# Porsche 918 Spyder.... HYBRID **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 1, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851 "2010-03-01T16:52:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/41 "2011-01-10T21:38:30Z")
fuck that looks so damn good, and surprisingly close to the original rendering ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/42 "2011-01-11T06:23:33Z")
This is incredible more so than the way it looks :tup: > nside that ominous nuclear-reactor dome resides a carbon-fiber flywheel, which revolves inside a stator. Because the flywheel’s in a vacuum (no drag) and been loaded with magnetic material, it acts just like a electric motor/generator. When the current generated during braking reaches the flywheel, it increases the flywheel’s rotation speed from an idle state of around 20,000 rpm up to a maximum of 36,000 rpm, in the process storing electrical energy as kinetic energy. > The current generated from the flywheel powers those front-wheel motor/generators for an eight-second boost of 150kW (201 hp). The system can also initiate torque vectoring, distributing torque to each of the front wheels as needed to enhance traction. ---
**Author:** ![Re\_Ameyami](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/re_ameyami/32/5676_2.png) [@Re\_Ameyami](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Re_Ameyami)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/43 "2011-01-11T19:25:05Z")
thats what hybrids should be like ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/44 "2011-01-11T20:10:39Z")
is that reactor thing theory or a work in practice? ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/45 "2011-01-11T20:20:31Z")
It works right now :tup: ---------- Post added at 11:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:15 PM ---------- ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/46 "2011-01-12T07:13:34Z")
That is most sick. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/47 "2011-01-12T08:08:40Z")
I think flywheel stored energy is going to be big news this year. I was just reading this: [http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/efficiency/4337758?click=main\_sr](http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/efficiency/4337758?click=main_sr) And while searching for that to post came across PM explaining how the Porsche system works. > **[Porsche 911 + Flywheel = Fuel-Efficient Speed](https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/hybrid-electric/a6266/porsche-911-gt3r-hybrid-flywheel/)** > > Porsche's latest 911 race car uses an electric hybrid system with a flywheel for energy storage. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/48 "2011-01-12T08:33:25Z")
When this thing hits 88mph you’re gonna see some serious shit. ![http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/autopia/2011/01/S11_0017-660x439.jpg](http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/autopia/2011/01/S11_0017-660x439.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/49 "2011-01-12T08:45:19Z")
Meh, not a Mercedes. ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/50 "2011-01-12T08:51:04Z")
> [@Motocrossx23](#): > > Meh, not a Mercedes. hah. well played. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/51 "2011-01-12T09:10:08Z")
> [@bing](#): > > is that reactor thing theory or a work in practice? This system has been used and tested and banned in F1 over the last few years. I’m surprised to see this in use in a passenger car but maybe this doesn’t really count. Pretty cool technology but I think it’s going to be something like laser disc. Something similar but much more efficient will probably follow this very soon. ---
**Author:** ![BadnewsMike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/badnewsmike/32/7419_2.png) [@BadnewsMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BadnewsMike)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/52 "2011-01-12T10:11:29Z")
shot-gun ---
**Author:** ![Singh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@Singh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/53 "2011-01-12T10:14:51Z")
awesome, f1 technology at work. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/54 "2011-01-12T10:30:22Z")
haha “The 36,000 rpm flywheel sits next to the driver of the 918 RSR” ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/55 "2011-01-12T10:35:24Z")
> [@Carnut](#): > > This system has been used and tested and banned in F1 over the last few years. I’m surprised to see this in use in a passenger car but maybe this doesn’t really count. Pretty cool technology but I think it’s going to be something like laser disc. Something similar but much more efficient will probably follow this very soon. It was not banned in F1. The teams just agreed they did not want to use it for a season, it’s back as of this coming season (which starts in 60 or so days). Porsche also used this same setup, which was developed by Williams, in their GT3RSR Hybrid which has been running the VLN 24 hour as well as Petit LeMans last year. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/56 "2011-01-12T10:40:28Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > haha “The 36,000 rpm flywheel sits next to the driver of the 918 RSR” It’s not a flywheel in the traditional sense that it’s going to somehow disconnect and slice though the driver like a buzz saw. But maybe it could explode; ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/57 "2011-01-12T10:46:42Z")
> [@MPD47](#): > > It was not banned in F1. The teams just agreed they did not want to use it for a season, it’s back as of this coming season (which starts in 60 or so days). Porsche also used this same setup, which was developed by Williams, in their GT3RSR Hybrid which has been running the VLN 24 hour as well as Petit LeMans last year. I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/58 "2013-09-10T14:29:09Z")
887 HP, 85 to 94 MPG ![http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18znpo0zfvam7jpg/ku-bigpic.jpg](http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18znpo0zfvam7jpg/ku-bigpic.jpg) > **[The 887 HP Porsche 918 Spyder Will Get '85 To 94' MPG](https://jalopnik.com/the-887-hp-porsche-918-spyder-will-get-85-to-94-mpg-1279805586)** > > Did you know that the first time we ever saw the Porsche 918 Spyder was way back at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2010? It's really been around that long. You can be forgiven for not being surprised by its production debut today in Frankfurt, but... ---------- Post added at 05:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:03 PM ---------- ---
**Author:** ![sasquatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@sasquatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sasquatch)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/59 "2013-09-10T14:45:02Z")
Wasn’t this car supposed to be the underdog compared to the P1 and the LaFerrari? Looks like Mclaren and Ferrari have some serious work cut out for them… Wow ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851/60 "2013-09-10T15:21:35Z")
this looks night and day better than the BMW I8 [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/porsche-918-spyder-hybrid/79851.md?page=4)