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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