McLaren is in the midst of its marketing efforts surrounding its soon to be released exclusive hybrid supercar, the P1. Part of these efforts is a P1 specific Web site. The key to the performance for the McLaren P1 is aerodynamics, and the company’s new Web experience, titled “Designed by Air,” is the first of
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Tempting supercar lovers, McLaren has released a short video showcasing its new hybrid P1 in action during testing. This testing program is being carried out to ensure, as the company said, that the McLaren P1 delivers on the target of being ‘the best driver’s car in the world on road and track’…or a frozen lake,
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Toyota Racing’s 2013-specification TS030 Hybrid will make its race debut at this weekend’s Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, the second round of this year’s FIA World Endurance Championship. The team will field one updated car in Belgium, wearing the number seven of Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima. Following their podium finish at the series-opener
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Aston Martin completed its world first hydrogen-fuelled zero CO2 emission lap of the Nürburgring circuit in Germany. The lap was completed on Saturday April 27 with Aston Martin Chief Executive Officer Dr Ulrich Bez at the wheel of the prototype Aston Martin Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S. According to Aston Martin, it turned out to be
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What happens when you combine Formula1 technology and a small electric car? Renault chose to explore this “out of the box” idea when it created the Twizy Renault Sport F1 concept car. Renault said this fun take on the brand’s electric urban compact features muscular styling and impressive performance credentials to serve as a bridge
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Audi will be testing a new long-tail version of the Audi R18 e-tron quattro hybrid sports car in Belgium. Round 2 of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) will be held May 4 at Spa, in Belgium. Audi Sport Team Joest wants to optimally prepare for the Le Mans 24 Hours, the pinnacle of the
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Four Audi R18 e-tron quattro hybrid race cars will hit the track on the test day for the Le Mans 24 Hours, June 9, 2013. In addition to the cars number 1, 2 and 3 running for the race, a fourth hybrid sports car designated as car number 4 will be testing for eight hours
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The new NSX is already receiving unprecedented demand, so much so that Honda UK has opened a pre-order bank for the hotly anticipated hybrid supercar. For a deposit of £5,000 potential owners can be among the first in the UK to get behind the wheel of the brand new NSX when it hits showrooms in
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Lotus has been awarded today with the 2013 SAE World Congress Tech Award for its Evora 414E Range Extender Hybrid concept. The Lotus Evora 414E Range Extender Hybrid was chosen by the Editors of the SAE’s Automotive Engineering International Magazine, for its design and engineering innovation, uniqueness, potential for “real-world” production application, and potential benefit
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Linamar Corporation’s newly developed Agilit-e Hybrid Power Unit was unveiled yesterday to offer automakers a modular system for hybrid all-wheel drive applications. For Linamar, the goal with the Agilit-e hybrid system is to answer the needs to provide both fuel efficiency and efficient AWD systems that consumers demand. The Linamar system is said to also
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