VIDEO: Lightning Hybrids' LH4 hits the road
Lightning Hybrids LH4 - Click above to watch the video after the break
Back in early 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 get 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 gallon – will be entered in the Auto X Prize competition.
Lightning Hybrids also plans to produce a three-wheeled vehicle using similar technology, appropriately called the LH3, as well as hydraulic-hybrid retrofit kits for everything from midsize sedans to fullsize pickups. Before any of that can happen, though, the group is seeking an investment of $5 million – surely not an easy task in this weakened economy. Click past the break for a short video of the Lightning LH4's maiden voyage.
[Source: Lightning Hybrids via Wired]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
paulwesterberg 4:02PM (7/03/2009)
It doesn't sound like it gets 100mpg.
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gorr 4:18PM (7/03/2009)
Im interrested to buy.
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Max 4:35PM (7/03/2009)
Doesn't sound like 100mpg, and doesn't sound like a hybrid....... and these are aftermarket wheels by centerlinewheels.com, they are very heavy (the opposite of what you'd expect a hybrid to wear).
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polo 5:39PM (7/03/2009)
I didn't know you could tell a car's mpg by the sound of it.
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archonic 12:17AM (7/04/2009)
It's as hideous as ever, it sounds like a super charged lawnmower, those rims look rediculous and are way too heavy and the list goes on. Any money that company (or whatever they are) possess should go towards a company like telsa or fisker or even better, th!nk. Like wow....
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Chris M 2:05AM (7/04/2009)
Yes, it does look like it met with an unfortunate accident. My first thought when seeing the picture was that it was a bad artistic rendering with the perspective way off. Then I realized that it really existed and it really did look like that!
The drive train may be clever and efficient and work extremely well, but they'll have a hard time selling it wrapped in that body.
RAN 11:19PM (7/04/2009)
I've tried to like the looks of this thing... I really have... but it IS hideous, and I agree it sounds horrible too.
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