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Zytek gets powertrain innovation prize for its racing hybrid/KERS

Zytek Engineering of the UK has been involved in the development of hybrid drive systems since at least the mid-1990s and motorsports has been part of the effort much of that time. This week, Zytek was honored for its efforts at the Professional Motorsport World Expo. Zytek developed the hybrid system that was raced by Panoz Motorsports twice in 1999 and, more recently, it developed the KERS-hybrid system used in the McLaren Mercedes MP4-24 Formula One car this year as well as the system used by Corsa Motorsports in its American Le Mans ... Read more →

Corsa Motorsports hybrid finishes 3rd overall at Lime Rock ALMS race Sam Abuelsamid

This weekend's American Le Mans Series race at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut was an important one for the series that promotes itself as the leader in "Green Racing." The Corsa Motorsports team ...

Corsa Motorsports delays hybrid ALMS car until 2009 Sam Abuelsamid

Just over a month ago at the Detroit Grand Prix weekend, Corsa Motorsports announced its intention compete in the ALMS LMP1 class with a hybrid-powered race car built in England by Zytek. The new car ...

Corsa Motorsports ready to go for 1st ALMS Green Challenge Sam Abuelsamid

Next weekend marks the tenth running of the Petit Le Mans endurance race at Road Atlanta and the debut of the Green Challenge in the American Le Mans Series. The usual suspects like Audi and Peugeot ...

Saturn could get a model below the Astra Sam Abuelsamid

2007 Opel Corsa Saturn started off selling only compact cars when the original S-Series was introduced in 1990. Now that the Ion is no longer in production, the GM division's smallest vehicle is the ...

Honda Civic Hybrid named U.K.'s greenest car again 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The United Kingdom's Environmental Transport Association (ETA) annual awards have named the Honda Civic Hybrid Britain's greenest car for the second straight year. Finishing ahead of the Vauxhall Corsa 13.CTDi and Toyota Yaris 1.4 Diesel, the Civic won out for its superior combination of engine ...

Vauxhall Corsa VXR to be unveiled in Geneva 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

You may have already seen pictures of the Vauxhall Corsa, but now they have released their performance version, the VXR. This car proves what you already probably knew: being greener does not have to mean being boring. The car looks cool, in my opinion, in the European hot-hatch sort of way. Like ...

GM Gamma small car platform going global 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Currently the smallest cars that GM builds in various regions are all based off completely different platforms. The Opel Corsa is a completely different animal from the Chevrolet Aveo, for example. GM has been making many of their other platforms global including the Epsilon (Opel Vectra, Chevy ...

GM bringing Opel Corsa to US market 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

At the Paris Motor Show, General Motors Product guru Bob Lutz, confirmed to reporters that the next generation Opel Corsa will in fact come to the US market. Unfortunately since Opel just introduced a redesigned Corsa in Europe that is not designed to to meet US regulations, it'll be the next ...


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