The Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Amalgam Le Mans-series chase car, aggressive in the top LMP1 chic consisting of the fastest cars to access the acclaimed adeptness alley antagonism series, showcases an agitative amalgam antagonism powertrain that could already afresh accommodate the way Le Mans alternation cars are produced and run.
Key to the amalgam technology acclimated in the new Peugeot 908 is a baby adorning amalgam motor and 10 array packs, stored aural the berth and beneath the floor, acceptance the Peugeot 908 to either run application consistently beneath ammunition or go into push-button "boost" mode, acceptance the disciplinarian up to 20 abnormal per lap with an added 80 electric motor-powered application on tap for casual maneuvers.
Like a Toyota Prius and added arid full-hybrid commuter cars, active activity created during braking is pumped through the powertrain and stored aural the batteries. Much different, though, is the Peugeot 908's adeptness to dump all this activity at once, bearing a huge addition in horsepower. Is this a new amalgam technology that will anon accomplish its way to road-going sports cars? We can alone dream...
The Peugeot Sport 908 HDi FAP LMP1 car is almost untested, accepting fabricated its admission appropriate at the end of the 2008 Le Mans-class antagonism season. Peugeot cars did able-bodied this season, though, actuality the aboriginal automaker in several years to accord a cogent claiming to Audi TDI cars in the top LMP1 class.
Like the Audi R10 cars, the 908 amalgam uses a V12 agent motor. A acknowledged 2008 antagonism division proves Audi is not the alone automaker to accomplish agent cars acknowledged in adeptness racing.
Peugeot Sport admiral accept bidding some agnosticism as to whether the 908 with amalgam technology will be accustomed to chase in abutting year's LMP1 class, admitting for the advance of the technology and apparent old acceptable racing, ALMS and Le Mans antagonism admiral would do able-bodied to acquiesce it.
