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SIX Porsche 918 Hybrid Spyder On the Road in Monaco [VIDEO]

While cruising around Monaco, Youtuber Marchettino stumbled upon a convoy of several Porsche 918 Spyders!

Technical data - 2014 Porsche 918 Spyder

  • Engine: two electric engines and a 4.6L petrol V6 with a total of 875hp / 750nm
  • Performance: 0-100 kph (0-60 mph) sprint in 2.8s and a top speed of 340kph (211 mph)
  • Curb Weight: 1675kg
  • Price: 781.000€ and limited to 918 units
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    Radical sets EV Lap Record at Sydney Motorsport Park [VIDEO]

    Ex-Australian Touring Car driver and multiple Australian Motorsport Champion John Bowe took to Sydney Motorsport Park to set an EV (Electric Vehicle) lap record in the ELMOFO (Electronic Motor Force) Radical SR8 - the first of it's kind.

    Bowe set a 1m 37.5s lap which stands as the EV lap record at the 3.9km circuit.

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    Volkswagen XL1 achieves ‘only’ 160 MPG not 314 MPG [VIDEO]

    Volkswagen made big claims about the efficiency of their purpose-built XL1 diesel-hybrid. They claimed the car was good for 314 mpg, which equates to 0.9 l/100km in the Metric system. However, at a recent test drive event organized by VW, a handful of journalists were given the chance to drive the mid-engined XL1.

    The Automobile Magazine representative at the event averaged "only" around 160 mpg or 1.47 l/100km, which is still a hugely impressive figure but not the EU-certified314 mpg originally promised.

    It's not all bad news. Autocar were also at the event and report that on an early test drive, which including crossing a mountain range, the most economical drivers achieved a real 188 mpg and conclude there’s surely potential for 200 mpg on a long motorway run.

    The upshot is that the plug-in hybrid XL1 is probably still the most economical and most aerodynamically efficient production car of all time.

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    Lightning Motorcycles solar powered electric bike @ Pikes Peak 2013 [VIDEO]

    Lightning Motorcycles solar powered electric bike climbed to the top of the 14,115 foot Pikes Peak Hill climb just a fraction of a second over 10 minutes, clocking in at 10:00.694.

    Dunne's time outperformed the second place petrol powered bike by more than 20 seconds, marking the first time in history that an electric vehicle outperformed all combustion powered challengers during a major motorsports event.

    The Li-Ion battery on board the bike was charged during the event by a roof top mounted portable solar PV array mounted on the teams tow vehicle.

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    Lightning Motorcycles solar powered electric bike @ Pikes Peak 2013 [VIDEO]

    Lightning Motorcycles solar powered electric bike climbed to the top of the 14,115 foot Pikes Peak Hill climb just a fraction of a second over 10 minutes, clocking in at 10:00.694.

    Dunne's time outperformed the second place petrol powered bike by more than 20 seconds, marking the first time in history that an electric vehicle outperformed all combustion powered challengers during a major motorsports event.

    The Li-Ion battery on board the bike was charged during the event by a roof top mounted portable solar PV array mounted on the teams tow vehicle.

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    Driving Toyota’s 600-horsepower TMG EV P002 Pikes Peak EV [VIDEO]

    The day following Pikes Peak, Toyota invited Engadget's Tim Stevens to Pikes Peak International Raceway, a 1-mile oval track that's located just south of Colorado Springs, to test drive their 600 horsepower TMG EV P002 Pikes Peak Special.

    The video does includes an interview with 13 time Pikes Peak record holder Rod Millen but the Stevens test drive itself is a fairly point-less exercise as he doesn't once mention the word 'regen' and the video editors in their wisdom layered generic rock music over the entire test drive.

    Source: Engadget