The front-mounted electric motor would kick in as required to boost acceleration and hill-climbing performance.
Some, indeed, are already used in tandem with the lithium-ion batteries in electric cars to boost acceleration and recapture energy during so-called "regenerative" braking.
But it also injected new vim into rivalry on the track, letting drivers boost acceleration in short bursts when trying to overtake or avoid being overtaken.Some teams plumped for battery-based KERS akin to those in electric hybrids.
It includes a "push-to-pass" button that boosts acceleration by piling on the electrical power.Porsche expects the 918 Spyder to emit 70 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre travelled, which is about the same as the output of a tiny city car.
It can be applied directly to the rear wheels to boost acceleration, and it can be used to prepare the turbocharger system so it is ready to be used as soon as the driver presses the accelerator.
Instead of a typical turbo that delivers a blast of boosted acceleration and then requires a short shift around 5,000 or 6,000rpm, the California's linear build-up of thrust encourages drivers to chase the V8 dragon to a fairly impressive 7,500rpm peak.
A nickel-metal hydride battery stores the scavenged electrons for later use, boosting both acceleration and efficiency.
Tesla Easter eggs are a lot more interesting than most of those found in video games: case in point, its next one will boost the acceleration of the P100D variant of its Model S up to a 2.4-second 0-60 mph time with Ludicrous Mode, with a quarter-mile achievable in as little as 10.6 seconds.
The results indicated that under the same nozzle pressure drop, the liquid nitrogen jet presented better performance in abrasive particles acceleration and pressure boosting in perforation cavity than water jet.
In addition to a stop-start function, an electric motor gives the engine a boost during acceleration.
