Friday, September 7th 2007
Volvo Showcases Rechargeable Hybrid Concept Car
Fortunately for the environment, it seems as though hybrid cars are starting to catch on. In anticipation of the Frankfurt Motor Show next week, Volvo recently posted some information on their new concept car, the ReCharge. Based on the C30 Hatchback, the ReCharge concept boasts a Lithium Polymer battery that can drive the car for 62 miles without help from the motor, and an all-wheel-drive system. A flex-fuel four cylinder engine can drive what the electric system can't. However, Volvo added something that most hybrid owners have been expecting since the first retail models went to market: a charge cord. If the battery is low in the ReCharge, a customer can plug it in, saving the gasoline otherwise required to recharge the battery. As of yet, there is no word on when we can see a non-concept version.
Source:
EnGadget
32 Comments on Volvo Showcases Rechargeable Hybrid Concept Car
Space traveling and achieving speed of light is another (future) kind of transportation. You know : to speed up a single 100 tonne spaceship to the speed of light won't be possible with fossil energy, even if we have to burn all of it in 100% efficacy for both process - extracting and storing.
Accelerating a 100 -ton payload to 90 percent of the speed of light requires an energy of at least 3000 billion tons of TNT.
Burying radioactive waste below mountain ranges beats burning petroleum products and releasing their byproducts into the atmosphere that we breathe every day.