{"id":36577,"date":"2026-08-23T08:45:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=36577"},"modified":"2026-08-23T08:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:45:06","slug":"freedom-250-is-hybrid-powered-how-indycar-signals-industry-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/freedom-250-is-hybrid-powered-how-indycar-signals-industry-direction","title":{"rendered":"Freedom 250 is hybrid-powered. How IndyCar signals industry direction."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/08\/21\/PDTN\/91401988007-indy-car-hybrid-newcaraersocreen.png?width=660&amp;height=372&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The 2027 IndyCar Dallara hybrid IR-28 chassis features an upgraded Aeroscreen for driver safety.\" width=\"532\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_pg_img_cap\"><em>The 2027 IndyCar Dallara hybrid IR-28 chassis features an upgraded Aeroscreen for driver safety.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>IndyCar<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">WASHINGTON \u2015 As the NTT IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix roars into the nation\u2019s capital this weekend, it coincides with the unveiling of the series\u2019 new, next-generation hybrid chassis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The success of the mild hybrid chassis in IndyCar the last two years has affirmed the decision by IndyCar\u2019s owner, Penske Entertainment, to go slow on motorsports electrification compared to the headlong rush to full electric by its European open-wheel peers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cWe didn\u2019t buy the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to run around there with electric cars,\u201d Penske Chairman Roger Penske famously told The Detroit News at the outset of this decade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/picture-gallery\/business\/autos\/2026\/08\/21\/2027-indycar-dallara-hybrid-ir-28-chassis\/91402093007\/\">Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2027 IndyCar Dallara hybrid IR-28 chassis features an upgraded Aeroscreen for driver safety. IndyCar WASHINGTON \u2015 As the NTT IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix roars into the nation\u2019s capital this weekend, it coincides with the unveiling of the series\u2019 new, next-generation hybrid chassis. The success of the mild hybrid chassis in IndyCar the last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36578,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36577\/revisions\/36578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}