Porsche 918 Spyder High-Performance Concept

Porsche 918 Spyder High-Performance Concept front view

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Porsche 918 Spyder High-Performance Concept rear view

Porsche 918 Spyder High-Performance Concept top view

Porsche 918 Spyder High-Performance Concept side view

Stuttgart. The presentation of a high-performance mid-engine sports car concept with an ultra-efficient, low-emission driving, Dr.-Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, further increasing the company’s performance in hybrid technology.
The 918 Spyder prototype combines high-tech racing features and electro-mobility offer a fascinating range of varieties: An emission level of only 70 grams of CO2 per kilometer fuel consumption of three liters per 100 kilometers (equivalent to 94 mpg Imp) really well, even for an ultra-compact city car, on the one hand, accelerated in conjunction with the benefit of a super sports car from a standstill to 100 km / h in below 3.2 seconds, top speed 320 km / h (198 mph) plus, and one lap on the Nordschleife of the Nurburgring in under 7:30 minutes, even faster than the Porsche Carrera GT, on the other side.
The 918 Spyder is one of three Porsche models with hybrid drives its world premiere at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. This trio – to the Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid SUV with full parallel hybrid drive, the 911 GT3 R hybrid race car with electric propulsion on the front axle and flywheel battery and the two-seater high-performance mid-918 Spyder engine plug-in hybrid sports car shows – well, not just the large bandwidth of this new drive technology, but also the innovation of Porsche as a true pioneer of the hybrid drive. The 918 Spyder highly innovative concept car combines intelligent Performance Porsche technology, high-tech motor racing and classic, modern design, but a truly convincing explanation. The Porsche 918 Spyder with plug-in hybrid offers the performance of a thoroughbred sports car, the fuel consumption of only three liters per 100 km in the NEDC, which corresponds to CO2 emissions of 70 g / km.
This open two-seater is powered by a V8 engine with high-speed development of more than 500 HP and maximum speed 9200 rpm engine and electric motors on the front and rear with mechanical total output of 218 hp (160 kW).
The V8 engine is an evolution of the highly successful 3.4-liter engine already in the RS Spyder racing car and placed amidships on the back, so that the car is good right set-up for superior performance on the track because of his balance.
Power is transferred to the wheels via a seven-speed double-clutch gearbox Porsche transferred the power from the electric power and feed to the rear axle. The front-drive electric motor drives the rear wheels via a transmission company.
The energy reservoir is a liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery behind the passenger compartment. The main advantage of a plug-in hybrid is that the battery can be charged to the regular grid. Another point is that the car is fed, the kinetic energy into electrical energy converted into the battery during braking, thus providing additional energy for the fast and dynamic acceleration.

to run a button on the steering wheel drivers from four different modes: the E-Drive mode for running the car under power alone, can choose a maximum range of 25 km or 16 miles. In the hybrid mode uses 918 Spyder two electric motors and internal combustion engine as a function of driving conditions and requirements and offers a number of particularly economical way to get the extra performance.
The sport-mode hybrid system uses both, but with a focus on performance. Most of the torque goes to the rear wheels, torque vectors are also used to improve the race cars go dynamics.In hybrid mode, the drive systems are designed for pure performance with the highest standard of driving dynamics designed on the track, to the limit to their power and dynamic performance. is sufficiently charged with battery, a push to pass button in additional electrical feed (E-Boost), for example when overtaking or for even better performance.
The hybrid-drive offers this wide spectrum of different modes and applications, the 918 Spyder in a position either lap times comparable with those of a thoroughbred racing car – to reach as less than 7:30 minutes on the Nordschleife Nürburgring – whether at a more economical oriented style of driving, with a reduction in emissions of only 70 grams of CO2 per kilometer.
Like the powertrain, the lightweight body of the 918 Spyder also helps transfer the car DNA directly from motorsport: the modular structure, with its self-supporting body made from carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFP) and the correct use of magnesium and aluminum not only weight loss to less than 1490 kg or 3285 pounds, but riding high precision thanks to the very high torsional rigidity of the highly successful stiffness.Reminiscent, legendary race car protection, such as the Porsche 917 in Le Mans and the current Porsche RS Spyder, the 918 Spyder awakens with its concept so typical of Porsche strong emotions. The combination of racing greats, well-structured design with a perfectly balanced surfaces, and innovative details about creating a general pattern of the aesthetic, perfectly balanced harmony of the design full of power and dynamics. This is indeed the ideal synthesis of form and function after Porsche Design DNA.The good balance between tradition and progress, giving the car a powerful stance on the road in the combination of dimensions. offer variable aerodynamics of the typical Porsche both visionary and traditional highlights, especially around the rear spoiler. The distinctive rear hoods extend the head to meet again, not only with an aerodynamic feature on the 918 Spyder, but also for retractable vents with ram-air function.
The driver and front passenger are not only perfectly integrated into contoured sport bucket seats, but also of the cockpit with the synthesis of an efficient and ergonomic feature high-tech companies to preview offers the interior design, we may be able to see in super sports cars of the future. The detached three round dials for the speed of the road (left), speed (middle) and energy management (right) seems straight out of a race car in the 60s, with the unique philosophy of the driver so typical of Porsche orientation.
The center console extends the front of the 918 Spyder features a touch-sensitive interface for intuitive control of the functions of the car, which always reduce the number of visible controls on the principle of direct effect.

The control units for the driver and in particular the three-spoke multifunction sports steering wheel focus, while allowing the variable driving modes, again so typical of Porsche, supplemented by an amendment calling card to the driver-selectable drive programs and serve as the push-to-key Boost for E-Pass, for example when overtaking. Lighting of the instrument panel, switches from green to the end consumer-oriented mode to red for the performance-oriented programs are running.
The Spyder 918 comes with new innovative features, such as the Range Manager. Once it is enabled in the Display Center, uses the Range Manager in the map to navigate through the abundance of the vehicle can be achieved to cover, so of course the driver to reach dat be influenced by the right choice of the power and performance. In cities with environmental alarm areas of the Range Manager determines whether the driver state to a goal on electric power alone can achieve, is.
Use this information and disconnect with further information on the availability and location of power plants, the driver will then be able to choose his own style of governance, and the proper and complete battery charging strategy.
Provides a unique combination of extremely low power consumption, high performance and a long electric range, the Porsche 918 Spyder is an important milestone in Porsche’s approach to the real electron mobility.

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