I feel like there’s room for a follow up to my previous piece on the Le Mans Prototype 1-Hybrid subclass, now that there’s been additional news, including the news that Porsche is terminating their LMP1 program after this season is over. Continue reading “The case for both simplifying LMP1-H, and making it more complex”
My thoughts on the future of LMP1-H, after the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans
It’s been a day since the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and I’ve finally put my thoughts together on it. It was something else, nothing like I’ve ever seen before.
Before the 24 Hours of Le Mans, predictions were that Toyota would walk away with the race on both pace and reliability. Predictions were that the all-new and huge LMP2 field would have failures en masse, having shown mediocre reliability in the lead-up to Le Mans. And, fears were that the GTE-Pro field would have poor balance of performance, allowing someone to run away with it. Continue reading “My thoughts on the future of LMP1-H, after the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans”
A Primer on Hybrids, part 3
This post was originally written for Oppositelock, but with the potentially impending death of Kinja user blogs, I’m reposting it here.
I swear, this is the last part! If you haven’t read parts 1 and 2 (on degrees of hybridization and the various systems out there), I highly recommend doing so first. Today, I’m covering the energy storage systems used by hybrids.
Continue reading “A Primer on Hybrids, part 3”A Primer on Hybrids, part 2
This post was originally written for Oppositelock, but with the potentially impending death of Kinja user blogs, I’m reposting it here.
Yesterday, I posted a primer on the various degrees of hybridization, ranging from “micro hybrids”, to range-extended battery electrics. Here’s the follow-up, with coverage of the powertrain layouts of hybrids.
Continue reading “A Primer on Hybrids, part 2”A Primer on Hybrids, part 1
This post was originally written for Oppositelock, but with the potentially impending death of Kinja user blogs, I’m reposting it here.
As a hybrid enthusiast who’s noticed quite a few questions about hybrids here on Oppo (as well as on Jalopnik), I thought it might be useful to write up a primer on hybrid technology, the various configurations of hybrid systems that are out there, and what all of that means.
Continue reading “A Primer on Hybrids, part 1”2016 Toyota Prius: An Oppositelock Review
This post was originally written for Oppositelock, but I’m also posting it to my blog simultaneously.
Yes, a Prius review, on your Oppositelock. It’s more likely than you think. Continue reading “2016 Toyota Prius: An Oppositelock Review”