Another start-up, Fisker Automotive, will debut with the sexy Karma, a plug-in hybrid sports car, then launch a sedan of its own.
Add VPG to the growing list of recent green car failures: Bright Automotive (electric delivery vans) , Carbon Motors (clean diesel-powered police cars), Aptera Motors (three-wheeled electric cars), Coda Automotive (inexpensive electric sedans) and, arguably the most infamous, Fisker Automotive (plug-in hybrid sports cars).
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That race will debut a new set of rules by the race organizers, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, and it will see many of the world's great car makers competing with advanced hybrid prototype sports cars.
The latest rendering of Porsche's plug-in hybrid 918 Spyder super sports car.
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Porsche is also offering petrol-electric hybrid versions of some of its sports cars and the company is expected to come up with a hybrid version of its latest 911 in the near future.
Now Ferrari is putting a hybrid system in its fastest, most exclusive sports car.
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With a 720 x 720 Super AMOLED 3.1 inch display, the Q10's screen is slightly larger than its touch hybrid predecessor, the Bold 9930, and sports a much tighter pixel density of 328ppi (BlackBerry claims the display is 360ppi, which doesn't jibe with our math).
The Tesla Roadster is faster than many sports cars yet more efficient than a hybrid.
On Monday, Lexus was in the spotlight, with its own sexy sports car concept, the LF-LC hybrid coupe.
This is a significant step toward actual production of the company's next super sports car, a Porsche that marries unique plug-in hybrid technology and outstanding performance in a visually stunning and purely Porsche package.
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Despite weighing 305 pounds more, the hybrid corners like a typical 3 Series, which is to say almost like a sports car.
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The company has created hundreds of American automotive jobs and its first model, the Roadster sports car, lit a fire under Detroit to begin producing electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars but with less success.
PowerBox Concept hybrid, for example, shown at the L.A. show, looks a lot like a standard sports utility vehicle (SUV) but combines a supercharged V-6 engine that runs on compressed natural gas and an electric motor that provides added power for acceleration and passing.
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