BMW is also working on a super hybrid as well. They were all pretty much won over a couple of years ago when an electric was entered into one of the road races in Europe. It did extremely well but wasn't allowed to finish.
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > They've got it on the boards right now, I hear. > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Porchea and Ferrari are both working on one as well. Although I think >> Ferrari will probably do a hybrid first. >> >> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Martin Baxter >> <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> I'm impressed. >>> >>> But the Veyron still owns the better part of me. >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Tesla May Get Some Company: The Supercar Goes Electric >>>> >>>> *CHARGE!* SLS AMG E-Cell has an electric motor powering each of the >>>> wheels. 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Mercedes, which >>>> has paid more than $300 million in federal fines since 1983 for falling >>>> short of fuel-economy standards — thanks largely to its fuel-sucking AMG >>>> models — has vowed to improve mileage and avoid the fines. >>>> >>>> Mercedes has not disclosed a potential price, driving range or top speed >>>> for the E-Cell, though the basics are easily surmised: it is likely to cost >>>> more than the gas model, with much less range and a lower top speed — >>>> perhaps 120 miles per hour instead of 197. >>>> >>>> Audi may beat Mercedes to market: its E-tron, with an estimated 313 >>>> horsepower and a driving range beyond 150 miles, goes on sale in about two >>>> years. For now, the $110,000 Tesla Roadster remains the market’s only >>>> high-performance electric car. Like the Tesla, the SLS E-Cell looks like >>>> catnip for early adopters with its enormous, silent power, no tailpipe >>>> emissions and no taste for fossil fuel. An electric SLS would also offer >>>> more luxury and more space for two people and their luggage than the tiny, >>>> bare-bones Tesla. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>>> Mahogany at: >>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody >>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >> Mahogany at: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >> >> > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
