Why wasn't it allowed to finish? On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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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Power is stored >>>>> in >>>>> a liquid-cooled >>>>> lithium<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/l/lithium_metal/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>-ion >>>>> battery; brakes capture energy and return it to the battery. >>>>> >>>>> Ola Kallenius, chairman of Mercedes’s AMG high-performance division, >>>>> said the company was considering a small production run for the SLS >>>>> E-Cell. >>>>> >>>>> At a recent presentation for the car in Norway, a retired Formula >>>>> One<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/formula_one/index.html?inline=nyt-org>racer, >>>>> David Coulthard, tested the E-Cell on an airstrip and public roads. >>>>> His drive and commentary were documented on Web video. “My first >>>>> experience >>>>> of an electric >>>>> car<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/e/electric_vehicles/index.html?&inline=nyt-classifier>,” >>>>> Mr. Coulthard said, emerging from the E-Cell with a grin. “You will not >>>>> believe the performance.” >>>>> >>>>> The E-Cell, along with cars like the new S400 hybrid sedan, shows >>>>> Mercedes shifting more of its renowned technical resources toward >>>>> increasing >>>>> fuel economy and developing alternative propulsion systems. 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/ > > > -- "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
