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For $ 90K you can own either a Cadillac ELR electric hybrid sport coupe or a Tesla Model S. Which you choose depends on how you feel about your carbon footprint.

Susan Carpenter considers the what makes the Cadillac ELR luxury electric hybrid sport coupe special, apart from its premium price tag.

BMW has revealed another preproduction concept of its upcoming carbon - fiber - intensive i8 — this time as a spyder that presages an open - top version of the lightweight gasoline - electric hybrid sports car that is planned to follow its coupe sibling into showrooms in 2014.

Detroit Free Press» Mark Phelan reviews Cadillac's high - end luxury electric hybrid sports coupe.

Oman's official news daily reports that as an electric hybrid sports coupe, the BMW i8 offers» unparalleled fuel efficiency» that «takes nothing away from the thrill of driving a thoroughbred performance car.»

BMW i8: The Executive Exit Challenge EV World captures several automotive executives slipping into the BMW i8 electric hybrid sports car and then - humorously - trying to get back out.

I had been following Fisker since its founding four years earlier, and the company was on the cusp of delivering its first electric hybrid sports car, the Karma, to customers.

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Expect to see powerful sports cars, more S.U.V.s, a growing number of hybrids and all - electrics and a lot of beautiful sheet metal.

On the small cap side, Sympowerco's subsidiaries, HOSS Motor Sports and Highline Hydrogen Hybrids Systems, should offer operating holding corps for joint ventures and development of electric motor car solutions.»

The angular concept car sported a lot of modern - sounding tech: a hybrid electric / gas power train that drove all four wheels, an onboard computer with digital displays for everything from the speedometer to the radio, and electronic maps to help you navigate traffic snarls.

It's no sports car — or a Toyota Prius, for that matter — and the hybrid side of its personality still seems like a little bit of an afterthought (I drove with the lightest of all possible feet, and I rarely got the car to go full electric, despite not using any accessories or climate control), but it does its job well enough.

Essentially, it's a plug - in, turbo - diesel hybrid that sports an exceptionally long electric - power - only range.

Motor Trend recently got their hands on a 2015 BMW i8 for the latest episode of Ignition, and host Jonny Lieberman takes the exotic i8 hybrid through a full battery of testing and hard driving to see if this gas - electric coupe achieves true sports car status.

Reports suggest the hybrid Urus will sport an Iturbi V - 8 engine paired with electric motors for a combined output of 670 hp.

Reports from earlier this year suggest that the new Supra will likely be based on the same platform as the next BMW Z4, with power coming from either a BMW - sourced turbocharged engine or a hybrid drivetrain, possibly with front - wheel electric motors which could endow the rear - wheel - drive sports car with all - wheel drive.

Pushing the boundaries of high - performance technology today means something very different from what that original car embodied, so the formula for the New Sports eXperience is considerably different in the 2017 Acura NSX: The basics include a hybrid powertrain made up of three electric motors, a lithium - ion battery pack, a mid-mounted twin - turbocharged V - 6 engine and a dual - clutch nine - speed automatic transmission.

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The days of truly lightweight, minimalist, only - has - what - it - barely - needs sports cars came and went in the age of touchscreen multimedia systems, airbags for your kneecaps and hybrid - electric drivetrains.

Fitted with a 4 - litre V8 engine mated to an electric motor and battery pack, the hybrid sports car offers up in excess of 800bhp and Mercedes says it will sprint from 0 - 62mph in less than three seconds.

Our drive in the plug - in hybrid confirmed that two - electric motors and a four - cylinder petrol engine was more than a match for most large capacity sports cars.

In the wake of President - elect Trump's November victory, Ford Motor Company has canceled plans for a new Mexican assembly plant and will instead invest $ 700 million in its Flat Rock, Michigan, factory to build a 300 - plus mile small electric sport / utility by 2020, a hybrid - powered fully autonomous vehicle by 2021, and a hybrid Mustang in 2020, CEO Mark Fields announced Tuesday morning.

But the boxer configuration isn't the most emission friendly, and with Subaru already confirming an electric car for 2021 and its next Forester SUV expected to be offered with a hybrid powertrain, the Japanese firm may be forced to turn to hybrid technology if it's to continue to offer the outright performance expected of its sports saloon.

The reveal of the tweaked XC60 T8 comes shortly after Polestar announced that it will no longer just make hot versions of Volvo's road cars, but it will diversify into making its own hybrid and electric sports cars too.

All models offer five driving modes that include hybrid drive with comfort, sport, or eco pro, and all - electric driving in comfort or eco pro mode.

Whether in pure electric mode, normal hybrid mode, or sport mode, any movement of the throttle delivers a precise and predictable modulation of power.

As the crucial halo car for Honda's premium brand, the mid-engine Acura NSX will combine the magic of the original, aluminum - bodied NSX sports car with the technology of a hybrid whose electric motors power the front wheels and provide for torque vectoring, as well.

Japanese manufacturers don't seem to be afraid of applying sporting paraphernalia to their electric and hybrid models either after Toyota's widespread roll out of its Gazoo Racing performance sub-brand.

