Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The alternative drive concept combines an electric drivetrain with a high-voltage battery and a highly efficient energy converter for the first time. With the use of an alternative drive concept in the Dakar Rally, Audi is now facing up to the most extreme conditions. The vehicle will be driven by a powerful electric drivetrain.

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Audi Hybrid 2017 Hybrid Racing 269

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2016

Audi unveiled its redesigned R18 diesel hybrid Le Mans racer for the 2016 World Endurance Championship (WEC) season. Among the new features in the R18 are a more radical aerodynamics concept, including a new safety cell; a Li-ion battery replacing the flywheel energy storage system; and a revised V6 TDI diesel engine.

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Audi 2016 Hybrid Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

Ogiso noted that the current Prius motors have four times the power density of the first model and that “ the next will be even higher.”. Ogiso said verification work on the system will be conducted in Japan, the US and Europe in 2014. The next Prius will also feature electric motors that will be smaller in size. —Satoshi Ogiso.

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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. System power now totals nearly 1,000 hp (746 kW). Earlier post.)

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Porsche 2015 Hybrid Carbon Fiber 150