Frazer-Nash rotary/electric hybrid sports car

[neil@kobalt]

Looks like one of the better options for reducing emissions and it's pretty nippy at the same time:) Wether you like the design of the exterior or not, using a 814cc rotary engine to power electric motors is similar to what diesel electric loco engines have done for years, why not shoehorn it into a car?!?

http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/234516/frazernash_namir.html

From this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Frazer-Nash_TT_Replica_2-Seater_Sports_1935.jpg/300px-Frazer-Nash_TT_Replica_2-Seater_Sports_1935.jpg

to this in only 74 years:

http://www.evo.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_606/car_photo_303484_25.jpg

[Marder]

Rotary engine? I suppose that is similar to Wankel? It is very nice motortype but has some drawbacks, reason why it is not widely used. Those hybrids are showing the future. Altough those concepts are always looking nice, production versions are almost always toned down. :)

Personally I like Fisker Karma more:
http://1001photos.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/fisker-karma12.jpg

And Fisker Karma is almost ready for production. Hybrid too and best of all: Made in Finland. Seriously, Valmet Automotive is making very quality cars, perhaps the best ones in the world. Very high standarts and latest technology.

[neil@kobalt]

MMmmmm that does look nice:) There was just an articleon the news about a new method of recharging Lithion-Ion batteries which "could" be used in future electric/battery powered cars. They're forgetting that is't still really polluting, just at the power station rather than out of the car itself. We need hybrid power or just straight forward hydrogen power. Either that or the Mr Fusion from Back To The Future so we can run our cars on bannana skins and coke:)