Porsche has revealed a hybrid supercar.  The company says that the gasoline-electric hybrid Porsche 918 Spyder concept car, which made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show, represents the future of supercars.

There has been considerable worry over whether there can be a supercar in the modern era. With environmental laws requiring more gas mileage and less emissions every year, companies like Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche are scrambling to find ways to continue to sell cars. In order to meet these stricter laws, supercar companies have to make significant changes to the cars they build. Car lovers are not happy about these changes.

“So much for ‘passion,'” a member of a popular car enthusiast message board said about Lamborghini’s decision to stop producing cars with manual transmissions.

Porsche has revealed the hybrid-powered 918 Spyder concept car, which could answer the question of how a company can continue to evoke passion from car lovers and still meet emissions requirements.

The Porsche 918 Spyder concept car uses a gasoline engine combined with three electric motors powered by lithium-ion batteries to give the car a 0-60 time of 3.2 seconds and 78-mpg. The gasoline engine is a 3.6-liter mid-mounted V8 that makes 680-hp, according to Autoweek. A carbon fiber chassis keeps weight to a minimum, which allows the car to perform better and get higher gas mileage.

Porsche says the 918 Spyder will be faster around the Nurburgring, a legendary race track in Germany used as a benchmark for performance, than the Carrera GT. The company claims that computer simulations put the 918 Spyder’s lap time at 7.5 minutes.

This isn’t Porsche’s first foray into hybrid sports cars. The company recently built a 911 GT3 hybrid race car.

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