Hybrid X5? - United Bimmer Community

**Exilion** · 02-23-2008, 12:49 PM

Well here you go http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsAr...ncepts/231350/. X5's aren't my favorite in general but I wonder how the hybrid will fair.

witeshark · 02-23-2008, 01:14 PM

The roof solar panel is the bit I like the best

denyo77 · 02-24-2008, 05:04 AM

**Exilion** · 02-24-2008, 11:34 AM

Did you guys know there are tinted windows that act as solar panels? Check this car that's coming out in a year or two http://www.zapworld.com/files/zap-docs/zap-apx.pdf It's made by zap and designed by lotus. Here's an example of what we can do with solar panels now a days http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0130194130.htm But I could go on forever about the crap that's out and coming out... And now back to the topic of will BMW owners buy a hybrid X5. I think it'll be awhile before people think of BMW as a hybrid/electric car company. But who knows people like BMW for being well engineered so it might catch on.

denyo77 · 02-24-2008, 02:09 PM

I def. think there's a huge potential in it
it's sad that German car makers have for a long time pretty much abandoned the thought of alternative energies and hybrid cars...
don't talk about the crappy Hydrogen Bimmers, I'm ashamed if I think of them...

edit: I jsut read that ZAP leaflet... that seems like an awesome idea: a car that produces up to 644 hp and can drive up to 350 miles per charge...

I'd buy that

**ibiza** · 09-29-2008, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by witeshark

The roof solar panel is the bit I like the best

i like it 2..