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10 Most Exotic Electric Cars Concepts

The very thought of fossil fuels running out makes us think what’s next? And the answer comes: electric cars. They are rightly deemed the environment saviors. However, those with thick pockets sometimes abstain from buying one for the sheer reason that there are few EVs made by the luxury brands. Nevertheless, we have complied a list of electric cars that will not only make your drive clean and green but will offer you luxury and style at the same time.• Electric luxury Maserati Tramontane

Info: Designed by Ondrej Jirec, the Maserati Tramontane is a concept vehicle which is developed as a part of his studies at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. It’s a lightweight electric luxury supercar, and its design is intended to lower the weight, reduce the No. of body parts, and to simplify building process while combining interior and exterior elements.• Citroen Eco-Luxury sedan

Info: The Citroen Eco-Luxury sedan concept from designer Ankit Prashar has a different touch for Citroen’s design language. The luxury vehicle is all-electric with a lithium-ion battery powering the in-wheel electric motors. A fuel cell works as a range extender and charges the batteries when needed, to top it all, solar panels on the roof supply energy for the concept’s lighting system.• Mercedes all-electric luxury car

Info: It was just a while Mercedes announced that the Mercedes-Benz S400 BlueHybrid would be the first production hybrid that uses lithium-ion batteries. BI is saying that a source within MB’s Stuttgart Research Center has revealed that Daimler AG is developing a mid- or large-size electric-powered luxury vehicle.• Fisker Luxury Electric Car

Info: Fisker Automotive released the photos of what they called the final production version of the Fisker Karma luxury plug-in hybrid electric sedan before its official debut at the 2009 North American International Auto Show. Company is to set to start rolling of the production line at the end of this year.• Mitsubishi All-Electric Car

Info: Mitsubishi has unveiled this all-electric concept car called the i MIEV Sport in September 2007. Besides being a zero-emission vehicle, the car incorporates a solar roof, two compact wind turbines built into the front grill, and a regenerative braking system.• Aston Martin’s Lagonda

Info: Aston Martin’s Lagonda concept car, which is a four-door, four-seat sports car maintains its distinct and sporty image in the car world. This vehicle from Aston Martin will be a luxury sports car made using cutting-edge technology and innovative new materials.• Fisker’s sporty Eco-Chic

Info: The Fisker four-door premium ‘Eco-Chic’, plug-in hybrid sports sedan comes in gas or diesel engines and offers as many as 620 miles between refueling. The plug-in charge is good for the first 50 miles and the hybrid drive can squeeze up to 100 miles per gallon out of fossil fuels. The car has a battery pack at the center to deliver improved driving dynamics, better balance, maximum safety, and ’some’ good looks.• Koenigsegg’s electric Quant car

Info: Koenigsegg unveiled their electric vehicle concept Quant at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show. The vehicle has a mammoth 512hp and 527 pound-ft of torque. The entire torque is available at 1 rpm and stays on until the maximum motor speed. While they were at it, they decided the concept’s two motors should be powered by rapid charge capable batteries.• Cadillac XTS Platinum

Info: In a bid to give the German luxury cars a genuine competition, Cadillac unveiled its XTS Platinum concept at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show. This model is all set to replace two of Cadillac models viz. STS and aging DTS. The concept flaunts Cadillac’s emerging top of the line Platinum series of models, emphasizing new expressions of luxury and technological features.• All Electric Tesla

Info: The all-electric Tesla Roadster is already a darling of the masses. The wonderful car has been hailed for its supreme performance and amazing clean drive. The Roadster seems to it from 0 to 60 in a flash and all that is done with absolute silence. The instant acceleration and the sudden braking are kept under control by a very efficient traction control system. • Dodge Circuit EV

Info: The car that was nothing more than a Lotus Europa with an electric powertrain and Dodge badges now at least looks kind of like it belongs in a Dodge dealership .The front fascia now sports the traditional Dodge cross-hair grille while the posterior gets cleaner look with a small diffuser. New wheels and a coat of orange paint that Chrysler’s press release dubbs”Tangoreen” round out the visual changes.

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While not strictly all electric, the Karma still uses electric only drive, and is backed up by a small on board gasoline generator to provide the charge for the Lithium Ion batteries that drives the car.

