Nissan says they will return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2014, with an electric race car. Maybe. The press release isn’t precise enough to be certain, but it did promise an “all-new race car incorporating electric technology.” Nismo LEAF RC Electric Race Car That’s enough to make…
For the 6 Hours of Bahrain, Audi switched the team lineup to race with two Audi R18 e-tron quattro hybrid race cars. In prior 2012 endurance races, the team had raced with a split lineup: The Audi R18 ultra is a conventional LMP sports car with a TDI engine, while…
In the 6-Hours of Bahrain, in the FIA World Endurance Championship series, Audi won the 1st and 2nd podium spots with the Audi R18 e-tron quattro. The team had switched to an all-hybrid team for the Bahrain race, and while the regular Audi R18 race car was giving excellent results, the…
Toyota Hybrid Racing has racked up the teams first win in the FIA World Endurance Championship race, the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo, this weekend. The win was with the TS030 Hybrid race car, a car that has been in only 3 races so far, and which already won a…
Czech scooter company AKUMOTO is claiming to have set a world record for the longest distance covered by an electric scooter in 24 hours. The endurance run was made during European Mobility Week, the 19-20th of September 2011, at the Prague Strašnice. The team rode the electric scooter 1136.3 kilometers, or…
