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TG drives hybrid 911

We got behind the wheel of a hybrid Porsche 911 GT3 racer and sampled utter brilliance - read our first drive...

Posted: 17 Sep 2010

This thing is utterly brilliant. It’s not about chasing fuel figures or CO2, it’s about trying to maximise performance. So instead of batteries, which take a long time to charge, there’s a flywheel in the cockpit. It acts like an electric motor, spinning away at up to an enormous 40,000rpm, ready to accept or release energy in an instant.

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