Hybrid 370z
 

It might be a repost, but here it goes. Did not find anything while doing a search.

Would you buy it?

"The Hybrid Nissan 370Z sports car will be powered by this revolutionary Lithium Ion battery pack to be produced by a Nissan-NEC partnership. This battery pack has nearly twice the energy density of the battery packs used by current hybrids. Look carefuly at the front bumper, there is a Hybrid emblem on it. Is it real or is it photoshop?

According to Japanese sources, Nissan is working on a Hybrid power system for larger high performance cars and will introduce it on the new Fuga Sedan (our Infiniti M35/M45) which is due in the 2009 as a 2010 model. This hybrid system will be offered in the new Fuga one year after its launch as a 2011 model. Nissan is also planning to use this system for a hybrid version of the 370Z sports car a little later in 2011. This will make the 370Z the first high performance hybrid sports car on the market. Infinti is also looking to enter the hybrid sports car market with a car called the Essence which is currently a concept car."


Hybrid 370Z on the way? picture: 298602 - Top Speed

Would the performance suffer?

Would I buy it? No. More interested in the prospective Lotus Evora Hybrid or the...



Granted the Revenge is a wee bit more expensive that the Evora, but I like the direction the company is heading. (Where did they come up with Chevy Vega green?) Really looking more toward the independents than the large corporations for these vehicles.

No, sorry I don't care about trees that much. I don't care how politically incorrect that sounds. Even if it didn't have a negitive effect on performance, I bet it would drive the cost through the roof.

I thought the developement of these "battery packs" caused much more pollution than the non "hybrid" counterparts? And the disposal is a bitch too?

No thanks. I think the whole push for "green" when it comes to automobiles is :bs:

Yup heard this on top gear. A hybrid technically produces more pollution than a regular car due to this.

There would be extra weight, and a price increase, identical performance, and a updated interior information center.:rolleyes:

uhm would it cause more torque?

bingo. while the "green" battery hybrids cause less pollution in regards to exhaust fumes and usage of oil, the development and transportation of the batteries produces a larger carbon footprint. so really, the only upside to it is the US's dependency on foreign oil goes down. if you're purchasing a hybrid because you think you're going green, you are mistaken.

until engineers come up with a truly green car, i'll continue to burn the gas and have some fun :)

Totally true………..

God created the dinosaurs, and then killed them all just so we could drive cars. I have to respect that.

Makes you wonder what he's gonna do to us for the next set of beings...kill us so we can fuel star trek-like transporters?:confused:

I never heard Scotty say the transporter was running low on old white guy butt lard, but if that's my contribution to technology in future society, so be it. I guess I can have that extra doughnut for thier sake.

actually climate change and global warming has already been documented as true, and you should care because it will have lots of negative consequences to the planet and people. and keep in mind that internal comubstion engines are an old and outdated design from the middle of last century. it's also extremel inefficient, usually converting only 10-20% of fuel to kinetic energy. on the other hand, most "green" technologies in cars nowadays aren't really all that better than internal combustion engines. like others said, those battery packs are very highly toxic and loaded with extremely poisonous heavy metals. manufacturing and disposing of them are both dangerous to the environment too. also the electricity had to come from somewhere, usually by burning fossil fuels in power generation plants. gas-electric hybrids are a bit better than normal cars for the environment, but their fuel savings is not much and they tend to be underpowered and costly.

i believe the best way to protect the environment would be stop focusing on the engine and fix the rest of the car. Put cars on a diet by using lightweight composite materias for the body, remove excess and unnecessary features that an owner won't use, trim the interior, and use lightweight materials for suspension, wheels and chassis components, glass windows, body panels, etc.... Shaving off weight would help a lot with fuel mileage. if the average weight of vehicles on the street goes down from say 4000 to 3000 pounds, fuel consumption would automatically go down by 25%. also more effort should be put into harnessing braking energy. most kinetic energy in a car goes to heat the brakes and then goes into the air during braking. the car will have to burn more fuel to get back to speed. if there was a system that harnesses and stores the kinetic energy of a car slowing down, then this energy can be reused to accelerate the car up to speed again in lieu of having to burn more fuel. It would be something like the KERS system F1 experimented with last year. since the bulk of fuel consumption is used for accelerating a slow car, a kers system or equivalent if made efficient can lead to huge savings in gas mileage.

I know but blabla blabla

person A says GLOBAL WARMING
person B says globar warming is ********.

green power OMG hype

news gets out about person A making false reports about global warming

its a never ending story between the two parties.

We just had the worst winter since 30 years here. **** global warming