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Jaguar's Hybrid Jet-Powered Concept Car
An anonymous reader writes "Jaguar has developed a hybrid car that runs on gas turbines. The range extended vehicle usually uses four electric motors (one on each wheel) plus a lithium-ion battery pack for propulsion, but can achieve a performance boost from a pair of gas turbines mounted in the rear. Cnet UK reports the car can do 0-60 mph in 3.4 sec. (and 50-90 mph in 2.3 sec.) and reach 205 mph while emitting less CO2 than a Toyota Prius."
"Jaguar has developed a hybrid car that runs on gas turbines."
How many miles-per-gas-turbine does it get and how many gas turbines are needed to fill the tank?
Also, I wonder what happens if one or more of the electric motors goes bad or stop working for any reason.
I'm taking a wild guess here, but I'm thinking you probably will need to get it fixed.
which is totally what she said
Unlike an American V8, which continues to put out awesome amounts of power even after it breaks.
Also after years of research Jaguar found a way to make a gas turbine leak oil.
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the tendency to singe the paint off cars that approached too close to the exhaust.
A car that automatically enforces the proper following distance? I want one!
We both said a lot of things that you are going to regret.
Unlike an American V8, which continues to put out awesome amounts of power even after it breaks.
Or a European V12 that generates massive repair bills, running or not.
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now where is the +1 awesome mod when i need it?
i can just imagine, blitzing across the german autobahn at 120mph in your Britisch Racing Green JJAAAGGGGG with psychedelic orange/green/yellow/pink smoke billowing out the back :P
People, what a bunch of bastards
unless the fire fighter in question is chewing on an exposed cable while simultaneously rubbing his dick on the road...
- for some reason I actually pictured it in my head and now I am having a day-time nightmare! WTF did you do that for?
You can't handle the truth.
So "a six-pack and a pack of smokes" is thinking too small?
You are welcome on my lawn.
I know it makes me sound like a pussy, but I really don't want anyone doing 205mph at least until they fix the potholes.
You are welcome on my lawn.
A Lamborghini can run the quarter mile in 10 seconds, but the full mile takes 9 weeks because you have to hire a team of specialists to replace the clutch halfway through and, let's face it, they're Italian so they're not going to work too fast on the job.
I didn't know a Prius could do 205 mph.
It can do 0-60 in 2.6 seconds if you find a high enough cliff.
DO you mean diesels run in the opposite direction south of the equator?