toyota has revealed its new TS040 hybrid race car which will take part in the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship this year. The carmaker first announced that it would be introducing a new hybrid racing model back in January, also revealing its racing team; which for the third year will co[.].
Green Cars News
JANUARY 30, 2014
Toyota has confirmed it is to bring its hybrid technology to the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship. It will enter two hybrid tech racing cars into the new WEC season, a calendar which includes the Le Mans 24 Hours. For the third year running the driver line-up will consist of Alex Wurz, Nicola[.].
Green Car Congress
MARCH 22, 2016
Audi unveiled its redesigned R18 diesel hybrid Le Mans racer for the 2016 World Endurance Championship (WEC) season. As a result, Audi’s LMP1 sports car is more powerful and more efficient than its predecessor; the new R18 consumes less fuel than any of the generations before it. The car’s aerodynamics concept is fundamentally new.
Green Car Reports
JUNE 26, 2013
At the weekend, Audi''s R18 e-tron, a diesel-electric hybrid race car, took victory at the Le Mans 24-hour race. Also at Le Mans, Nissan unveiled its 2014 competitor for the race, the ZEOD RC electric prototype. It''s been a good week for electric vehicles in motor sport.
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.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 28, 2013
Ogiso—who earlier in his career had been the chief engineer for the Prius, chief engineer for the Prius family, and chief engineer, product planning—made the remarks at the “2013 Toyota Hybrid World Tour” event the company staged in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Improved aerodynamics will contribute to an all-new exterior design.
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