Fast Company sits down with Michael Mauer, Porsche's head of design, to chat about the new supercar.
When Porsche announced last Spring that it plans to built a production version of the 918 plug-in hybrid Spyder supercar, green car buffs rejoiced. At this week's Detroit Auto Show, the luxury auto company upped the hybrid supercar ante with the 918 Rsr racecar, a modified version of the Spyder hybrid. Fast Company sat down with Michael Mauer, Porsche's head of design, at the Detroit Auto Show and talk about the new vehicle.
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The 918 Rsr features a a V-8 engine, an ultra-impressive 767 horsepower, and a 36,000 rpm electric flywheel power generator that gathers kinetic energy from the vehicle's wheels and converts it to electricity. Once sufficient electricity is gathered, drivers can press a button to release it for acceleration.
While the 918 Spyder is focused on both performance and fuel economy, the Rsr is "purely performance," explains Mauer.
When Porsche announced last Spring that it plans to built a production version of the 918 plug-in hybrid Spyder supercar, green car buffs rejoiced. At this week's Detroit Auto Show, the luxury auto company upped the hybrid supercar ante with the 918 Rsr racecar, a modified version of the Spyder hybrid. Fast Company sat down with Michael Mauer, Porsche's head of design, at the Detroit Auto Show and talk about the new vehicle.
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The 918 Rsr features a a V-8 engine, an ultra-impressive 767 horsepower, and a 36,000 rpm electric flywheel power generator that gathers kinetic energy from the vehicle's wheels and converts it to electricity. Once sufficient electricity is gathered, drivers can press a button to release it for acceleration.
While the 918 Spyder is focused on both performance and fuel economy, the Rsr is "purely performance," explains Mauer.
- 1/11/2011
- by Ariel Schwartz
- Fast Company
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