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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

Cars That Think

Still, Ferrari, Red Bull, Mercedes, and McLaren spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year on race engineering and R&D alone. Flip a switch, and the Porsche can spool up 1,073 horsepower—more juice than an F1 car—for roughly 18 minutes. So the GT4 can blast through a full Cup race at the sweet spot of 603 horsepower.

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