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Its not just GRM that wants to start playing with hybrids and electric cars, Turner Motorsport has a BMW ActiveE 1-series that is getting upgraded too. Personally, I like the idea. I wouldn't expect them to replace our gas drinking toys anytime soon but I welcome the electric competition and hope further development can make hybrids and electric cars more fun to drive for enthusiasts like ourselves.

http://hooniverse.com/2012/06/20/ehot-rodding-improving-the-electric-bmw-activee/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hooniverse%2FRrVl+%28Hooniverse%29

They're just copying.

At one point, I had daydreamed about making my Suburban into a hybrid using a small diesel generator, and a locomotive A/C traction motor under the hood. Might have been a tight fit.

Of course there is always this...

N Sperlo wrote: Their just copying.

Their copying was just?

MadScientistMatt wrote: At one point, I had daydreamed about making my Suburban into a hybrid using a small diesel generator, and a locomotive A/C traction motor under the hood. Might have been a tight fit.

You're not the only one

There used to be a Hybrid Suburban in my neighborhood, but now I don't see it anymore.

MadScientistMatt wrote: At one point, I had daydreamed about making my Suburban into a hybrid using a small diesel generator, and a locomotive A/C traction motor under the hood. Might have been a tight fit.

I would think the hard part would actually be gearing, but maybe not considering plenty of locomotives do 70MPH and up, and in a car body the motors might be capable of more RPMs.