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Porsche Unveils 911 Hybrid With Flywheel Booster

Posted by timothy on from the yeah-well-I-get-better-mileage dept.

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."

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  1. awful typo in article by BeaverCleaver · · 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"?

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    1. Re:awful typo in article by turing_m · · Score: 5, Funny

      From TFA: "This generator stores energy each time the vehicle breaks..."

      Just think of what this technology could do in the hands of Ford!

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  2. Re:Gyroscopic effect? by Ihmhi · · Score: 3, 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.

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  3. Re:Porsche... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 2, 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.