Toyota Supra HV-R: first motor dace win with a hybrid car

Toyota's First Hybrid Race Win

Toyota made history last weekend by winning the Tokashi 24-Hour Race with its Supra HV-R hybrid race car. It is the first time ever that a Hybrid race car has won a competition.

The Supra??™s success follows an entry last year when Toyota was the first car manufacturer to enter a hybrid vehicle ??“ the Lexus GS450h ??“ into the Tokashi 24-Hour race which finished 17th overall. By entering hybrid systems into racing events, Toyota engineers hope to discover ways to make hybrid systems, most famously fitted to the Toyota Prius production car, more efficient

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