The Volvo Recharge, Green With Speed
You’ve heard the phrase “It ain’t rocket science”? Well, actually it is. Ichiro Sugioka is the science officer at the Volvo Monitoring and Concept Center in California, and has a PhD in aeronautical engineering.
The Volvo ReCharge is his project.
image via Web Wombat
This plug-in hybrid with a small internal combustion engine for backup goes beyond the current competition in economy and efficiency.
It can travel 60 miles on a three-hour charge, and from zero to 60 mph in about nine seconds. Carbon emissions are expected to be less than half that of any other hybrid out there now, and the cost to drive it should be eighty percent less than any fossil-fuel powered car. The ReCharge has an electric motor in each wheel – the ultimate four-wheel drive.
A lot of other innovations are in the works, and while it’s not quite a space ship, it sure looks like the future of travel on the ground. Zoom! Zoom!
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