Le Mans 24 Hours Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:02:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Audi E-tron R18 Hybrid Wins Le Mans Race, Toyota Pilots Crash Badly https://www.greenoptimistic.com/audi-e-tron-r18-hybrid-wins-le-mans-race-toyota-pilots-crash-badly-20120618/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/audi-e-tron-r18-hybrid-wins-le-mans-race-toyota-pilots-crash-badly-20120618/#respond Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:02:29 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=25068 World’s most advanced hybrid racing cars have confronted during this year’s 24-hour Le Mans. Audi, Toyota and Nissan brought their best hybrid cars powered by KERS flywheels and fossil fuels, but through an unfortunate series of events, the Audi E-tron R18 won the race. I’m not saying that the E-tron is a bad car, or […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/audi-e-tron-r18-hybrid-wins-le-mans-race-toyota-pilots-crash-badly-20120618/feed/ 0 25068 Le Mans Brings Toyota and Audi Face to Face in Hybrid Racing https://www.greenoptimistic.com/le-mans-hybrid-racing-audi-toyota-20120207/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/le-mans-hybrid-racing-audi-toyota-20120207/#respond Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:21:51 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=22296 When two almost legendary automakers compete against each other to steal the show at some event or other, sparks are set to fly all around the place. In about the same situation are Toyota and Audi, both setting high expectations at this year’s mid-June 24 Heures du Mans. For instance, Toyota is expected to resume […]

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