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BMW’s i8 Electric Supercar Looks Like Sex On Wheels

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Wow, and I thought the Tesla Roadster was a good looking electric ride. We’ve seen sneaky spy shots of BMW’s carbon-fibre/aluminium plug-in hybrid before, but it’s now taken centre stage in Germany. Slated for a 2014 release, the i8 has an electric-only range of 34km at the moment, but its 220 horsepower petrol engine will hit 100kph in under 5 seconds. Oh, and it’ll include a similarly-Tron-esque dashboard display and mobile app. Pics and video!

May 9, 2011
Cars

Hybrid Car This Beautiful Will Cost You $US1.1m

Our brothers at Jalopnik have some good news if you were eyeing up last year’s C-X75 concept hybrid car from Jaguar: it’s being put into production! Now some bad news: it will cost $US1.1 million.

March 15, 2011
Cars

BMW’s Mission Impossible Hybrid Car Goes For An Icy Test Run

Sneaky spy shots of BMW’s carbon-fibre hybrid car have surfaced from Scandinavia’s icy plains, showing a lean profile and superb handling in tough conditions. That’ll come in handy for Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible character, who is due to drive it in The Ghost Protocol.

August 25, 2010
Cars

A Little Extra Engine Noise For Your Prius

Toyota is offering an optional $US148 speaker system for your Prius when it’s on battery mode that lets pedestrians – especially blind pedestrians – know that you’re coming. Great idea, but it’s strange that it’s optional.

February 9, 2010
Cars

Bug Causes Toyota Recall Of Almost Half A Million New Hybrid Cars

Toyota just announced a massive recall of its 2010 hybrid cars. The reason was a change in brake feeling caused by faulty antilock braking system software. There is no fix for cars on the road yet.

August 14, 2009
Cars

Jalopnik Test Drives The Hybrid Transformers Corvette

You remember the hybrid Corvette Stingray concept, Sideswipe, from Transformers 2? Jalopnik got a chance to test drive it. Verdict? It’s really from the future. [Jalopnik]

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