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Ferrari 499P wins on debut at 24 Hours of Le Mans

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Ferrari won the Centenary edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the 499P driven by Alessandro Pier Guidi, who shared the number 51 car with James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi, covering 342 laps of the French track. Ferrariā€™s history at Le Mans now comprises 39 victories, including 29 class wins.

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Ferrari Shows HY-KERS Hybrid Concept at Geneva; StopStart for the Production California

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Ferrari presented a hybrid experimental vehicle, the HY-KERS, based on the 599 GTB Fiorano at the Geneva Motor Show. This experimental vehicle maintains the high-performance characteristics typical of Ferraris while also reducing CO 2 emissions on the ECE + EUDC combined cycle by 35%. Position of the battery packs and traction motor.

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Symbio targets European taxi market with fuel cell range extender in Nissan e-NV200; 500 km range

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It can be recharged from a low-cost power supply, and refueled with hydrogen in three minutes (3.8 The fuel cell van will have battery packs ranging in capacity from 24 kWh to 36 kWh. —Fabio Ferrari, CEO of Symbio. kg hydrogen at 700 bar). This customized e-NV200 will be available for serial production from September 2018.

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Symbio FCell delivers first 5 Kangoo ZE electric utilities with fuel cell range extenders in La Manche

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This technology recharges the battery when it drops below a certain level and permits the vehicle to be refueled with 1.8 La Manche is among the first departments in France to own a hydrogen filling station (active in Saint Lo) and five plug-in hybrid battery fuel cell light vehicles.

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Hybrid hype: types, tech, and the road ahead

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Instead, the batteries are recharged using a combination of gasoline engine power and energy collected during braking (also known as regenerative braking). However, because the battery does not assist in driving the vehicle, it is not truly a hybrid but rather a marketing gimmick.

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Ferrari unveils HY-KERS hybrid system in the limited series 950 hp LaFerrari

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Although aimed at collectors, said Luca di Montezemolo, Ferrari President, the technology will ā€œ find [its] way into the rest of the range. ā€. The application of HY-KERS on LaFerrari is without an electric-only drive mode—something that ā€œ would not fit the mission of this model ā€, Ferrari said. LaFerrari on the stage. Powertrain.

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Ferrariā€™s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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Something strange is happening in the Ferrari SF90. Especially since Iā€™m straining to keep pace with Raffaele de Simone just ahead, the Ferrari test driver who routinely sets lap records on this historic circuit, just a few pasta lengths from its factory in Maranello, in northern Italy. The twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter

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