This is not F1 (or NASCAR): High-End Hybrids Race In Texas 28
Ars Technica takes an in-depth look at some of the tech side of the hybrid racing circuit, in particular the World Endurance Championship . From the article: Hybrid systems are allowed to deploy between 2MJ and 8MJ of energy during a single lap of Le Mans, augmenting the power from an internal combustion engine. Energy can be recovered from up to two motor/generator units (MGUs); usually this means recapturing kinetic energy from the front and rear wheels under braking. To balance things out, cars that recover and deploy 8MJ carry less fuel, and the flow rate at which they can feed it to the engine decreases.
Audi's R18, with its mix of turbo diesel and flywheel hybrid technology, was king of the hill for several years, but the hybrid systems were much less powerful. Last year, Toyota's gasoline V8 and supercapacitor-powered TS040 was the car to beat. But 2015 is the year of the Porsche 919 Hybrid. Porsche chose lithium-ion batteries to hybridize the 919's turbocharged gasoline V4, and this year is able to capture and deploy the full 8MJ (Toyota is in the 6MJ class and Audi 4MJ).
The article spends more space on Audi's approach than the others, but offers a cool glimpse at all three of these companies' niches within the field, as represented at the Texas' Lone Star Le Mans.
Does the submitter know .... (Score:5, Informative)
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Or just go to the Australian V8 super cars. Like Nascar, but they actually do more things than just turning left.
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The Isle of Man TT is a thing of fucking beauty.
There is nothing else like it anywhere. Oh yes, there are moto races that are longer and "less boring" to the NASCAR crowd, but if you pay attention for even 5 minutes to this race, you will be hooked like I was.
It is motorcycle erotica. Not porn, erotica.
And they've started racing electric bikes a couple of years ago.
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BMO
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NASCAR drivers are also a bit on the wet side [youtube.com], according to the V8 supercar tribe, too
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Actually KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) is old rules, nowadays they have an MGU-K (Motor Generator Unit - Kinetic) harvesting under breaking and a MGU-H (-Heat) which harvests from the turbo when it has excess spin and can also keep the turbo spooled up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
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"harvesting under breaking"
Man, that sounds hardcore!
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The electrical system is so integrated now (KERS was really just an add-on to the main engine) that they don't use the word "engine" any more, but rather "power unit".
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It's mentioned in the title, or have we got to the point where people don't even read that before posting.
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Umm, Timmy, F1 is hybrid (Score:1)
What exactly is Timothy's job? To make sure that every story posted is factually incorrect?
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It'll be borking. They'll drop the flag to start the race and all but one of the cars will turn off their engines 237 ms later once the cars projected the race and realized car #5 would win.
High end hybrids (Score:2)
You can't get any more 'high end' than an F1 car, and 160 horsepower comes from the electric motor
Its Socji next weekend, will Vladimir the Great be handing out the prize to Hamilton, Rosberg, or Vettel
All Electric (Score:2)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015&%238364;16_Formula_E_season [wikipedia.org]
How long does a lap take? (Score:2)
8MJ is 2.2kWh
That's a reasonable effort in charging and discharging a lithium ion battery in a little over 3 minutes (and only charging while braking in that 3 and a half minute lap).
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