Fisker says that if you drive 50 miles a day and charge the car in the evening, you will not need to buy gasoline for a year...

So what can this car do?

It can achieve 50 miles on battery only, when the Gasoline engine will provide the backup charging capability for further travel.

It can reach 125 mph top and get to 60 mph in 5.8 seconds.

It is due for sale in 2011, and is estimated to retail for $100,000 US.

All common safety features of modern cars are fitted, along with regenerative braking which recovers electric power for the batteries while slowing down or stopping.

Even if this car was an internal combustion engine, it would be a showstopper, but the cachet of electric places it in another realm...

Fisker Karma Electric Car

One of the newest entries in the electric-car market, the Fisker Karma, is a sleek, muscle-bound sports sedan that will turn a lot of heads with its good looks. And it ought to, considering what you’d pay to own one: The Karma’s list price is $87,900. But while the car is clearly meant for a certain class of buyer, Fisker Automotive will be making cars that cost half as much — and ostensibly sell in much greater numbers — within the next few years. The company is among a group of nimble startup automakers that are effecting a sea change in the industry and bringing a new wave of green autos to the masses — “a new kind of American car company,” Forbes called these innovators in a recent profile of Fisker founder Henrik Fisker.

Fisker is billing the Karma as “the world’s first premium plug-in hybrid electric vehicle,” yet don’t let the “hybrid” part make you think this is just a fancy Prius. The Karma runs exclusively on electricity for its first 50 miles before switching to a gas-fueled electric drive, dubbed the Q Drive,

meaning that a motorist with a daily round-trip commute less than that could go for long stretches without refilling the tank. The machine has serious sports-car credibility, too, having been designed by Fisker himself, who also crafted the Aston Martin DB9 and the BMW Z8, two sweet rides favored by international spy James Bond.

At a Minneapolis event celebrating the car’s debut, part of a national rollout tour, a crowd of gawkers — some journalists, some green-car geeks, and some moneyed buyers kicking the metaphorical tires — gathered around the first Karma any of them had seen. Already that day, three buyers had committed, joining the 17 already on “sold” list at Borton Fisker, the Minnesota Volvo dealership that signed on to sell the Fisker line. The buyers won’t see their cars till early next year.

Kjell Bergh, Borton’s chairman, paid a visit to Fisker’s California headquarters after being handpicked and asked to be a dealer.

“When I saw the car I said, ‘Where do I sign?’” says Bergh, who was also impressed by the Fisker team — “hardcore car people,” he calls them.

Fisker is benefiting from federal policies meant to encourage green-car development and to realize President Barack Obama’s stated goal of 1 million plug-in autos by 2015. The company recently was approved for federal loan of $528.7 million, which will go toward developing lower-priced plug-in hybrids and purchasing a former General Motors assembly plant in Delaware, which is projected to employ 2,000 workers.

But Fisker is also benefiting from a lean business structure, outsourcing much of its work instead of taking the centralized, infrastructure-intensive approach of the ever-smaller Big 3 automakers. Henrik Fisker is in this sense the anti-Ford, dismantling the myth that all cars are made in gigantic factories in Michigan.

Fisker’s marketing of the Karma stresses the green message, starting not least with its name. “‘Karma’ implies that if you do good things, good things will happen to you,” suggests a glossy one-sheet sales pitch for those needing a Buddhist primer. The flyer also states that “Environmentalism has never been more beautifully infused with elegance and style” and sums up the car in three adjectives: “Luxurious. Sensuous. Accountable.”

Karma-dealing sales reps are also clearly selling against the Tesla, the car’s obvious competitor in the upscale electric segment and a bitter corporate rival of Fisker.

“No one matches this technology, not even Tesla” says Borton Fisker sales manager Gene Kaganovsky, noting that Tesla’s high-end Roadster doesn’t have a plan B when batteries are spent. “When it runs out, you call someone from the side of the road.”

Kaganovsky also mentioned the personal money troubles of Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk, which were recently and embarrassingly detailed in the New York Times—though Tesla insists that it sits on solid financial ground apart from its founder.

Fisker’s sales force, though, is also selling against a common perception about hybrid vehicles. “The problem,” says Bergh, “is that hybrids have been butt ugly.” Fisker is clearly out to change that.

Review By -Keith Goetzman (http://www.motherearthnews.com)