| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Dazzle
Mangled
![]()
Joined: Feb 11, 2002
Posts: 12,839
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
dented
Mangled
Joined: Oct 03, 2005
Posts: 9,288
|
 Posted: Tue 1st Jul 9:32pm Post subject: |
  |
|
|
Oxymoron?
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Dazzle
Mangled
![]()
Joined: Feb 11, 2002
Posts: 12,839
|
| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 9:39pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
My green is faster than your green.
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
ryda
GDB TTEC
Joined: Jan 30, 2006
Posts: 5,991
Location: driven' the Church Bus
|
| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 9:55pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Quote: | | FACT FILE: The Guinness World Record for the fastest hybrid petrol-electric car over quarter of a mile from a standing start: Lexus GS 450h, driven by The Sunday Times, in 14.195sec, reaching 101.16mph |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Flyboy
Thrashed
Joined: May 13, 2005
Posts: 1,775
Location: Otumoetai
|
| Posted: Wed 2nd Jul 8:37am Post subject: |
|
|
|
well yeah, thats the beauty of electric engines, max torque and power instantly when you bury the pedal, add this to the power of the petrol engine and weight penalty or not, you'll be faster than a car with just a petrol engine of the same size potentially
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
ThingOne
Thrashed
Joined: Mar 05, 2007
Posts: 1,742
Location: 172.20.0.151
|
| Posted: Wed 2nd Jul 8:40am Post subject: |
|
|
| ryda wrote: | | Quote: | | FACT FILE: The Guinness World Record for the fastest hybrid petrol-electric car over quarter of a mile from a standing start: Lexus GS 450h, driven by The Sunday Times, in 14.195sec, reaching 101.16mph |
|
Hmm Lexus 450h... lets geta 218kw V6 and bolt on a small electric motor and call it Green..
I know , what about getting a 8.0 W16 Bugatti veyron and stick on a 2kw motor, then its a hybrid right?..
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Fraser
Flogged
Joined: Jan 03, 2002
Posts: 2,234
Location: Kauniainen, Finland
|
| Posted: Sun 3rd Aug 6:46am Post subject: |
|
|
|
I like fiskers car. Not a petrol car with electrical motors but an electric car that has an efficent petrol generator. Hopefully he will use a diesel generator as this is even more efficent. But it is American. The European Cars will be built by Valmet in Finland. They had the plug pulled by Porsche last month as they used to build all the Boxters and Cayennes. So this is a wonderful life line as there are no end of punters who need to buy their way out of a problem.
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Dazzle
Mangled
![]()
Joined: Feb 11, 2002
Posts: 12,839
|
| Posted: Sun 3rd Aug 7:09am Post subject: |
|
|
If you want insanely fast - drag off ferraris at the drag strip fast - you go pure electric, ala Tesla.
Hybrids are optimized for round town driving.
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jeremyb
BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP
Joined: Jan 12, 2003
Posts: 32,206
Location: Derailled
|
| Posted: Sun 3rd Aug 9:54am Post subject: |
|
|
Your link is broked 
Hybrids suck, their environmental impact is greater over their life than a land rover, one assumes the car manufacturers are using them to ease the public towards electrics whilst avoiding going full electric for as long as possible.
I love how the new diesels perform better than the hybrids and don't have the same environmental cost of nickel mining etc 
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Kyle
Wrecked
Joined: Mar 03, 2003
Posts: 5,602
Location: Oldpeoplesville
|
| Posted: Sun 3rd Aug 10:47am Post subject: |
|
|
Link works fine for me. 
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jeremyb
BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP
Joined: Jan 12, 2003
Posts: 32,206
Location: Derailled
|
| Posted: Sun 3rd Aug 11:18am Post subject: |
|
|
|
Working again, their cms was giving me a 404 page...
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
