Aussie Company Adds A Gasoline Motor To The Model 3 And Deems It A "Hyper Hybrid"

A company in Austria believes that they can make the Tesla Model 3 “better and cheaper” and they demonstrated their technology in a prototype by adding a two-cylinder petrol engine and removing some batteries in the Model 3 – creating the worst Tesla ever.

Obrist Powertrain, the brainchild of engineer Frank Obrist, developed what they claim to be a “Zero Vibration Generator”, which is a small two-cylinder  petrol engine with an output of 40 KW / 54 HP and a weight of only 95 kg.


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SanJoseDriver - 1/6/2020 9:49:54 PM

+1 Boost

What a waste of a perfectly good Model 3.

SanJoseDriver - 1/7/2020 4:15:46 AM

+2 Boost

Ship has sailed, everyone is pulling back R&D investment in ICE powertrains and shifting focus on EVs. Putting a hybrid in one of these would eliminate many of the pluses of an purpose-built EV... you'd need to maintain the motor, go to gas stations, have extra weight to haul around, extra noise/vibrations, less storage space, more components to break, etc. Not worth it. Would rather see a more compact version of the Model 3 with a smaller battery to hit the under $35k segment.

Hauerg - 1/7/2020 3:11:55 PM

+2 Boost

„Aussie“ it is not.
This is about Austria, ????. Skiing and Mozart, not fires and kangaroos.