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Written by Vijay Pattni
Dendrobium has told TopGear.com that, since it showed off its 1,800bhp D1 at the Le Mans 24hrs last weekend, it"s had "several enquiries" about whether the fully electric hypercar could be hybridised in order to race in the forthcoming hypercar class at Le Mans. Which means this carbon-bodied, 1,750kg wasp could go toe-to-toe with the likes of the Aston Martin Valkyrie, Toyota"s wild hypercar, and whatever else crops up in the meantime. Company boss Nigel Gordon-Stewart told us how the D1 had been designed from the start to potentially offer both a fully electric powertrain, or a hybrid one. "I"ve just been reading the ACO regulations for 2020 and 2021 [about the hypercar class], and the idea of a hybrid solution is actually quite appealing," he said. "I spoke to Steve Randall (D1 chassis engineer) and asked him, what if you do two cars? What about one that"s electric and one that"s hybrid?"
Date written: 22 Jun 2019
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ID: 16094
Dendrobium has told TopGear.com that, since it showed off its 1,800bhp D1 at the Le Mans 24hrs last weekend, it"s had "several enquiries" about whether the fully electric hypercar could be hybridised in order to race in the forthcoming hypercar class at Le Mans. Which means this carbon-bodied, 1,750kg wasp could go toe-to-toe with the likes of the Aston Martin Valkyrie, Toyota"s wild hypercar, and whatever else crops up in the meantime. Company boss Nigel Gordon-Stewart told us how the D1 had been designed from the start to potentially offer both a fully electric powertrain, or a hybrid one. "I"ve just been reading the ACO regulations for 2020 and 2021 [about the hypercar class], and the idea of a hybrid solution is actually quite appealing," he said. "I spoke to Steve Randall (D1 chassis engineer) and asked him, what if you do two cars? What about one that"s electric and one that"s hybrid?"
Date written: 22 Jun 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16094