It also, though, has an electric motor that provides additional power to the rear wheels (through the same gearbox) and a second electric motor connected directly to the front axle.

ECONOMIST: Fast cars will go even faster with electric power

Ferrari's experimental 599 has the car's V12 engine coupled to a seven-speed automated gearbox which also contains an electric motor.

ECONOMIST: Fast cars will go even faster with electric power

The Electric Defender test vehicles swap the 2.2-liter, four-cylinder diesel engine and six-speed manual gearbox of the regular Defender 110 for a 70-kilowatt electric motor that puts out the equivalent of 94 horsepower and 243 foot-pounds of torque.

FORBES: Land Rover Experiments With Making Its Defender 110 An Electric Vehicle