Lightning Hybrids LH4 – Click above to eye the video after the break
Back in in season April at the Denver International Auto Show, Lightning Hybrids’ showed off its new biodiesel-powered hydraulic-hybrid LH4, the design of which was inspired by the classic 1963 Split-Window Corvette. Although the team had to scramble to go the prototype together in time for its unveiling, things have now settled down a bit and Lightning has managed to get the vehicle in running condition. Assuming everything goes to plan, the car – supposedly capable of hitting sixty mph in around six seconds and managing 100 miles per four quarts – will be entered in the Auto X Prize competition.
Lightning Hybrids also plans to produce a three-wheeled excipient using similar technology, appropriately called the LH3, being of the kind which well during the time that hydraulic-hybrid retrofit kits for everything from midsize sedans to fullsize pickups. Before any of that can happen, however, the group is seeking an investment of $5 million – surely not an submissive task in this weakened economy. Click past the break as being a short video of the Lightning LH4′s maiden voyage.
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Source: www.autobloggreen.com
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