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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 →

Zytek developed the Mercedes F1 KERS system Sam Abuelsamid

It turns out that when the time came for the McLaren-Mercedes Formula One team to develop a hybrid drive KERS for this year's car, it did not do the job in-house. Instead, it went to a specialist ...

Corsa Motorsports delays hybrid ALMS car until 2009 Sam Abuelsamid

Zytek gets powertrain innovation prize for its racing hybrid/KERS 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Zytek developed the Mercedes F1 KERS system 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

It turns out that when the time came for the McLaren-Mercedes Formula One team to develop a hybrid drive KERS for this year's car, it did not do the job in-house. Instead, it went to a specialist with perhaps more experience than anyone in developing such systems, Zytek. The UK engineering firm ...

Corsa Motorsports delays hybrid ALMS car until 2009 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 was supposed to debut this weekend at the Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta. Unfortunately, ...

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