Filed under: Green Culture, Hybrid, Toyota
Al Gore III's 100 mph police-interrupted ride in his Prius? Pfft. Boooo-ring. While media outlets all over the place got breathless over a Prius' ability to hit the century mark, there's been some serious hybrid performance stuff going on in Japan. No, not with Lexus. The Denso SARD Supra HV-R, strangely ignored in most English-language outlets save for Autoblog and AutoblogGreen, has done quite well for itself in the runup to today's Tokachi 24-hour endurance race (which will be well underway by the time you read this).
The Supra HV-R, a converted Super GT racer that's powered by a 480-horsepower V8 augmented by a regenerative braking system, a pair of in-wheel electric motors in front and a single motor in back, took the pole for the race. Barring any mechanical or on-track mishaps, we would not be surprised to see the HV-R in the mix for the overall win when the checkered flag comes waves late tonight/tomorrow morning.
[Source: SARD]
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