The Liv Inizio is coming. The super car comes in two version. The more powerful cars has a 240 mph top speed and a whopping 1000 horsepower V-12 that runs off of lithium and ethanol. And, oh yeah, the interior is designed to comfortably squeeze in a driver with Shaquille O’Neal’s frame. The all-electric version has a top speed of 160 mph, a 200 mile range and takes 6 to 8 hours to charge. The body is carbon fiber and the roof is removable. Sound too good to be true? Check out Hybrid Technologies display at the LA Auto Show for the car that will be delivered to customers in 2009.
Hybrid Technologies has a vision for the future — and its building it now. For years the small Mooresville, North Carolina based company has worked with lithium batteries to develop an array of electric vehicles. Cars, choppers, scooters, wheel chairs and military vehicles are developed by the 43 employees at this 40,000 square-foot R & D facility that used to be a NASCAR garage.
The majority of the vehicles are not actual “hybrids,” but are full lithium electric powered. When hybrid power is used the company experiments with lithium combined with solar electricity instead of gasoline engines that are used in current production hybrids. Each vehicle has on-board charges, meaning that you can plug in anywhere. “You don’t have to have a special station installed in your house,” engineer Ron Cerven says. “The dryer outlet will charge your car overnight.”
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