Sexiest Plug-In Hybrid Ever - Democratic Underground

tinrobot

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Mon Jan-14-08 08:20 PM
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Sexiest Plug-In Hybrid Ever

Pulled from Wired:

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/01/detroit-best-in.html

Hot damn! We're pretty sure the Fisker Coachworks Karma will do for the plug-in electric vehicle what the Tesla Roadster has done for the electric car - raise the bar of what is possible with green technology while making it sexy.

The $80,000 Karma is a marvel of design and engineering that melds classic styling cues with liminal technology. The company claims the car's lithium-ion batteries provide 50 miles of emissions-free full-electric driving, and the Q-Drive hybrid drivetrain — a small four-cylinder engine attached to a very large generator — purportedly propel the Karma from zero to 60 in 5.8 seconds and to a top speed of 125 mph. OK, you won't outrun Johnny Law, but you'll be able to dust a Prius.

"This car," company CEO and lead designer Henrik Fisker told us, "is more enviromentally friendly than a Toyota Prius."

And it's, you know, smokin' hot. Which is the point. Fisker, who designed the BMW Z8 and Aston Martin DB9, said the fastest way to bring green technology into the mainstream is to make it desirable.

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thunder rising

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Mon Jan-14-08 08:28 PM
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1. $50K more it better dust a Prius. This is a stupid comparison $80K vs $32K

Who the fuck are they selling this car to?

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tinrobot

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Mon Jan-14-08 10:14 PM
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3. See post #2

n/t

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Buzz Clik

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Mon Jan-14-08 08:33 PM
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2. Me likey! Finally, a hybrid for a man in his midlife crisis.

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madokie

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Tue Jan-15-08 08:44 AM
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4. Plug is hybrids is what our grand children will more than likely learn to drive in

or my hope is for that

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