Green Car Reports

JUNE 26, 2013

It''s been a good week for electric vehicles in motor sport. 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.

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BBC MPH Hybrid Racing Electric Cars 107

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

Toyota’s next-generation Prius will deliver significantly improved fuel economy in a more compact package that is lighter in weight and lower in cost, according to Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) Managing Officer Satoshi Ogiso. The next Prius will also feature electric motors that will be smaller in size. qdash;Satoshi Ogiso.

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Prius Hydrogen Toyota Plug-in 277

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2016

The FIA WEC regulations have been providing automobile manufacturers with incentives to build increasingly efficient race cars since 2014. The result is a race car that manages energy even more effectively than before. —Thomas Laudenbach, Head of Electrics, Electronics and Energy Systems at Audi Sport.

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Audi 2016 Hybrid Diesel 150

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. Different requirements apply to the other WEC racing venues—i.e.

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