Showing themselves to be once again the marketing geniuses that created the successful Prius, Toyota released several photographs of the hybrid racer due to compete at Le Mans in June. The “sharkfin” behind the driver cockpit is clearly labeled “HYBRID,” and the normally-aspirated 3.4 liter V8 will connect to a capacitor storage system to recover [...]

Unbelievable? Porsche has produced a hybrid race car. The new 911 GT3 R Hybrid was revealed at the Geneva auto show this month. What sort of insanity is this? Well, maybe not insanity, but certainly a shocker. The R does not rely on traditional hybrid technology. Instead, it makes use of a new electro-mechanical flywheel [...]