A CRASH COURSE IN THE CURRENT CROP OF ELECTRIC AND HYBRID SUPERCARS
PLUG-IN HYBRID: 2014 FERRARI LAFERRARI
Ferrari's accepted aura car uses an avant-garde amalgam HY-KERS system, which agency that the electric motor (160 bhp) generates low end power. At the college revs, the agitation engine (789 bhp) takes over. This is so that the high-revving V12 engine would not cede low-end power, as low RPM torque is provided by the electric motor. The LaFerrari has an all-electric active mode, admitting with a actual abbreviate range, and uses adorning braking to allegation the electric motor if not acquainted in.
PLUG-IN HYBRID: 2015 BMW I8
The BMW i8's engine, as the name dictates, allows drivers to allegation the array by artlessly active it into a charging base or through adorning braking. The engine can aswell act as a architect to get a allegation to the batteries. An added bonus: It accuse as you drive in action mode. The electric foreground motor, which drives the foreground wheels, makes 129 bhp and has a ambit of 23 miles. Accumulated with the average agitation engine, that drives the rears, the car afresh makes 357 absolute bhp.
PLUG-IN HYBRID: 2015 KOENIGSEGG REGERA
Perhaps the a lot of alluring accessible hypercar is the Koenigsegg Regera because it has no gearbox. Instead, the 5.0 liter twin-turbo V8 sends 1100 bhp to three electric motors. The aboriginal is absorbed to the foreground of the crankshaft and drives ability to both the array and the two motors that drive the rear wheels. The Regera has a full-electric ambit of about 22 afar and a absolute ability achievement of 1,500 bhp. The car utilizes adorning braking to cut down the allegation time.
PLUG-IN HYBRID: 2014 MCLAREN P1
In adjustment to annual for the baby bulk of turbolag in McLaren's 3.8 liter twin-turbo agitation engine in the P1, the electric motor food its own 177 bhp and pushes the accumulated ability to 903 bhp. The electric motors accept a ambit of about 19 afar and the array can be answerable either through a bung in or through the engine, as McLaren autonomous out of bartering the car with adorning braking technology.
PLUG-IN HYBRID: 2015 PORSCHE 918 SPYDER
With 608 gas-powered bhp axis the rear auto and 279 electric bhp axis the front, the 918 Spyder is a four-wheel-drive 887 bhp supercar. The electric motor has a ambit of 12 afar and can be answerable via engine power, adorning braking, or charging station.
PLUG-IN ELECTRIC: 2015 TESLA MODEL S P85D
The Model S's 85 kWh array is acceptable for about 285 miles. In accession to the 470 bhp rear motor, an added 221 bhp motor has been added to drive the foreground wheels, authoritative the accumulated ability achievement 691 bhp. Because electric cars alone accept one gear, all 686 ft.-lb. of torque is accessible instantly. Charging takes amid 10 to 12 hours at 220V, but he Model S aswell utilizes adorning braking as well.
PLUG-IN ELECTRIC: 2016 AUDI R8 E-TRON
The R8 e-tron runs with a lithium-ion array with a ambit of 280 afar on a abounding charge. It makes 456 bhp and 679 ft.-lb. of torque at already to the rear tires, again, because of the single-gear transmission.
PLUG-IN ELECTRIC: 2013 MERCEDES SLS AMG ELECTRIC DRIVE
The SLS AMG Electric Drive has four motors, one for anniversary wheel, with absolute ability achievement at 526 bhp and 649 ft.-lb. of torque. With one accessory delegating the power, the E-Cell uses both adorning braking and charging stations to allegation the batteries. Mercedes builds these to order, so don't apprehend to see one on your bounded street. Or ever.
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