IToyota Gazoo Racing yethule i-TS050 Hybrid ebuyekeziwe ye-2017 World Endurance Championship (WEC).
KuseMonza Circuit lapho kwaToyota Gazoo Racing bekhangise okokuqala ngemoto yabo entsha yomncintiswano, i I-Toyota TS050 Hybrid . Ngemuva kwesiphetho esimangalisayo ngo-2016, iqembu - elakhiwe abashayeli uMike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi kanye noJosé María López, phakathi kwabanye - bathatha umgomo wokufeza ukunqoba kwabo kokuqala eLe Mans.
I-Toyota TS050 Hybrid iwumphumela womzamo ohlangene wezikhungo zobuchwepheshe zomkhiqizo e-Higashi-Fuji nase-Cologne futhi ivuselelwe ngokujulile, kuqalwa ngenjini:
“I-2.4 litre V6 bi-turbo block, ehlanganiswe ne-8MJ hybrid system iqinisekisa ukusebenza kahle kokushisa, ngokwanda kwesilinganiso sokucindezela ngenxa yegumbi elivuthayo eliklanywe kabusha, ibhulokhi elisha kanye nekhanda lesilinda.”
Ngokuqondene nesistimu ye-hybrid, amayunithi kagesi ejeneretha kagesi (MGU) ancishiswa ngosayizi nesisindo, kuyilapho ibhethri ye-lithium-ion nayo yavela. Ukuqedela ukulungiswa kwenkathi entsha, onjiniyela bakwaToyota bathuthukise cishe yonke indawo ye-chassis ye-TS050 Hybrid.
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Ngenxa yezizathu zokuphepha kanye nokwandisa isikhathi e-Le Mans, imithetho ye-WEC ka-2017 ihlose ukunciphisa ukusebenza kahle kwe-aerodynamic. Ku-Toyota TS050 Hybrid, lokhu kwaphoqa umqondo omusha we-aerodynamic. Ukuguqulwa okuphawuleka kakhulu i-diffuser yangemuva ewumngcingo, "ikhala" eliphakanyisiwe kanye nesihlukanisi sangaphambili, nezinhlangothi ezifushane.I-World Endurance Championship iqala ngo-Ephreli 16 e-Silverstone.