Swiss company Mindset plans a hybrid sports car to begin production by 2009, aiming to assemble 10,000 units per annum at a price of �50,000/ USD 74,075 each? The company�s idea, the Mindset E-Motion, is a 4.2 metre long car, expressing a wheelbase of some 2.76 metres. Run by a 70kW/ 94 bhp electric motor fed by a lithium ion battery, it promises pollution-free driving. Torque is rated at 220Nm, top speed is also limited to 140km/h. Not sure why this particular limit given the scope of the engine�s capability though. An acceleration time of under 7 seconds from 0 � 100km/h is anticipated.
Behind this Swiss project is a man by the name of Murat G�nak who used to ply his trade as chief designer at Volkswagen? Suspicious as it already sounds that the Swiss are trying out for another car (memories of smart Mk I are still fresh), it makes sense they would build a hybrid.
Swiss Mindset AG wants starting from 2009 environmentally conscious customers with a hybrid car in the compact class format to lure? The line of the project is incumbent on the former Volkswagen chief designer Murat G�nak. Based on an aluminium spaceframe with a body made from plastic compounds, the E-Motion has an unladen weight of 800kg/ 1,763 lbs. Going tubular on this project, Mindset chose to mould the shape into a form of coupe with a long bonnet, wing doors and a high ride. It defies the definition of an uncool hybrid.
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