Sentences with phrase «of electric sports cars»

He starts out with an anecdote about Tesla Motors, which planned to build its batteries in Thailand, assemble most of the components of its electric sports cars in Britain, and then sell them in the United States.

Though we're some way off finding out the details of its plans, given Spyker's previous product range - which included a 400bhp Audi V8 powered C8 and 500bhp VW W12 engined C12 — it seems plausible that the carmaker's prospective future range of electric sports cars would be angled to rival Tesla.

First off the mark is Tesla [TSLA - NASDAQ], a fledgling California - based company that has grown from a niche manufacturer of an electric sports car to the largest North American auto manu - facturer, by market capitalization, in less than 10 years.

Before the roaring race cars took to the Circuit de la Sarthe for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, only the squeal of protesting tires could be heard as Audi's E-tron, clothed in an R8 skin, took to the track.Audi gave fans a demonstration of its electric sports car before the endurance race began as part o

However, new images have surfaced of the electric sports car undergoing winter testing in Europe, and the car has been spotted running tests in Spain as well.

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Ten years ago, he wrote the original Master Plan, which included the development and sale of a luxury electric sports car, a lower - cost electric car, a mainstream low - cost car, and also the rise of solar roofs.

Questions have been raised about the outlook for the FF91, given LeEco's spiraling cash problems as well as its decision to pull out of a joint project with British sports carmaker Aston Martin to develop RapidE electric car.

Tesla raised the profile for electric cars in 2008 with the release of its first sports car, the Roadster.

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.

The Energy Department had given Tesla — which has sold its $ 100,000 electric sports cars to the likes of Larry Page, the Google co-founder, and George Clooney — $ 465 million in low - interest loans.

«This is a rocket of truly huge scale,» said Space X president Elon Musk, who also founded PayPal and manufactures electric sports cars.

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.»

Fears that the Tesla Roadster electric sports car had hit the skids because of the financial crisis have been eased by its billionaire founder and chief executive, Elon Musk.

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.

That's because this is the Tesla Roadster, the first all - electric production sports car of the century.

And the 8 second Elon Musk cameo (CEO of Tesla Motors, the fledgling electric sports car company) where Tony leaves us pondering on the likelihood of an electric car in our driveway with his one liner to Musk about the 100 % electric airplane.

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.

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.

Turbocharging across the Carrera line - up and electric power steering in all models were unpopular updates — and they undoubtedly do erode some of the charisma of earlier models — but they weren't enough to spoil what is a truly great sports car.

The interesting thing is that the other three key components of any electric car — weight, aerodynamic drag and rolling resistance — are areas sports car manufacturers, and us in particular, are really good at mastering.»

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.

Honda's new electric sports car heads a range of concepts at the 2011 Tokyo motor show.

I've learned to drive sports cars like a Fiat 500 Abarth on a race track, and spent a week eking mileage out of a Nissan Leaf electric car.

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.

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.

It's possible that Tesla will introduce an updated version of its Lotus - based Roadster, an all - electric sports car that was the company's first vehicle.

Part of the reason for that is increased responsiveness, as you'd want when driving enthusiastically; part of the reason is that, in sport mode, the engine tries to keep the battery topped up to a level that allows maximum performance of the electric drive system, extracting the greatest total performance from the car without the sad face of an empty battery popping up on your instrument panel display.

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.

«Jaguar is a brand with a rich sporting heritage,» said Formula E CEO, Alejandro Agag, «and the fact that it is returning to global motorsport with Formula E is a huge endorsement of the championship and its ability to influence the development of electric cars.»

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.

But the prospect of eccentrically styled high - performance electric sports cars, built to rival Tesla and its rapid but arguably generic - looking Model S, has certainly grabbed our attention.

A host of updates to the Tesla Roadster addresses almost every concern we had after spending a week with the electric sports car — this Silicon Valley company is clearly listening to what people have to say.

The E-tron sports car has been approved by parent VW as has Audi's plan for five - percent of its vehicles to be electric by 2020.

With development of the Porsche Mission E well under way, (the first prototypes are set to start testing this summer) the Weissach engineers EV focus is in developing the fully electric sub-Panamera four - door saloon rather than hybridisation of its sports car range.

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.

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.

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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.

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[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.

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.

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 vehsports 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 vehSports 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.

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Even sports car maker Porsche is getting in on the act: the Mission E is the first all - electric car from Zuffenhausen and you can expect incendiary performance, a choice of different power outputs (think Carrera, Carrera S and - maybe - even Turbo model ladder) and charging times of around 250 miles in just 20 minutes.

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.