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McLaren gets first ever victory for a KERS-equipped race car

2009 has not been a good season for the McLaren team and defending world driving champion Lewis Hamilton. Nonetheless, the team – along with Ferrari – are the only ones still persevering with the new kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS). This weekend in Hungary, the efforts finally paid off with the first-ever victory for a car equipped with the hybrid electric drive system. The KERS evidently helped Hamilton to immediately pick up two places before the first turn as he moved from his fourth qualifying position to second. After ... Read more →

Williams will likely never race flywheel KERS, may have commercial application Sam Abuelsamid

The Williams Formula One team developed one of the most unusual approaches to a hybrid KERS (kinetic energy recovery system) but it looks increasingly unlikely that the system will ever be used in ...

Only four cars to run KERS at Monaco Grand Prix Sam Abuelsamid

The ongoing debate among Formula one teams over whether to run kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) continues as those teams head to the streets of Monaco this weekend. While as many as eight cars ...

Renault still using KERS this weekend, wants it banned for 2010 Sam Abuelsamid

The Formula One circus has landed in Bahrain this weekend and the controversies surrounding kinetic energy recovery systems are continuing. Four of ten teams are apparently using KERS this week ...

SAE 2009: Torotrak mechanical flywheel KERS, likely coming to next Jaguar XJ Sam Abuelsamid

Adding an electric motor and battery to a vehicle is just one of many ways to create a hybrid. We've seen hydraulic hybrids being tested in a variety of commercial vehicle applications. Torotrak has ...

What is regenerative braking? 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ah, fire. One of humanity's oldest ways to generate energy. Technically, you could generate energy by burning brake pads, as seen in the picture above (thanks, Flickr!), but automotive engineers have managed to come up with a way to use brakes to generate energy without going up in flames. The ...

As Formula 1 prepares to launch KERS, safety concerns mount 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The opening of the 2009 Formula one season is only a month away in Melbourne, Austraiia and, for the first time, teams will be able to compete with KERS hybrid drive systems aboard. It's not clear yet how many of the teams are actually ready to run their systems, but there is one big concern: ...

Ferrari Formula 1 KERS system more expensive than estimated 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

All of the teams in Formula One have spent a significant portion of 2008 developing and testing the new Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) that will debut in 2009. Among the teams there is a mix of two basic types of systems, a mechanical flywheel-based system and electrical battery-based ...

BMW tries to explain what went wrong with KERS in testing 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Apparently, the problems that BMW Sauber had with its Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) are completely correctable. The racing team also believes that its mechanics and drivers were never in any real danger despite the high voltage system carried by the Formula 1 car. It seems that there was ...

KERS Formula 1 hybrid system will not be delayed 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Kinetic Energy Recovery System will indeed be affixed to the powertrains of Formula 1 cars in 2009. The issue of whether the hybrid system should be delayed was recently brought up, with Renault calling a meeting of all the teams together to discuss the problem. It seems that BMW, Honda and ...

BMW considering KERS for M Division? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Although BMW's Formula 1 team has had its fair share of troubles getting the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) to work properly, those minor setbacks may not be enough to stop the Bavarian automaker from using a similar system for its line of high performance M Division vehicles. The ...

Hybrid pioneer Toyota may not have F1 hybrid ready in time for 2009 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota may have lead the way to mass-market hybrid vehicles with its Prius, but that institutional knowledge is apparently not helping it on the Formula One circuit. While Toyota reportedly spends more money on its F1 program than any other team (and perhaps several small countries) it has yet to ...


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