At the Salon of 2009, Los Angeles presented a very special supercar. This is called Capstone Turbine CMT 380 plug-in diesel, and as you say its name has a diesel engine combined with one electric. The body is of GTM Supercar.

But not like any other hybrid car, but this stands out from the rest, primarily because it is a supercar, then that is a pack of lithium-ion batteries, which can be loaded into an outlet, and if staying without power can make use of a 30 kW microturbine equipped in the car to gain electrons. This is capable of running on any fuel, including diesel, biodiesel, etc.

With this engine goes from 0 to 100 km / h in 3.9 seconds and achieves a maximum speed of 240 km / h.

Jim Crouse, Capstone’s executive and Vice President of Sales and Marketing, the firm said: “the TMC-380 has a performance and design that speak for themselves.” The high performance of the microturbine was through the development of the company Electronic Arts The charge is exactly Richard Hilleman, a creator of games popular video.

Darren Jamison, Capstone President and CEO said, “we plan to soon finalize a plan of limited production, in part, based on the interest they have the car at the Auto Salon in Los Angeles”, “the TMC-380 is perfect for people who want everything in one. ”

Tags: 2009, CMT-380, diesel, Los Angeles, Plug-in

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