Japanese car-maker’s flagship racer and street automotive’s superior hybrid V6 makes aural debut
Toyota has launched a brand new sound-clip of the GR Super Sport hypercar’s state-of-the-art 500kW hybrid V6 revving to assist construct the anticipation for the Le Mans racer’s launch later this 12 months.
Created to compete within the new Le Mans hypercar class when it returns to racing within the 2022 World Endurance Championship, the brand new Toyota GR Tremendous Sport will compete alongside racers like the Peugeot HYBRID4 500KW.
Maybe much more thrilling for followers of the hypercar style, Toyota will construct a limited-run of 25 vehicles that may characteristic the car-maker’s superior mid-mounted 2.4-litre V6 hybrid powertrain.
With whole energy capped to 500kW and a minimal weight of 1100kg, the Toyota will likely be on-track to being one of many world’s quickest avenue vehicles, particularly following the revelation that with out the mandated energy restrict, the GR Tremendous Sport’s trick hybrid powertrain can produce greater than 735kW.
There’s no phrase but how Toyota’s hybrid powertrain works, however Peugeot has revealed its Le Mans racer’s, barely bigger, 2.6-litre V6 will get a single turbo and drives the rear wheels by way of a seven-speed sequential transmission.
Up entrance, a single electrical motor drives the entrance axle, producing round 200kW and drawing power from a 900-volt battery that sits within the centre of the automotive for optimum weight distribution.
Earlier than the race, the battery has been designed to be charged through a plug-in supply. However as soon as up and racing it’s self-charging, clawing again power throughout braking with the motive force able to adjusting how a lot regenerative braking is going on at any given time.
Complete energy for the French rival is 700kW, however in compliance with the new hypercar WEC guidelines, not more than 500kW can ever be deployed. The petrol powertrain is wound again to round 300kW till the battery is depleted, at which level it could possibly return to the total 500kW.
To make sure there’s no dishonest, sensors broadcast how a lot energy is being transmitted to all 4 wheels to the FIA in actual time throughout a race.
Different new guidelines for the category forbid the electrical motor for use at speeds lower than 120km/h – regs welcomed by lovers because it ensures that all-wheel drive race vehicles do not need a traction benefit over extra traditional rear-drive hypercars.
Toyota is predicted to drip feed extra particulars of its GR Tremendous Sport within the construct as much as its 2021 unveiling.
