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On sale this year; 770bhp electric motor; 0-60mph in 3sec

A microturbine powered supercar with a 0-60mph time of 3.0sec and top speed in excess of 200mph will go on sale later this year.

The carbonfibre-built Velozzi supercar is powered by a 770bhp AC-induction electric motor charged by a 65kW microturbine built by Capstone, which made headlines when it unveiled its own supercar prototype at last year's LA motor show.

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According to Velozzi, the car has an electric-only range of 200 miles, when the diesel-powered microturbine kicks in to recharge the batteries and give the car a range of more than 1000 miles.

Velozzi is also planning a second microturbine-powered car. The Velozzi Solo is a lightweight electric crossover with an on-board 30kW microturbine. It will go on sale next year.

Velozzi is a Los Angeles-based car design and manufacturing firm.

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ACCobra427 9 February 2010

Re: Microturbine supercar revealed

disco.stu wrote:
When you start it up, do you get to say "Atomic Batteries to power, turbines to speed!"?

No, but you do have to turn the time circuits on and check the flux capacitor is, err, fluxing...

jackjflash 9 February 2010

Re: Microturbine supercar revealed

Very cool vintage video...

Rover BRM at 1965 Lemans

jackjflash 9 February 2010

Re: Microturbine supercar revealed

There was a time when Chrysler was actually innovative.

1963 Chrysler Turbine Car