Gasoline engines have gotten incredibly good at squeezing all the energy they can out of gas. The problem is that “incredibly good” still means about 37% efficiency. If my high school transcript is any measure, 37% still kind of sucks. The rest of that energy is lost as heat, but there are ways to reclaim it. Ask Porsche.
Porsche’s 919 Hybrid racer is using a pretty novel drivetrain: a 500HP 2L V4 engine (a first, if you don’t count their flat-fours as a 180°V) and an electric KERS system with an electric motor active on the front wheels. But what makes it interesting is … Pictures and more
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