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BMW gives up on KERS for the remainder of the 2009 F1 season

After using its KERS hybrid system on and off through the first half of the 2009 Formula One season, the BMW-Sauber team has decided enough is enough. The team will shelve the system through the remainder of the year while it focuses on aerodynamic development. In spite of the utter lack of success using the kinetic energy recovery systems this year, team boss Mario Theissen said the development process has been useful for the company's production hybrids. Lessons learned in developing the electric hybrid system on the race cars has been ... Read more →

Mercedes engineer says KERS 'not relevant to road cars' Jeremy Korzeniewski

Of the ten teams competing in this year's Formula 1 championship, McLaren-Mercedes is the only one that's equipped both of its cars with a kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) for every single ...

Confirmed: Ferrari testing hybrid powertrain in 599 prototype Jeremy Korzeniewski

One of the stated reasons that automakers send prototype race cars around tracks at high rates of speed is to further the development of new technology for their road-going automobiles. There's ...

BMW Sauber discovers cause of KERS shock Jeremy Korzeniewski

According to Team BMW Sauber, it has "concluded their investigations into the KERS incident at Jerez." Incident? You mean that time when one of your mechanics was literally thrown to the ground ...

VIDEO: Shocking! See F1 mechanic getting zapped by KERS system Jeremy Korzeniewski

Follow the jump to watch the video Anybody who wants to know why Formula 1 teams are reconsidering using the Kinetic Energy Recovery System, or KERS need only watch the video embedded after the jump. ...

BMW gives up on KERS for the remainder of the 2009 F1 season 5 months ago on Autoblog

After using its KERS hybrid system on and off through the first half of the 2009 Formula One season, the BMW-Sauber team has decided enough is enough. The team will shelve the system through the remainder of the year while it focuses on aerodynamic development. In spite of the utter lack of success ...

Mercedes engineer says KERS 'not relevant to road cars' 7 months ago on Autoblog

Of the ten teams competing in this year's Formula 1 championship, McLaren-Mercedes is the only one that's equipped both of its cars with a kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) for every single race of the season. Whether the 60 kW power boost has helped or not is open to debate, but it's at ...

Confirmed: Ferrari testing hybrid powertrain in 599 prototype 8 months ago on Autoblog

One of the stated reasons that automakers send prototype race cars around tracks at high rates of speed is to further the development of new technology for their road-going automobiles. There's no higher form of automotive motorsport than Formula 1, so it stands to reason that fuel-saving ...

BMW Sauber discovers cause of KERS shock 1 year ago on Autoblog

According to Team BMW Sauber, it has "concluded their investigations into the KERS incident at Jerez." Incident? You mean that time when one of your mechanics was literally thrown to the ground after doing nothing more than touching your car? Right, that one. If you are truly interested in reading ...

VIDEO: Shocking! See F1 mechanic getting zapped by KERS system 1 year ago on Autoblog

Follow the jump to watch the video Anybody who wants to know why Formula 1 teams are reconsidering using the Kinetic Energy Recovery System, or KERS need only watch the video embedded after the jump. So far, there have been two incidents of KERS failures, the first requiring the U.K. Red Bull team ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

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