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Nice hybrid sports car . . . thinking outside the box

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by bwilson4web, Oct 5, 2010.

  1. bwilson4web

    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    Jaguar C-X75 Concept - First Look - Automobile Magazine


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    A car like this begs for a plain dressed man:
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    Bob Wilson
     
    #1 bwilson4web, Oct 5, 2010
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    not exactly novel. There was an EV1 prototype that used a small turbine as a range extender, and Capstone has a microturbine-electric prototype sports car.

    IMHO, most hybrids will have turbines in 10-15 years.
     
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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    I would go with the Jag. At these power and torque levels there are hard problems to solve and I suspect Jag has proprietary information about how to approach these problems. But I would like to see Clarkson's faced ripped by the Jag performance.

    Now if Jag provided a 'traction control off' option, I could see Clarkson:

    • flips it off
    • stomps accelerator - car does not move but within seconds, all four tires explode in flames, smoke and tire fragments
    • new tires and goes for a drive
    • stomps accelerator at speed - car does not accelerator but within seconds four tires explode in flames, smoke and tire fragments
    Still, I like both concepts, the Capstone and Jag, but would take the Jag first.

    Next modification, Cessna Skymaster with two-motor solution driving fixed pitch, high angle props.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    Lol Clarkson is a joke.
     
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    Perhaps these generators could be placed on top of landfills or out back of greasy restaurants or on top of oil refinery methane-burn-off-pipes. Perhaps the next nobel prize will go to the innovative person that develops a way to collect the trillions of cubic feet of cattle flatulence that is emitted globally every year - so that it can be converted into electricity.
     
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