
A veteran toy racing company is trading slots for smartphone-controlled RC cars
Andrew Liszewski
created: Aug. 13, 2025, 2:28 p.m. | updated: Aug. 13, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Carrera Hybrid currently features Porsche 911 GT3 R vehicles, but the company plans to expand with other licensed cars.
Image: CarreraInstead of drawing power from metal rails on the track, the Carrera Hybrid vehicles use rechargeable batteries good for about 30 minutes of racing.
They can be remotely driven anywhere, opening up new ways to overtake opponents.
The company says it spent the past few years developing the Carrera Hybrid.
Overdrive offered a lot of the same features and functionality of Carrera Hybrid, plus AI-controlled opponents, but Anki eventually shut down in 2019.
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