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• in Sports
  KERS Use in Formula One 2011
  The Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems is re-introduced for the 2011 Formula One season. Explore how it works, why it failed previously and the effect on races so far this year.
  by marvynh / on May 2, 2011
• in Autos
  Ferrari's 612 HP Hybrid
  New speedster expected to double fuel economy
  by profoundmen / on Feb 1, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “kers”

 

• MaKers LDN Appoints Coffin On Cake PR

  
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  Coffin on Cake announces that they have been appointed by MaKers LDN to handle...
  3 days ago

• What Can Kinetic Energy Recovery [KERS] Do for a Volvo S60?

  
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  You might associate the Kinetic Energy Recovery System [KERS] with high-end Formula 1 race cars, but Volvo isn’t leaving it just for the track. In fact, many track-tested technologies find their way into production vehicles, such as dual-overhead camshafts and tire technology. Volvo’s S60 KERS engineering ...
  3 days ago

• Volvo S60 KERS Flywheel Hybrid Concept Gets Driven

  
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  Swedish automaker Volvo has been pushing the envelope of safety technology for decades, but the last few years have seen the company start pushing green technology. In addition to advanced research projects like Volvo’s XC60 Plug-in Hybrid concept, the C30 Electric coupe, and the company’s flywheel hybrid system ...
  4 days ago

• McLaren P1 VS LaFerrari, What You Said…

  
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  They are two of the most anticipated cars to be produced in the past decade. The Formula One super powers of McLaren and Ferrari have again built what they feel is the best road going rocket ships they can. Both have obscene amounts of power, both have more technology onboard than the space shuttle and both claim to ...
  1 week ago

• Twizy Renault Sport F1 Concept: The Spawn of an F1 Car and a Golf Cart

  
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  Like I said yesterday, KERS are everywhere .  Volvo, Porsche, Audi, Ferrari.  It seems like everyone is hopping on the Kinetic Energy Recovery System bandwagon.  Who can blame them?  Its potentially game-changing hybrid technology.  Next on deck is Renaults offering.  In an effort to win the prize for the ...
  2 weeks ago

• F- KERS at Volvo... er... I Mean... Volvo Tests a Flywheel Kinetic Energy Recovery System

  
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  I can see why Volvo doesnt refer to their experimental Flywheel KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) by the acronym F-KERS (although it would make for hilarious interviews).  But, all giggling aside, weve been hearing a lot of KERS lately.  Ferrari has one in the LaFerrari .  Porsche is putting one in their ...
  2 weeks ago

• Renault Twizy F1 Concept Shows What F1 KERS Can Do in a Production Vehicle

  
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  We wouldn’t expect this to hit the road any time soon [or at all], but when F1 engineers get ahold of the Renault Twizy supercompact electric vehicle, the results are pretty impressive. Really, a lot of race technology finds its way into the vehicles we drive every day, and we’re not driving anywhere near the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Volvo’s Kinetic Energy Recovery System Tested: 25% Fuel Savings

  
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  Volvo has been working since 2011 to implement this technology in street-legal cars, and it has now been confirmed that the KERS system they will use in future alternative hybrid cars (these have come to have alternatives, too) will provide fuel savings of about 25 percent to owners, while decreasing emissions. High ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Twizy Renault Sport F1 Joke

  
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  Concept cars are known for crazy ideas that have nothing to do with the cars we usually drive, but the Twizy Renault Sport F1 takes this one step further. Engineers from Renaultsport incorporated the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  3 weeks ago

• Volvo Flywheel KERS technology boosts power and efficiency

  
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  Volvo says its extensive development and testing of kinetic flywheels has confirmed the technology is a lightweight, eco-friendly and financially viable solution for improving the performance of its future production vehicles. The Swedish manufacturer says that when combined with a turbocharged four-cylinder engine, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Renault Twizy RS F1 concept: racecar-inspired city car unleashed

  
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  Half electric city car, half Formula One car, all awesome; the Renault Twizy RS F1 concept is the latest example of the French manufacturer’s passion to bring racing technology to the road. From the same alliance that brought us the Nissan Juke R , the Twizy Renaultsport F1 concept blends two ends of the ...
  4 weeks ago

• RENAULT TWIZY F1

  
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  How do you get attention nowadays in a world full of Tweets, status updates, news flashes every tenth of a second? Well, you do something bonkers. Like the Renault Twizy F1 Concept. Renault has applied F1 KERS technology to its electric city car, the Twizy, to come up with a really bonkers one-off concept. The Twizy ...
  4 weeks ago

• TWIZY RENAULT SPORT F1 CONCEPT

  
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  Renault has chosen the Twizy manufacturing plant in Valladolid, Spain, to present its new Twizy Renault Sport F1 concept car. This fun take on the brand’s electric urban compact features muscular styling and impressive performance credentials to serve as a bridge between the world of F1 technology and that of ...
  4 weeks ago

• Official: Twizy Renault Sport F1 is a racy EV that defies categorization

  
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  Filed under: Concept Cars , Motorsports , Performance , Renault , Specialty , Electric It recently came out that Porsche mulled a return to Formula One but chose a return to Le Mans instead, citing F1 technologys lack of relevance to its road cars. Well Porsche, take this: the Twizy Renault Sport ...
  4 weeks ago

• Renault’s Twizy goes F1 mental!

  
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  I love it when a car maker produces something which we’ve all secretly dreamed of, but never dared hoped for. This Ladies and Gentlemen, is one of Renault’s fastest cars – as quick from zero to 62mph as the Mégane Renaultsport 265. The Twizy F1 is inspired by motorsport’s premier formula, not just in its ...
  4 weeks ago

• Renault Twizy F1 Concept Packs KERS Power Boost

  
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  Are car manufacturers becoming a bit sober? A bit boring in comparison to their younger selves? Gone are the days of mega hatchbacks spawned from Group-B rally cars and in their place sits machines that only ever seem to put on weight. Renualt have gone all out to show the world that they haven’t lost their sense of ...
  4 weeks ago

• Renault Unveils Twizy Renault Sport F1 Concept Car

  
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  Renault has chosen the Twizy manufacturing plant in Valladolid, Spain, to present its new Twizy Renault Sport F1 concept car. This half-serious take on the brand’s electric urban compact vehicle exhibits styling cues borrowed from the world of F1. The vehicle sits on the wheels of a single-seater race car and is ...
  4 weeks ago

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