World premiere of the new Porsche 911 Carrera GTS - Drivetrain system - video Dailymotion

World premiere of the new Porsche 911 Carrera GTS - Drivetrain system

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00:00Hi, Thomas. Hi, Clare.

00:03Tell me, the 911 Carrera GTS, it's a hybrid now. What did you do?

00:07The essential innovation is the electric turbocharger on the flat-six engine.

00:12It can do two different things.

00:14It delivers compressed air immediately to the engine to reduce the turbo lag to a minimum.

00:20And second, it recovers heat energy out of the exhaust gas to add even more power to the drivetrain.

00:25Does that mean as a driver I have to activate it?

00:28Not at all. The system reacts to throttle and brake only.

00:32You can visualize it like a puzzle with the flat-six engine and the electric turbocharger,

00:38the e-motor in the PDK and the high-performance battery in the front.

00:42When the control units put the piece together, what you get is a very exciting drive.

00:48So it automatically shuttles through the combinations depending on how I put my foot down?

00:53Exactly. When you need more power, the system reacts within split seconds,

00:57giving you more boost and torque fill up to 150 Nm for a faster and better acceleration.

01:04Of course, we can do mechanical recuperation when the car is slowing down or braking.

01:08And my favorite feature is the high-performance feature when you use the turbocharger

01:13to release extra energy running on full throttle or even on top speed.

01:18So even in this operating state, the turbocharger is able to recover energy to put it on the e-motor

01:25and if necessary, the battery joins in to put even more energy, releasing all the 541 horses.

01:33Thomas, that sounds like some amazing precision engineering. Thank you for that deep dive.

01:37But I've promised everyone for some race action.

01:40Unfortunately, we do have Matt Watson and a certain former Formula One driver

01:45and sports car world champion who are going to line up the 911 Carrera GTS

01:50and go head-to-head with its predecessor. Thomas, how do you think this will go?

01:54Let me put it this way, the data doesn't lie.

01:57Spoken like a true engineer.