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McLaren looking for hybrid powertrain engineer

McLaren has put up a job posting for a Senior Engineer for Powertrain Hybrid Technology on its official website, which may offer a few clues as to where the automaker may be heading in the near future for its road cars. The listing rather obviously indicates that the automaker is hard at work on hybrid powertrans, though it's not clear what kind of technology the British sportscar company is investigating. One possibility is that McLaren will attempt to adapt the KERS system from its Formula 1 race cars for street use. It's widely agreed ... Read more →

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Mercedes-Benz with KERS? Don't hold your breath Jeremy Korzeniewski

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McLaren aims for "eco-friendly" supercar in 2011 Sam Abuelsamid

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Gordon Murray's Type-25 city car gets fleshed out Jeremy Korzeniewski

Since first hearing that ex-McLaren F1 supercar designer Gordon Murray had left the famous racing company to create his own design house and that its first product was to be a revolutionary city car, ...

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Who says car factories have to be dirty? Volkswagen built a car factory in the middle of the city of Dresden called the Transparent Factory. The factory actually replaced a convention center and attracts tourists and people wanting to buy a car. The factory workers wear white, there is no pollution ...

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