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Tesla Roadster Sport: The Fastest Road Runner Available from June

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:03:03 +0000

Like the 3.9 seconds 0-60 acceleration wasn't enough, Tesla has unveiled on Sunday the faster "Tesla Roadster Sport" at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

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WrightSpeed X1 – The First Retired Electric Sportscar

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:38:08 +0000

Remember Ian Wright? Right, he's the inventor and producer of Wrightspeed X1, the first most famous electric sportscar. This summer his car was on top of all the newspapers, environmental and auto blogs. Now, the same famous sportscar with plans to be commercialized and developed in the coming years, is being retired and put on the shelf. Why is that happening?

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Sleekest Hydrogen Powered Sportscar: Honda FC Sport

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:52:24 +0000

Though some blogs take it as a surprise, it's not something new coming from Honda: their vision of a sportscar powered entirely by a hydrogen fuel cell... not surprisingly, the same that's into their FCX Clarity, released this summer.

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Revolting: 114 mpg Avion Sports Car Rejected for Fuel Being "Too Cheap"

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:06:53 +0000

There was a sports car built in 1984 by Craig Henderson and Bill Green from Bellingham, Washington, and at that time it was able to set a record of 103.7 mpg for Guinness Book(in European terms, that's 2.27 liters/100km). Now they're reviving it with the help of the X-Prize Competition.

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Tesla roadster – most fuelless fun

Ovidiu Sandru — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:08:18 +0000

People think that if you’re a car enthusiast you have something against electric cars. Not in the least. To me the nice thing about electric vehicles is, if nothing else, they free up the gasoline for our other cars. I think many car enthusiasts see the future as one where they will use some kind […]

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ZAP-X Crossover Electric Car: more power than you need

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:05:20 +0000

The automobile producer, ZAP, has in plan a car that will beat the Prius or the Tesla Roadster in terms of power/consumption/autonomy/battery recharge time/pollution. They are dealing with Lotus in the making of this car. The chassis is made of lightweight aluminum, it has 4WD, each wheel has a separate motor integrated, and its power […]

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BMW X6 Hybrid Concept expected in mid-2008

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:27:48 +0000

Despite our initial, negative thoughts after seeing several spy shots, we actually liked BMW’s “Sports Activity Coupe” considering it – believe it or not, as one of the best Bungle-era designed bimmers. Heck, maybe this is what the X5 should have looked like in the first place. And if you’re wondering, BMW said that the […]

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Toyota Volta Hybrid Sportscar

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:10:15 +0000

While Toyota’s supremacy in the current hybrid car market is undeniable, they’re going to have to keep up the innovation if they’re going to stay on top of their game. And while they’ve been having some trouble with their lithium ion batteries of late, that doesn’t mean that they aren’t planning for the future. Witness […]

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