On a pathway through a paddock carved out of space between the Detroit River and the Motor City’s signature Renaissance Center machines representing the power of petrol make their way to the city-street track for this this weekend’s Detroit Grand Prix races.
Those sleek speed brutes aren’t all the same, however. A bright blue car sports a tag on its wing revealing it’s not only liquid fuel that will energize its high-performance engines.
That tag has just three words—“Hybrid electrified Bosch.” It signifies that racer is a LeMans Daytona hybrid vehicle powered by a standardized hybrid-electric system developed by German auto tech company Bosch in conjunction with the International Motor Sports Association, or IMSA.
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