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1,500 hp Koenigsegg Regera hits 249 mph in first (and only) gear
Fox News ^ | March 3, 2015

Posted on 03/07/2015 1:46:40 PM PST by jazusamo

More pics at link.

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The Koenigsegg Regera is the latest supercar from the small, Swedish brand, and its specifications will blow your mind as easily as the car can blow you away.

The two-seat, mid-motor, carbon fiber machine, whose name means "to reign" in Swedish, features a unique plug-in hybrid powertrain with a total output of 1,500 horsepower, and can reach its top speed 249 mph in less than 20 seconds.

And it does it with just one gear.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Travel
KEYWORDS: auto; ev; koenigsegg; pluginhybrid; regera; sportscar; sweden
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To: jazusamo
Pretty impressive performance for a hybrid. (Of course, pretty spectacular for any car.)

I believe that the pure thoroughbred in the Keonigsegg stable is the One:1. Probably the greatest sports car that has ever been made and put into production. For a company which claims that it doesn't care about top speed, it sure makes some blindingly fast cars.

21 posted on 03/07/2015 2:35:11 PM PST by CommerceComet (Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
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To: jazusamo
"Quite a toy for anyone with an extra $1.9Mil+ laying around. "

And a long, very straight road. You do not want to hit a puddle or have to maneuver at that sort of speed.

22 posted on 03/07/2015 2:36:54 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: doorgunner69

Exactly...Not a car for a hotrodding amateur that likes to take chances.


23 posted on 03/07/2015 2:53:10 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: knarf
why ?

He says something about "the good of humanity" and "changing society over time" at 0:25.

www.gtboard.com

24 posted on 03/07/2015 2:55:18 PM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: TurboZamboni; Jack Hydrazine; Red Badger
Has the worst damn cup holders in the business.
Wipers lift off at 195 mph.
No 8-track? What are these Swedes thinking?

Had to scratch it off my list as a possible replacement for my '71 MGB.

25 posted on 03/07/2015 2:56:09 PM PST by Kenny Bunk (Obama kept his promises. Has your Republican Congressman done the same?)
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To: CommerceComet
It seems the "hybrid" part is more about creating an electric transmission and drive train than about saving the world from the demons that haunt algore.

Interesting from that perspective. Of course, R.G. LeTourneau was the pioneer in this technology, and that was a long, long time ago.

Algore probably has nightmares about this early hybrid success...


26 posted on 03/07/2015 3:03:11 PM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: jazusamo
and can reach its top speed 249 mph in less than 20 seconds.

holy schnikes.

27 posted on 03/07/2015 3:07:58 PM PST by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a politically correct way of saying martial law enforcement.)
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To: 9thLife
HERE
28 posted on 03/07/2015 3:11:22 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
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To: knarf

I really appreciate that clip. I’m an admirer of LeTourneau.


29 posted on 03/07/2015 3:14:16 PM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: 9thLife
A year or two ago I got snagged by youtube and forestry equipment

It started out I was looking for log splitters and ... well .... my interest just ... um .... GREW

There's some machines out there that could eliminate an entire race of people.

30 posted on 03/07/2015 3:19:58 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
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To: jazusamo

Since it’s an alternative fuel vehicle do you get to drive it in the car pool lane?


31 posted on 03/07/2015 3:21:24 PM PST by BBell (breathe easy obey the law)
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To: Raycpa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f_19nxNfjs


32 posted on 03/07/2015 3:33:45 PM PST by headstamp 2
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To: 9thLife
THIS one is just INSANE !!
33 posted on 03/07/2015 3:37:08 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
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To: knarf
It's fascinating stuff.

LeTourneau's story is inspiring. He wrote a book called "Mover of Men and Mountains". His machines were developed at the same time of Caterpillar's, and it is arguable (iirc) that his bulldozer was the first. The university he started is going stronger than ever.

34 posted on 03/07/2015 3:38:31 PM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: 9thLife

Isn’t she still in prison?


35 posted on 03/07/2015 3:42:41 PM PST by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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To: 9thLife

Thanx ... I really appreciate that link .... never heard of ‘em before today.


36 posted on 03/07/2015 3:46:05 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
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To: knarf

That is maddeningly efficient. I can’t believe I watched 7 minutes of that.


37 posted on 03/07/2015 3:47:13 PM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: knarf

I have to point out that his machines weren’t strictly “hybrids” — they didn’t use batteries. They were all electric powered by diesel generators — his invention and design.


38 posted on 03/07/2015 3:48:42 PM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: knarf

He was a giant of industry, instrumental in the war effort, employed and educated many...changed countless lives for the better and yet nobody’s heard of him. He probably is OK with that, though.


39 posted on 03/07/2015 3:54:59 PM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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Bookmarking


40 posted on 03/07/2015 4:02:06 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Hobo: "I think you're gonna need a lot of dump trucks.")
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