📰 Auto News Porsche 918 Hybrid: 78 MPG's and 198 MPH

[cacicgtp7]

Didn't see this posted, but if this is true and Porsche figured this out, then holy shit. Obviously only a concept though.


http://content.usatoday.com/communi...rsche-918-hybrid-sports-car/1?POE=click-refer

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[Riski]

Wonder what the price tag will be on this

 

[Outlaw]

Suchhh a cool concept, I can alot of manufacturers following suit with this... the multi mode system sounds really cool... hope something like this sees the showroom floor. I wouldent doubt it though, I heard a hybrid panamera is hitting the floors sometime within the next two years.

 

[Csurane24]

It will be more than I could ever afford but it seems cool. Good job to them for producing something that actually goes fast and sips the gas.

 

[SirMarco]

Honda owner: my 4 cylinder will stomp you big motor guys.
V8 owner: There is no replacement for displacement.
Porsche owner: I will kill you both on batteries.

 

[vroom]

do the people who can afford these cars really care about MPG's?!?

 

[Primalzer]

do the people who can afford these cars really care about MPG's?!?

They usually don't, but Porsche DOES care about their brand image, and right now, MPG's and Green Tech are the hot button topics that they all seems to be hitting.

Remember that Porsche is not only a car maker, they are also an engineering firm. They have created some fantastic engines and chassis for road and race machines. So this concept is not out of the realm of realism, if there is any car maker that can make this happen, it is porsche.

 

[tmbutitta]

That would make for a nice daily driver... i need a new highway car

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I want the gt3 cup car hybrid. Push a button and you have Another 160hp for 6-8 seconds. That's on top of the already what 480hp it has?

 

[Primalzer]

I want the gt3 cup car hybrid. Push a button and you have Another 160hp for 6-8 seconds. That's on top of the already what 480hp it has?

But you have to add an extra few hundred pounds for batteries and electric motors.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

It's not a conventional hybrid. It has a flywheel generator that spins at like 40,000rpms sitting in the passenger seat area. It's really fucking cool.

Also I would assume the car would be more balanced unlike the current car.

I'm curious to know how that effects handling having something large and spinning so fast within the car. I wonder if it has the same effect as the gyroscopic effect in a motorcycle while racing.