Not too long ago I approached Tesla, the San Francisco company that
makes electric sports cars.
As a long - term supporter of environmental causes, I wanted to support Tesla's efforts to
make an electric sports car a reality, and I hoped to help evangelize the energy and environmental benefits of electric cars.
Brammo recently announced they will
make an electric sports car called the Enertia GT.
Not exact matches
For example, Elon Musk, Tesla's chief executive,
made a splash last month when he said his company would install autopilot in his company's
electric sports cars that will help with parking, cruise control and crash avoidance.
But with the road
car industry rapidly heading towards all -
electric and autonomous
cars, F1
sporting boss Ross Brawn says a decision needs to be
made over whether the
sport should follow the industry or forge its own path.
The Tesla Roadster, a $ 100,000 high - performance all -
electric sports car, is
made with a carbon - fiber body panels and an aluminum chassis for better efficiency.
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.
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.
Some self - important little guy with a rule book in his hands has been telling you that
sports cars are dead, and whatever you might think of the merits of some
car that you see on the road, he says it doesn't qualify because it has too many cylinders or not enough camshafts or the wrong number of seats plus
electric windows and besides it isn't a Morgan Plus 4
made with wood.
In both its Saloon and its Estate guise, the performance of a
sports car makes it a convincing proposition, especially combined with certified consumption figures of just 2.1 litres of fuel per 100 kilometres and a range of up to 31 kilometres in all -
electric mode.
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.
Minisport - utilities took off, and
sports cars and European vehicles regained popularity, buyers eagerly embraced brand - new models over vehicles that have been around for several years, and
electric cars made their mass - market bow.
This trio,
made up of Porsche's new Cayenne S Hybrid SUV with parallel full - hybrid drive, the 911 GT3 R Hybrid race
car with
electric drive on the front axle and a flywheel mass battery, and the two - seater high - performance 918 Spyder mid-engined
sports car with plug - in hybrid technology, clearly demonstrates not only the great bandwidth of this new drive technology, but also the innovative power of Porsche as a genuine pioneer in hybrid drive.
That kind of oomph is enough to
make the
electric car zip to 60 mph in just 7.6 seconds, while its heavier curb weight and
sport - tuned suspension
make it feel more planted.
The hybrid
sports car will be powered by a small capacity 2.0 - litre four - cylinder engine working in unison with
electric motors
made by BMW.
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The V8 engine feeds the rear wheels through a seven - speed dual clutch transmission, while one of the
electric motors also energizes the rear wheels and the other feeds the front —
making the 918 Spyder the first all - wheel drive mid-engine Porsche
sports car.
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.
When the new R8 e-Tron is released, it will
make Audi the first premium manufacturer to bring an all -
electric sports car onto the market in a small series.
BMW and Toyota have agreed to work on a
sports car, fuel cells,
electric - vehicle components and lightweight materials.The agreement underlined BMW's determination to
make its new i
electric - vehicle...
- The revolutionary Nissan ZEOD RC
electric racer,
sporting a look similar to the DeltaWing,
made its public on - track debut over the weekend at Fuji in Japan.The
electric - powered
car is on track and...
Now that so many OEMs are offering such great high performance
sports cars I'd love to see a return to a Showroom Stock series where only the brake pads and mufflers could be different from what any enthusiast could order in the showroom plus existing race safety systems like a roll cage, fire systems and fuel and
electric shut offs etc. and a minimum of 50 or 100
cars must be
made to that spec.
Ford is
making a big commitment to
electrics, including electrifying its iconic
sports cars and trucks.
Porsche is pushing hard to ensure its Mission E
electric sports car makes it into showrooms in 2020 with technology to enable fast - charging to 80 % in just 15 mins.
They are going for an expensive
electric super
sports car first and then
making a cheaper line.
Tesla customers have been waiting ages for the
electric sports car, the Roadster, to
make its way to market.
Another all -
electric sports car made in the UK, the Tesla has similar performance to the Lightning.
The
sport driving world has recently
made electric vehicles a celebrity interest; and, so, it is no surprise that Hybrid Technologies has announced that «Reaching speeds in excess of 80 mph, our PT Cruiser conversion offers the green
car connoisseur an eco-friendly alternative without sacrificing comfort or style».
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