Porsche Unveils 911 Hybrid With Flywheel Booster 197
MikeChino writes "Porsche has just unveiled its 911 GT3 R Hybrid, a 480 horsepower track vehicle ready to rock the 24-hour Nurburgring race this May. Porsche's latest supercar will use the same 911 production platform available to consumers today, with a few race-ready features including front-wheel hybrid drive and an innovative flywheel system that stores kinetic energy from braking and then uses it to provide a 160 horsepower burst of speed. The setup is sure to offer an advantage when powering out of turns and passing by other racers."
awful typo in article (Score:5, Funny)
From TFA: "This generator stores energy each time the vehicle breaks..."
If I had a Porsche 911 I wouldn't want to damage the thing to use the hybrid feature. Do they perhaps mean "brakes"?
Cospinicay! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:awful typo in article (Score:5, Funny)
Just think of what this technology could do in the hands of Ford!
Re:Gyroscopic effect? (Score:4, Funny)
what effect does this flywheel have?
Blue sparks shoot out of the wheels, and then you can get ahead of your competitors and shoot a green shell backwards at them.
Re:Porsche... (Score:3, Funny)
Are you kidding? Porsches are only fast in a straight line, or on roads with a lot of big wide corners. Find a road that's less than glassy-smooth and you're not going to go above about 50mph before the car becomes unmanageable because the suspension is too stiff and doesn't have any travel.