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Ben
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Strange new porsche ...

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http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/10012011/36/am ... oit-0.html

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Instead of a passenger seat you'll notice there's an unusual cylindrical canister - that's the flywheel accumulator. Each of the 918's front wheels has an electric motor/generator, which can both drive the wheels for extra oomph or generate electricity during braking.

The energy they generate is captured and stored in the accumulator, which can spin to a dizzying 36,000rpm. The driver can press a button at any point and unleash this energy back to the motors for an instant hit of power - a kind of futuristic rocket boost, if you will.
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Post by woody »

Hmm very F1 kers. Think I would rather have the fit bird (that owning a porsche sometimes brings) sitting next to me than that!

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Post by Bart »

i dont really understand all this kirs stuff:banghead:
but surely if you wanted to store energy for more power surely if you
have a more powerfull ulternator that could create the power to be stored:biggrinjester:
and surely if your doing a long motorway journey your not going to generate any
power cuz your not using brakes.

or am i just missing the point.
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Sod that weirdo stuff inside..........look at it from the outside!:drool5:
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russ979 wrote:Sod that weirdo stuff inside..........look at it from the outside!:drool5:
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HOLY SH1T:drool5: tissues please:blush5:
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Post by warboys »

Regenerative braking is old technology, we have been using it on trains for a long time, thats all that KERS is and as fitted to this new 918.

Looks too much like a noble in my opinion, doesn't have much Porsche about it.

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russ979 wrote:Sod that weirdo stuff inside..........look at it from the outside!:drool5:
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it looks like the bastard child of a saleen and a 360 :\ not my cuppa, but i'm sure it's fast.
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