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MARTIN MEISSNER/Associated PressPorsche CEO Michael Macht presents three hybrid cars — the Cayenne (from left), the Spyder 918 concept and the 911 GT3 RS — at the Geneva Auto Show in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. The show will open its gates to the public from March 4 to March 14, presenting hundreds of brands. -
MARTIN MEISSNER/Associated PressPorsche kicked off the show with a hybrid version of its Cayenne S sports utility vehicle. Porsche CEO Michael Macht touted the Cayenne as "a milestone on the way to electric mobility" for the Volkswagen brand, even as Porsche's head of development acknowledged the powerful SUV can manage only 2.8 miles in pure electric mode. -
MARTIN MEISSNER/Associated PressPorsche's 911 GT3 RS hybrid race car uses a flywheel rather than batteries to store electricity. This allows the German racer to recover kinetic energy when braking, and quickly release it again to power the engine when necessary — or to give it an additional boost. Don't expect the GT3 to do the full 24 hours race on the Nuerburgring in May on electricity alone though. The flywheel will only spin so far before the 480 horsepower gasoline engine has to take over. -
MARTIN MEISSNER/Associated PressPorsche presents for the first time on Monday, March 1, 2010, the 918 Spyder hybrid concept, a two-seater concept capable of unholy speeds on the Autobahn, but saintly and silent electric operation in town. -
MARTIN MEISSNER/Associated PressPorsche CEO Michael Macht drives the new 918 Spyder hybrid concept at the Volkswagen Group event on Monday. "Porsche has never shown a concept that wasn't built," Macht told a hangar full of executives and journalists on the eve of the Geneva show's official opening to the news media. -
MARTIN MEISSNER/Associated PressMacht and Wolfgang Porsche (from right) present the new Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid concept car on Tuesday. -
MARTIN MEISSNER/Associated PressThe 918 Spyder hybrid concept won't go far on batteries — a mere 16 miles — but it's hard to see how a Porsche driver would be satisfied driving electric for long anyway. -
SANDRO CAMPARDO, Keystone/AP PhotoThe Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid concept car is shown during press day at the 80th Geneva Auto Show on Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland. -
SANDRO CAMPARDO, Keystone/AP PhotoThe Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid concept car. -
MARTIN MEISSNER/Associated PressPeople inspect the Volkswagen Touareg SUV hybrid at the Geneva Auto Show Tuesday. It was developed jointly with Porsche's next-generation Cayenne and will go on sale later this year, VW chief executive Martin Winterkorn said. -
SANDRO CAMPARDO, Keystone/AP PhotoThe Honda CR-Z hybrid is shown during press day at the Geneva Auto Show on Wednesday, March 3. Honda said, under U.S. calculation methods, the car gets 36 miles per gallon for city driving and 38 miles per gallon on highways. -
MARTIAL TREZZINI, Keystone/AP PhotoThe Subaru Hybrid Tourer concept car is shown during press day at the Geneva Auto Show on Tuesday. -
MARTIAL TREZZINI, Keystone/AP PhotoThe Subaru Hybrid Tourer concept car. -
MARTIAL TREZZINI, Keystone/AP PhotoThe Twizy Z.E electric concept car is shown during press day at the Geneva Auto Show on Wednesday. -
MARTIN MEISSNER/Associated PressFerrari shows the hybrid concept Vettura Laboratorio at the Geneva Auto Show on Wednesday. -
MARTIN MEISSNER/Associated PressThe Ferrari Vettura Laboratorio hybrid concept car. -
MARTIN MEISSNER/Associated PressThe Ferrari Vettura Laboratorio hybrid concept car. -
MARTIAL TREZZINI, Keystone/AP PhotoThe Subaru Stella Plug-in, a fully electric car, is shown during press day at the Geneva Auto Show on Tuesday. -
MARTIN MEISSNER/Associated PressManufacturer Lumeneo shows the just 33.86 inch-wide electric car Smera at the Geneva Auto Show on Wednesday. -
MARTIN MEISSNER/Associated PressManufacturer Lumeneo shows the just 33.86 inch-wide electric car Smera at the Geneva Auto Show on Wednesday. -
MARTIN MEISSNER/Associated PressA man inspects an electric vehicle by Chinese automaker BYD at the Geneva Auto Show on Wednesday. -
MARTIN MEISSNER/Associated PressA Smart Electric Drive is plugged in at the Geneva Auto Show on Wednesday. -
MARTIN MEISSNER/Associated PressA Smart Electric Drive is plugged in at the Geneva Auto Show on Wednesday. -
MARTIAL TREZZINI, Keystone/AP PhotoThe Valmet Automotive Inc. Eva concept electric car is shown during press day at the Geneva Auto Show on Wednesday. -
MARTIAL TREZZINI, Keystone/AP PhotoThe Valmet Automotive Inc. Eva concept electric car. -
MARTIAL TREZZINI, Keystone/AP PhotoThe Valmet Automotive Inc. Eva concept electric car.
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