World's Fastest Hybrid OK'd For Production

Posted by timothy on Thursday July 29, 2010 @11:40AM from the probably-can't-use-the-hov-lanes-though dept.

thecarchik writes "The Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid supercar, first shown as a concept at this spring's Geneva Motor Show, got official approval as a production model today from the company's board of directors. Just consider the specs: a 500-horsepower, 3.6-liter V-8 engine with a 9200-rpm redline, 0-to-62-mph acceleration of 3.2 seconds, and top speed of 198 miles per hour. Oh, and did we mention it gets 78 miles per gallon on the European cycle? The astounding fuel efficiency comes courtesy of an E-Drive mode that lets the 918 Spyder drive up to 16 miles on pure electric power, though [ahem] not at 198 mph."

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Re:Fitting since Porsche made the first hybrid by netsavior · 2010-07-29 12:43 · Score: 4, Interesting

d'oh broked link
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Re:Tesla by NoPantsJim · 2010-07-29 12:43 · Score: 3, Interesting

Wow, did they really need to have an auto-playing video ad with obnoxious music at the bottom of the page? I'm pissed that I gave them even that one pageview. I won't be reading the article.

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