For real? Startup talks 2,000-hp turbine-hybrid big rig and 520-hp UTV [feedly]

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For real? Startup talks 2,000-hp turbine-hybrid big rig and 520-hp UTV
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

If there was ever a time to dazzle the world with promises of futuristic electric car technologies and crazy performance estimates, it would be 2016. Salt Lake City-based startup Nikola Motor Company may have a long way to go, but it believes it can revolutionize transportation. Given its overnight ascendance and off-the-charts claims, we're nothing if not skeptical. We are, however, hopeful that its 2,000-hp turbine-extender semi truck and solar-assisted, all-electric side-by-side – or derivatives thereof – become reality.

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