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New Formula E Porsche 99X Electric Gen3 celebrates world premiere

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It will be fielded by the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship from the 2023 season. The intention behind the new Gen3 cars is to set new benchmarks in motorsport in terms of performance, efficiency and sustainability—the goal stated by the world automobile association FIA and Formula E.

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Off With His Head: Heritage Customs Shows an Open-Top Defender

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Far from a backyard Sawzall job, this conversion involves a semi-electric soft top, roll cage which conforms to FIA standards, snazzy new wheels, different upholstery (water resistant, perhaps), and the expected scattershot blast of badges and emblems. Images: Heritage Customs] Become a TTAC insider.

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Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team to Use Blend Containing Virents Biogasoline in Races

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Virent’s technology partner Shell has been working closely together with Scuderia Ferrari all season to develop the fuel supplied, by leveraging the current FIA regulations and. Tags: Brief. continuing to optimize fuel performance. Since the start of the Formula One season in. For the remaining three races.

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Nissan unveils front-engined, front-wheel drive hybrid GT-R LM NIMSO Le Mans challenger

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The new car will contest the LM P1 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. FIA FIA Homologated weight for the racer is 880 kg (1940.06 With more technical freedom than Formula 1, the LM P1 engineers have ample opportunity to innovate, Nissan noted. —Ben Bowlby, Nissan’s LM P1 Team Principal and Technical Director.

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Dyson Racing Logs First ALMS Win with Biobutanol

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The current B09/86 LMP Coupe is a one-piece carbon composite monocoque and is certified to ACO and FIA structural standards through 2012. Tags: Brief. Combining very low mass with a small physical footprint, the engine is the smallest, lightest and most compact in LMP racing today and there are no external belt drives or ancillaries.

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Toyota to Withdraw from F1

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Toyota Motor (TMC) plans to withdraw from the FIA Formula One World Championship (F1) at the end of the 2009 season. Tags: Brief. Toyota has engaged in F1 racing for eight seasons, competing in 140 races during that time. I have been calling for product-focused management since I became president at Toyota this June.

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DSM Introduces Bio-based Performance Materials for Automotive Industry

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Palapreg ECO P55-01 has already been used for the bodywork of a kart competing in Formula Zero, the world’s first zero-emission motor racing championship, and has been approved by the Formula One Association (FIA). Tags: Brief.