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With the advent of highly-complicated hybrid power systems taking over the current season of the Formula One World Championship and Mercedes-Benz being at the front of the pack when it comes to innovation and successes in this area, Daimler's CEO envisions that this type of technology could soon be found under the hoods of road-going Mercedes-Benz vehicles as well.
“We still have some relatively big displacements engines with no turbo, but in the longer run we will see the same [F1-inspired] development on our upper-end production cars.” Dieter Zetsche recently told Automotive News Europe.
As some of you know, in 2014 Formula One cars have switched from 2.4-liter naturally-aspirated V8 engines to 1.6-liter turbocharged V6 powerplants helped by turbochargers and electric motors.
“Despite using 30 percent less fuel, having less-efficient aerodynamics by regulation and so on, we obtained lap times that are as fast as last year, so we have accomplished what we have targeted as far as performance is concerned.” Zetsche said about the new hybrid single-seaters.
So far, the Mercedes-AMG F1 W05 Hybrid seems to hold the winning cards when it comes to both innovation and power advantage compared with the other two engine makers, Ferrari and Renault.
The Anglo-German team has gone so far as to create a unique arrangement of the exhaust gas-powered and electric-assisted turbocharger on their car's “hybrid power unit”, a solution which gives them an valuable advantage over all the other Formula One teams.
Whether that type of technology will be found on Mercedes-Benz road vehicles as soon as the upcoming four or five years remains to be seen, but Dieter Zetsche is confident that their “civilian” cars will be able to benefit from the car maker's participation in Formula One quicker than ever.
As some of you know, in 2014 Formula One cars have switched from 2.4-liter naturally-aspirated V8 engines to 1.6-liter turbocharged V6 powerplants helped by turbochargers and electric motors.
“Despite using 30 percent less fuel, having less-efficient aerodynamics by regulation and so on, we obtained lap times that are as fast as last year, so we have accomplished what we have targeted as far as performance is concerned.” Zetsche said about the new hybrid single-seaters.
So far, the Mercedes-AMG F1 W05 Hybrid seems to hold the winning cards when it comes to both innovation and power advantage compared with the other two engine makers, Ferrari and Renault.
The Anglo-German team has gone so far as to create a unique arrangement of the exhaust gas-powered and electric-assisted turbocharger on their car's “hybrid power unit”, a solution which gives them an valuable advantage over all the other Formula One teams.
Whether that type of technology will be found on Mercedes-Benz road vehicles as soon as the upcoming four or five years remains to be seen, but Dieter Zetsche is confident that their “civilian” cars will be able to benefit from the car maker's participation in Formula One quicker than ever.
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