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Racing Hybrids

Hybrid racing vehicles are incredibly successful, including all recent wins at the famous Le Mans 24 Hour annual race.

Car #19 - Porsche 919 Hybrid

Porsche Win Historic Le Mans

Porsche has achieved its 17th overall Le Mans victory at the 83rd running of the famous 24-Hour race in a perfect way with a one-two finish. Drivers Earl Bamber (NZ), Nico Hülkenberg (GER) and Nick Tandy (GB) won the coveted trophy in their innovative Porsche 919 Hybrid exactly 45 years after Porsche’s first overall win …

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Toyota Prologue 2015 -1- car stickered

Toyota Racing Launch 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship Campaign

Toyota Racing are ready to launch the defence of their two world titles in the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship. Last year Toyota became the first Japanese company to claim the WEC manufacturer’s championship in a very successful season that also saw its drivers Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi share the drivers’ title. In an …

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Audi R18 e-tron quattro 2015

Audi R18 e-tron quattro 2015 WEC Contender Revealed

A twofold quantity of hybrid energy, fundamentally revised aerodynamics, the next step in lightweight design and a lot of detailed work characterise the fifth generation of the Audi R18. Jörg Zander, Audi Sport’s new Head of Engineering said, “The possibilities of the revolutionary regulations that have been in effect for LMP sports cars since 2014 …

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Jann Mardenborough with Nissan GT-R LM Nismo hybrid

Lucas Ordóñez and Jann Mardenborough to race the Nissan GT-R LM NISMO

GP3 race winner Jann Mardenborough (GB) was revealed as one of the drivers of Nissan’s innovative LM P1 racing car at the Chicago Auto Show today. At the same time in Yokohama, Japan, it was announced that fellow GT Academy winner Lucas Ordóñez (ESP) had also been selected to race the Nissan GT-R LM NISMO …

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Prius Plug-in TRD Nürburgring

Nurburgring Meets Prius

Three-digit records are nothing new at the Nürburgring, the go-to location when car manufacturers want to prove the pace of their latest models, but until now, these feats have always been about miles per hour, not miles per gallon. Toyota turned tradition on its head when it took its Prius Plug-in hybrid to the track, …

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