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Diesel-electric sensuality is the Peugeot 908 HYbrid4, and appears ready for Le Mans. Automobile, unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, is the hybrid version of the HDi 908 diesel engine pilot, ??lll see in Le Mans. Peugeot says it was, ??designed to comply with endurance racing, the latest regulations AM, AU and ??will play an offensive role in 2011, the AU, though the automaker doesn, AOT say how. French auto manufacturer has been experimenting with hybrids caliber of competition drag racing because the discovery of a vehicle show at Silverstone in 2008. Brokers and Audi diesel Peugeot have dominated the Le Mans, and a diesel-electric is the next logical step. Wed, AOS an unimpressive game. The diesel engine 3.7-liter V8 550 horsepower humiliated. A 60 kW (80 horsepower) electric motor is powered by energy recovered in the course of braking and stores it in a lithium-ion battery. The engine gives an automatic improve in acceleration, simply because Le Mans rules bar, ??push to happen, the UA program. The auto can run on electricity alone in the pit lane. Electric assist when exiting corners and out of the wells could lessen lap times. And the addition of hybrid technologies to the already impressive fuel economy of diesel engines may possibly mean fewer stops and a lot more time on the track. Peugeot is silent on details, but we could see the vehicle in testing at Le Mans on 24 April. According to Autoweek , Peugeot considered one ??ambitious objective, the AU for the auto, which appears to the test later this month. Следующие материалы:
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