The Z5 will share its platform with the upcoming Toyota sports car (possibly dubbed Supra), although the two will not share any sheetmetal and the Japanese version may offer an all - wheel - drive hybrid platform using its electric motor technologies alongside BMW combustion engines.

Volvo will resuscitate its twelve - year - old, seven - passenger XC90 sport / utility flagship with a range of engines with no more than four cylinders and a plug - in hybrid version with 25 miles of electric - only range available in the all - new 2016 model.

It's no sports car — or a, for that matter — and the hybrid side of its personality still seems like a little bit of an afterthought (I drove with the lightest of all possible feet, and I rarely got the car to go full electric, despite not using any accessories or climate control), but it does its job well enough.

Both models offer five driving modes that include hybrid drive with comfort, sport, or eco pro, and all - electric driving in comfort or eco pro mode.

[31][32] The concept vehicle named after Alessandro Volta, the Italian physicist who invented the battery (and the namesake of the volt unit of measurement), was officially unveiled at the 2004 Geneva Motor Show as a study of a hybrid electric sports car.

The V60 gas / electric Plug - in Hybrid will sport an electric motor producing 70 hp, along with a four - cylinder gasoline engine, resulting in a total power output of 350 hp.

It also builds on the existing V6 - hybrid Panamera model, with four driving modes (electric, hybrid, sport plus and boost) to drive electric anti-roll bars, optional four - wheel steering, and launch control, among other features.

In this case, «hybrid» and «sport» do go hand in hand, thanks to a sophisticated system that pairs a V6 with three electric motors and an impressive all - wheel - drive system.

Highlights: First hybrid sport sedan from Porsche4 - passenger cabinGasoline - electric hybrid powerplant3.

Critical Knowledge: Completely redesigned for 2011New 8 - speed automatic transmissionSupercharged 3.0 - liter V - 6 engineLonger wheelbase increases interior roomNew all - wheel - drive systemNew electric power steeringGreen Facts: Lighter and more fuel efficientGasoline - electric hybrid powerplantAuxiliary 47 - horsepower electric motorAll - electric speeds up to 40 mphUnique hybrid «sailing» technologyIntroduction Originally launched in 2003, the Cayenne sport utility vehicle was a marked departure from the generations of Porsche sports cars that preceded it.

If you want to experience the performance and luxury of a BMW, but in an eco-friendly package, then you'll be very impressed with the BMW i models, which includes the all - electric BMW i3 subcompact and the plug - in hybrid BMW i8 sports car.

BMW will show a concept for a plug - in electric diesel hybrid sports car alongside its 5 - series Gran Turismo and X1 crossovers.

The Polestar brand will be responsible for «electrified» sports cars — meaning that not all vehicles will be full electric, but that they will at least be mild hybrid in nature.

You could have added a few inches of rear legroom and a dollop of cubic inches of cargo space and had a sultry, practical hybrid sports tourer to challenge the Tesla Model S. Or you could have jettisoned the rear seats altogether, ladled in the lithium and had some seriously useful electric range.

To compare the best hybrid and electric cars, best hybrid SUVs, best hybrid and electric sports cars and best electric - only cars, take a look at our round - ups.

[3] The CR - Z combines a hybrid gasoline - electric powertrain with traditional sports car [4] elements, most notably having a 2 +2 [5](excluding North American models where the backseat is removed)[6] seating arrangement and a standard 6 - speed manual transmission.

The Infiniti M is a four door, five passenger full size luxury sport sedan that is offered in both six and eight cylinder variants, as well as a green gas / electric hybrid...

It's a plug - in hybrid sports car good for 30 miles on electric power before the three - cylinder gasoline engine takes over.

Kia will exhibit its electric vehicles, plug - in hybrids, and a range of other cars — including the new Stinger GT sports sedan which we have already driven.

More importantly for city driving the Asterion has a pure electric range of 50 km, putting it top of the class for hybrid super sports cars.

Acura combines hybrid electric drive with torque vectoring and takes them to new heights in the 2014 Acura RLX Sport Hybrid Super-Handling All - Wheel - Drive (SH - AWD) sport hybrid electric drive with torque vectoring and takes them to new heights in the 2014 Acura RLX Sport Hybrid Super-Handling All - Wheel - Drive (SH - AWD) sport Hybrid Super-Handling All - Wheel - Drive (SH - AWD) sport sedan.

Cars like the X3, MINI Cooper Countryman, 6 Series GT Diesel, and the sports M5 have already been introduced, while in the months to come, the company will revamp the entire range of MINI Cooper, launch the electric hybrid i8 Roadster and two new sports cars that include the M2 and the M2 Competition, which is a race - track version, both of which have never been sold in India, and an assortment of motorcycles that include the 750GS and the 310GS, BMW executives say.

The 2014 Infiniti Q50 is a replacement for the Infiniti G37, a 5 - passenger luxury sport sedan offered with rear - or all - wheel drive and a choice between a 3.7 - liter V - 6 engine and a gas - electric hybrid powertrain.