The ABB New York City ePrix is a chance for Formula E to race in front of one of the most dramatic backdrops in racing: the Manhattan skyline. [credit: Glenn Dunbar / LAT Images ] Formula E, the electric car racing series, is back in Brooklyn this coming weekend. It’s the series’ first time back […]
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Why did the flywheel hybrid system never catch on for road cars?
Enlarge / Why did the flywheel hybrid never catch on for road cars? (credit: GKN/Jonathan Gitlin) When a Speed network television crew interviewed Margo T. Oge, then-director of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality, during the 10-hour long 2010 Petit Le Mans Series race at Road Atlanta, Porsche’s experimental 911 GT3 […]