Hybrid Technologies Shows 220mpg Supercar

Automotive X-Prize Entry

Hybrid Technologies 220mpg Supercar
Hybrid Technologies 220mpg Supercar
Hybrid Technologies 220mpg Supercar

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Spyshot-73

I can understand the Hybrid of cars , but isnt a supercar all about noise and speed etc that frighten grannys half to death lol? But then 220mpg thats amazing

May 29, 2008 4:00 pm

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lelu

Well, people just adore the R8 TDI so why not..

May 29, 2008 7:07 pm

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Bremen_Koenigsegg

No, sports cars are NOT "the thing to make hybrid technology go mainstream." Hybrid sports cars will only ever exist after hybrid technology has already been established; so far the entries for this Automotive X-Prize competition are failing to meet my expectations. It's nice to claim a range of 150 miles and show renderings of a textbook supercar shape, but where is the appeal? Appeal is the necessary ingredient in making something mainstream. This car, however... it's stupidity. Fast is nothing without flash, and flash is loud and bothersome -- everything hybrids are not. EVs and hybrids ought to be fast, innovative, frugal, and provide revolutionary practicality if they're ever to capture the imaginations of automotive enthusiasts and go mainstream.

May 29, 2008 6:42 pm

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Joe_Limon

I think you are stuck beleiving that all hybrid vehicles have to be stuck with smaller engines. Hybrid sports cars should use there gasoline powered counter parts, the hybrid aspect should be added ontop as a means to improve performance/effieciency of an already exhilerating vehicle. As long as they don't cut back to tiny 4 bangers hybrid supercars are a very logical starting point for hybrid technology.

May 29, 2008 7:05 pm

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Bremen_Koenigsegg

I suffer no such illusions about hybrid technology, but thanks for sharing your opinion. I agree with you; however, this is an Automotive X-Prize entry... therefore, it won't have a big engine. =P And electric sports cars are incredibly boring.

May 30, 2008 3:47 am

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Joe_Limon

check out the youtube video of the wrightspeed atom some time. For the performance, it is far far from a boring electric sports car.

May 30, 2008 7:19 pm

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Bremen_Koenigsegg

That Wrightspeed Atom is pretty crazy, no doubt, and I'm fully aware of the performance advantages to EVs. Electric sports cars, however, will never be able to compete with their petrol counterparts in any area but performance. And, ironically enough, that is not the main point of owning a sports car. (You'll notice ugly/conservative, quiet sports cars never sell very well.) EVs don't have transmissions; they don't have exhaust systems; they don't have nearly the same testosterone-based appeal as crude, brash internal combustion. I love EVs, but I'm not naive enough to think sports car variants will ever be more appealing than petrol-powered sports cars.

May 30, 2008 7:35 pm

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samuelzeus

This car looks like a toy made in China.

May 29, 2008 9:22 pm

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mps

Actually resembles the Carrera GT.

May 30, 2008 9:07 am

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