First pics of Toyota's Hybrid LMP1!!!!

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01-18-12, 01:15 AM

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First pics of Toyota's Hybrid LMP1!!!!

Up late and surfing around, came upon this from a motorsports forum-

http://motorsportrants.wordpress.com...ota-lmp1-2012/

Sorry if hotlinking from this site is frowned upon, but here's the two shots-

01-18-12, 02:21 AM

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For sake of comparison

01-18-12, 03:34 AM

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No LED's? For shame.

Just kidding, looks good. Hopefully it can give Audi and Peugeot a run for their money.

01-18-12, 09:36 AM

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No LED's? For shame.

Just kidding, looks good. Hopefully it can give Audi and Peugeot a run for their money.

Peugeot pulling out of 2012 but they might come back one day.

01-18-12, 10:27 AM

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how do batts stay charged in a race car?

01-18-12, 11:20 AM

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how do batts stay charged in a race car?

Regenerative braking?

01-18-12, 11:49 AM

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how do batts stay charged in a race car?

IIRC they use capacitors that are more efficient, though less pratical.

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01-18-12, 12:24 PM

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The GT One for comparison.

01-18-12, 12:31 PM

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how do batts stay charged in a race car?

Flux capacitor?

01-18-12, 12:56 PM

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Cool! Look forward to seeing them in competition which can't come soon enough give that, sadly, Peugeot just shut down their Le Mans efforts.

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They hybrid system they'll use was said by Pascal Vasselon, to be based off the one the Supra HV-R used. That won the 24 hour Tokachi race in Japan years ago. Given the success of that car and the time they've had to develop that powertrain, this LMP stands good chance to win.