Porsche: Porsche hybrid?

Will Porsche be forced to build high mileage cars?

John Doe II <net> wrote:

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:> Low Life #3 wrote:
:>> "John Doe II" <net> wrote in message
:>> news:net...
:>> : Will Porsche be forced to build high mileage cars?
:>> :
:>>
:>> Porsche supposedly will announce their hybrid decision next month at the
:>> Frankfurt IAA.
:>
:> Higher mileage may be a side effect, or their hybrid may not get much
:> better mileage. One of the things to consider is that with the
:> electric motors, you don't have to get spool up the motor to get peak
:> torque - pretty much the motor's full power is almost immediately
:> available - they can be optimized to help acceleration quite a bit.
:>

: I think that replacing the AWD system in the C4 with two super high torque
: electrics at the front would make for an awesome machine. Mitsubishi showed
: that on the concept version of the new Eclipse, but it didn't make the
: production version.

Didn't the earlier Dr Porsche hold a patent for electric drive hubs... would
be interesting if they had 4 wheel drive with high torque, powered hubs and
a small motor to provide DC current...

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John Nelson
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