600-HP Onyx Hybrid At Paris
Baku, September 28 (AZERTAC). If, like a lot of environmentally and budget conscious folks, your idea of a “hybrid” is a sensible car that sips fuel, is reasonably priced, and does not pollute more than necessary, well you won`t see the point of the 600-bhp Peugeot Onyx hybrid concept.
In fact, Ferrari and Porsche are working on up-to-and-over $1 million plug-in hybrids that are pending production - and by the way they also have fans anticipating their efforts and applauding - but for now this Peugeot looks like it will only be a design exercise.
So far, no one has found a use for safely recycled baby seal tears for automotive purposes, but we are still waiting to hear when the first commercial application will be announced.
Of course the idea also will be for this kind of vehicle - when coddled on the European drive cycle to simulate sedate, legal driving - to likely deliver crazy good fuel economy numbers for advertising purposes, potentially assuaging consciences, and satisfying regulators.
Compressed felt is formed as a one-piece pod to serve as the passenger compartment, and the dashboard is made from recycled newspapers turned to wood. That has to be even more eco-sensible than the recovered sunken driftwood Fisker uses in some of its cars.
Seriously though, there are benefits to over-the-top “green” cars on the roads, and the race track, and that is they create excitement, and get more people into the fray. They also help shed the frumpy and even at times self-righteous holier-than-thou image some associate with being environmentally sensible, so really, it all stands to add to the greater good.
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