Following its unveiling of the 908 in February, Peugeot Sport is displaying the diesel-hybrid version of the new car at the Geneva Motor Show. The newcomer has already been set ambitious targets for the 2011 racing season.
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| The 908 HYbrid. Click to enlarge. |
Peugeot Sport first unveiled the team’s demonstration hybrid car at Silverstone, in 2008. Peugeot Sport has continued to work on this technology in close collaboration with the Group’s engineers.
The system employed by the 908 HYbrid4 recovers and stores the kinetic energy generated under braking before feeding it back into the driveline during acceleration. Using this recovered energy in this way significantly improves the efficiency of the powertrain.
The system provides a power boost of 60kW (80hp) during the seconds that follow its redelivery. Recovered energy (500kJ between two braking phases) is stored in lithium-ion batteries before being automatically fed to the rear wheels under acceleration (no push to pass function). It will be possible to run in electric mode only along the pit-lane, and it is this mode that will be used for the car’s homologation.
Peugeot Sport intends to run the car at the official pre-Le Mans 24 Hours test day at the French circuit on 24 April.
Source: Green Car Congress
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