At the end of June will be held legendary race “24 Hours of Nurburgring”, for which Porsche is preparing very seriously in order to triumph in their car in its category.
For this purpose, the German company have significantly upgraded 911 GT3 R Hybrid, as the greatest results were achieved in terms of fuel efficiency and vehicle weight.
The so-called Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid 2.0 weighs 1300 kilograms. Which is a full 50kg. less than the weight of its predecessor. This is achieved by using lighter materials for items related to electric drive system, resulting in maintaining high performance in lower consumption of fuel and electricity.
The hybrid vehicle system again consists of six-cylinder, 4.0-liter engine with a power 480 h.p. and two electric motors, whose capacities have been increased by almost 81.5 to 100 h.p. Electrical components necessary for energy not supplied by batteries, but by the flywheel which rotates 40 000 rev/min. and collects kinetic energy from braking.

110 years after Ferdinand Porsche himself set up a first hybrid car in the world, Lohner Porsche Semper Vivus, the German company has developed a hybrid model again, in which it will take part in the race the 24 Hours Nurburgring in May. Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid will make its debut to a wide audience of the exhibition in Geneva in March, he was part of the “Porsche Intelligent Performance”, aiming to become racing cars of the Germans even more effective. The car is equipped with 4.0-liter six-cylinder engine with a power 480k.s. and two electric motors, each generating at 81.5 h.p. further. Necessary for their energy is not supplied by the batteries of a flywheel that rotates with 40 000 rev/min and collects kinetic energy from the brakes. From Porsche indicate that this energy can be used both to assist the internal combustion engine, supplying additional 163 ., which is extremely useful in overtaking and reduce fuel consumption.
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