And Infiniti opened a few eyes with their own range - extender, this stunning Emerg - e
electric sports car concept.
Infiniti has more auto show related news for us, but this time the automaker talks about the upcoming Geneva show where it plans to introduce their new
electric sports car concept.
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electric sports car concept has won a prestigious award from the German Design Council.
• Honda Sports EV Concept - Fully -
electric sports car concept.
Mercedes - Benz could show a plug - in electric version of its SLS AMG supercar in Frankfurt to counter the Vision EfficientDynamics
electric sports car concept that rival BMW says it will display.
It's a compact
electric sports car concept that's set to mark a return to performance soft - tops after the end of S2000 production in 2009.
Below we've picked a selection of the cars that really stood out, from Ferrari's heritage - inspired liveries to Renault's striking
electric sports car concept.
Not exact matches
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.
Honda's new
electric sports car heads a range of
concepts at the 2011 Tokyo motor show.
The company says its
concept «perfectly encapsulates the brand's stylistic and technological vision», with the usual implication that features you see here may well find their way into a production
car — though a full
electric sports car is unlikely.
Honda will have six other
concepts on display at Tokyo; three motorcycles, including a 250cc - like
electric sports bike (the RC - E), two city
cars, the Micro Commuter and the N Box, and a curious mobility scooter called the Townwalker, which is designed to fold neatly into the
car when not in use.
The Lightning may still be at the
concept stage, but one
electric sports car that's already on sale is the Tesla Roadster.
[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
sports car concept, called Vision EfficientDynamics,
sports gull - wing doors and is powered by a three - cylinder turbodiesel engine and two
electric motors.
Honda will unveil an all - new
electric sports car — the Sports EV Concept — at the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show on 25 October, as part of a broad range of advanced two - and four - wheeled production and concept veh
sports car — the
Sports EV Concept — at the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show on 25 October, as part of a broad range of advanced two - and four - wheeled production and concept veh
Sports EV
Concept — at the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show on 25 October, as part of a broad range of advanced two - and four - wheeled production and
concept vehicles.
BMW will show a
concept for a plug - in
electric diesel hybrid
sports car alongside its 5 - series Gran Turismo and X1 crossovers.
The Porsche Mission E
concept is the first - ever all -
electric four - seat
sports car from Porsche that was unveiled at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show (2015 IAA), and has now been officially confirmed for production by the supervisory board of the Porsche AG.
Audi AG's E-tron
electric vehicle unveiled at the Frankfurt auto show packs in four
electric motors — two at each axle — to provide the
concept sports car with all - wheel - drive and torque - vectoring capability.
The Porsche Mission E
concept features a newly developed
electric drive system which features two permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM) to power the
sports car and recover braking energy.
Critical Knowledge: Rear - wheel - drive, 2 - passenger
concept version of a plug - in all -
electric sports car Chrysler intends to buildZero tailpipe emissions and 200 - mile maximum driving range before recharging from either a 110 - volt or a 220 - volt household appliance power outletDistinctive aerodynamic design with long, low hood and Dodge crosshair grille «Tangoreen» colored exterior with EV graphicsChrysler's ENVI Electric - Vehicle Engineering Group says it has designed a drivetrain that will deliver a 0 - 60 mph acceleration time of less than 5 seconds with a top speed of more
electric sports car Chrysler intends to buildZero tailpipe emissions and 200 - mile maximum driving range before recharging from either a 110 - volt or a 220 - volt household appliance power outletDistinctive aerodynamic design with long, low hood and Dodge crosshair grille «Tangoreen» colored exterior with EV graphicsChrysler's ENVI
Electric - Vehicle Engineering Group says it has designed a drivetrain that will deliver a 0 - 60 mph acceleration time of less than 5 seconds with a top speed of more
Electric - Vehicle Engineering Group says it has designed a drivetrain that will deliver a 0 - 60 mph acceleration time of less than 5 seconds with a top speed of more than 120
Commitment to electrification demonstrated with new
electric models from Jaguar's past, present and future at inaugural Tech Fest event Past — iconic Jaguar E-type now electrified for the 21st century Present — all - new
electric Jaguar I - PACE
Concept, the SUV that combines a supercar silhouette with
sports car performance, goes on sale next year Future — visionary FUTURE - TYPE virtual
concept imagines autonomous, connected,
electric and shared mobility for 2040 and beyond Jaguar Land Rover Tech Fest takes place at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London Free - to - enter festival open from Friday 8 September to Sunday 10 September From 2020 all new Jaguar Land Rover vehicles will be electrified.
