Who wants a Civic or Prius, I want this hybrid Mini! 0-60 in 4.5 seconds!

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This is pretty cool.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006...ybrid_mini.php

A British engineering firm has put together a high-performance hybrid version of BMW's Mini Cooper. The PML Mini QED has a top speed of 150 mph, a 0-60 mph time of 4.5 seconds. The car uses a small gasoline engine with four 160 horsepower electric motors — one on each wheel. The car has been designed to run for four hours of combined urban/extra urban driving, powered only by a battery and bank of ultra capacitors. The QED supports an all-electric range of 200-250 miles and has a total range of about 932 miles (1,500 km). For longer journeys at higher speeds, a small conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) is used to re-charge the battery. In this hybrid mode, fuel economies of up to 80mpg can be achieved.

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I'll take ten!

[Flash Walken]

Sweet!

That is very cool.

When I was in Europe last summer, I noticed the 'smart cars' they had there were way cooler than the ones I see out here. I don't know if there is any in Calgary, actually. For those who don't know what a smart car is, go here: http://www.thesmart.ca/index.cfm?ID=4720

Anyway, they had little sports car versions, very cool. Looked like the new pontiac solstice crossed with a lotus esprit. They would be very marketable here, I don't know why I haven't seen any.

[Bill Bumface]

The smart Roadster! They're awesome:




Anyways, that Mini is way faster than a cooper S! That would be an awesome car. It'd be like a really fast electric go-cart!