Environmentally Friendly Hybrid Green Cars

While the jury is still out on whether electric cars can ever be really practical, the computer mongols in California Silicon Valley are getting restlessly impatient to test their bets. The venture capitalists, who funded the information superhighway, are now pouring money into the actual highway, backing at least 30 small start-up companies.
Contrasting their Silicon Valley creativity with Detroit’s bureaucracy is the main driver of their investments in producing a viable electric hybrid car.

From the beginning, many at Silicon Valley wanted to prove that innovative and nimble Silicon Valley could build a better green car than bureaucratic Detroit. However, as the green car develops from prototypes to actual development, they begin to feel the pressures of balancing revenue and expenditures have begun to take its toil.

After all, Silicon Valley has always been more apt at creative and innovative ideas with informational products, not hard products to say the least. What with General Motors hot at their heels in heated competition to produce a comparatively cheaper and more appealing full electric car to the masses.

Much can be said about targeting niches and each to its own. When it comes to generating revenues, that is all a business is concerned about in terms of survival. And with experience, surely there are better chances of survival in the world of the auto industry.

Latest Innovation of the Green Car

Telsa Roaster

The Telsa Roadster hits 0-60 within 4 seconds, runs on full electric motor, covers 200 miles before plug in recharge. Currently has 1,000 orders in its bag and going strong with target markets spanning across America to Europe.

Karma Fisker

The Karma, of maker Fisker Automotive, is designed by Hendrik Fisker, designer of the BMW Z8 and Aston Martin DB9. The Karma is a four-door plug-in hybrid like the Chevy Volt, heaps bounty of green features to boot. The full electric car also uses a solar roof to generate electricity. Although not sufficient to drive the battery, it drives enough electricity for the vehicle to cool the car while it’s running at idle. Going at $80,000 with a top speed of 125 mph, hitting 0-60 within 5.8 seconds.

Aptera Typ-1

Aptera Typ-1, which belongs to the older and less conventional startups like the full-electric, is due out this Christmas at $30,000 per piece. It is anything but old. Running on 3 wheels, the Aptera is a 2 seater, designed to look like a formula one vehicle so aerodynamic that it slices through air, capable of covering 200 miles before recharge.

This goes without saying that with such hefty price tags, they could pose as put offs for many middle class car buyers too.

But the key issue with all these cars is that much of the electricity used to power them would come from burning coal, which produces greenhouse gases. Would this go down well with Environmentalists, only time will tell.

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