Posted on 05/15/2008 12:48:43 PM PDT by Red Badger
We love our green sports cars here at Inhabitat, and we have plenty of room on our favorites list for more than one. While we’ve been raving for the last two years about the Tesla Roadster, the Fisker Karma has been doing the one thing Tesla has yet to do: bring a hybrid sports car to market. Created by noted car designer Henrik Fisker, the ultra cool Karma is a sleek, power packed eco-luxury ride.
The Karma’s performance specs rev out at 0-60 mph in 6 seconds, and a top speed of 125 mph. At $80,000 USD, The car is a plug-in hybrid based on technology of Quantum Technologies. The Q DRIVE consists of a small gasoline engine which in turn charges the lithium battery packs in the car. According to Fisker, if charged properly, the hybrid would need to use no more than a fuel tank per year, quite a claim!
Now before you think that the Fisker is just a concept vehicle, Wired managed to get some pics of the Fisker Karma in action. Here’s hoping that soon we can have two really cool sports cars that show that being green can be done at maximum speed.
I can see where they got the grill......
It's still just more modern batteries. Remember this?
And that was just some guys in a garage with five days on their hands and access to 384 28V tool batteries (which are usually bundles of smaller batteries).
Wow, that car couldn’t be much uglier, or at least outwardly less aerodynamic. Not to mention, I’d guess herding it around a corner is a bit of a chore compared to the 911.
No denying it’s fast though, impressive getting that much weight moving that quickly.
I didn’t hear but assume the timed runs were the “acceleration” car, so to be fair they really should have geared the Turbo for 120mph maxed out in top gear...
I think Lamborghini is still safe, for now.
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