Critical knowledge: Next - generation lightweight
sports carGas -
electric hybrid powertrainShares design cues with Civic coupe as well as the past CRX
sports carLightweight construction and high - torque powertrainProduction vehicle based on the CR - Z
concept on sale August of 2010IntroductionHonda's CRX
sports car, a 2 - seat version of the Civic that was produced from 1984 to 1991, is the stuff of legends.
We think the Infiniti Emerg - E looks great — although it's officially only a
concept, we can't wait until more automotive manufacturers start moving towards plug - in hybrid and all
electric sports cars.
The Porsche Mission E
concept is set to become the company's first fully
electric sports sedan, and this video helps give us a great behind the scenes look at the German
sports car.
Schaeffler says that the 4ePerformance could be a supplement to volume - production drive
concepts for
electric high - performance
sports cars.
Bi-turbo TDI and
electric power brings sensational performance and economy to stunning new interpretation of e-tron
concept Audi e-tron Spyder
sports car study makes its world public debut at the Paris Motor Show (October 2 to 17, 2010) Plug - in hybrid combines new 300PS, bi-turbo version of latest 3.0 - litre TDI engine with two
electric motors developing -LSB-...]
The first
concept version of this forward thinking hybrid
sports car should make its Auto Show debut sometime in 2010; with this model Tata aims to compete directly with other
electric roadsters builders like Tesla and Fisker.
The new Infiniti Emerg - E
concept wasn't supposed to be revealed until the Geneva Auto Show, but with so much excitement surrounding the new all -
electric sports car, we're glad it hit the Web early.
And don't forget to check out the
Sports EV, Honda's sports coupe concept built on the Urban EV electric - car pla
Sports EV, Honda's
sports coupe concept built on the Urban EV electric - car pla
sports coupe
concept built on the Urban EV
electric -
car platform!
Perhaps the most attention - grabbing exhibit was homegrown startup Qiantu, which plans to launch its K50
concept vehicle — a carbon fibre and aluminium - bodied luxury
electric sports car — next year.
The MG E-Motion supercar
concept looks set to take the company back to its
sports car roots, albeit with an
electric powertrain, upon its debut at the Shanghai Motor Show next week..
Developed initially for the all -
electric BMW i3 and BMW i8 plug - in hybrid
sports car — which duly led the way in
electric mobility in the premium sector — the modular structure of BMW eDrive technology sets it up perfectly for use in various vehicle
concepts and segments.
Maserati will get an
electric sports car based on the 2014 Alfieri
concept, while Alfa will get a new range - topping supercar called 8C — with a 700 - hp hybrid powertrain.
Earlier this year, Aston Martin showed an all -
electric GT
concept, the DBX, which makes the announcement of this RapidE an exciting and dramatic turn of events for the
sports car maker, whose former CEO, Dr Ulrich Bez, once told me that electrification was not part of the company's future.
The powertrain of the R8 e-tron
sports car provides the basis for the e-tron quattro
concept, which uses three
electric motors — two on the rear axle and one on the front axle — to drive the SUV.
Porsche unveiled its «Mission E» all -
electric concept sports car at the Frankfurt Auto Show this week and we've got to say, it is one impressive vehicle.
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.
In a new video published by the German
sports car maker, the singer / songwriter steps out of his classic black 356 Speedster for a spin in the Mission E
concept to see if it addresses his feeling that
electric vehicles «don't have a soul»...
With the joint presentation of its first volume - produced vehicle powered purely by an
electric drive system and a
sports car currently holding the status of the world's most progressive, the BMW i brand is highlighting the broad spread of its future - oriented vehicle
concepts.
Here are five more
concept electric cars sporting Leaf technology.