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The Toyota Yaris Hybrid-R was on display at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. Toyota announced it as a 400hp car that would take inspiration from the TS030 Le Mans car.
The Yaris Hybrid-R uses an FIA Global Race Engine-spec 1.6-liter four-cylinder turbocharged engine with 300hp, which is very similar to the engines used in the World Touring Car Championship. It also gets three, 60hp electric motors – one located in each rear wheel and one between the engine and transmission. Toyota says that the system gives a total system power of 420hp. With a motor in each wheel, it also gives it an intelligent all-wheel drive system that can direct some of the car’s power wherever it is needed. The electric motors get their power from an ultra capacitor-based charging system that has been adapted from the TS030.
Compared to the NiMh battery in the standard Yaris Hybrid, the ultra capacitor is smaller, lighter, faster charging and has a higher power density...
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