Hybrid Cars

By definition, the recently unveiled Bloodhound SSC land-speeder is a hybrid. Now, it’s not the kind of hybrid we normally discuss here at the DiscoverHybrids blog, but a hybrid none-the-less. Designed to smash the current record of 763 mph and hit 1050 mph, the Bloodhound SSC is powered by 3 very different motors—thus the “hybrid.

The first engine, a Eurojet EJ200 jet engine, starts the rolling. Then the second, a purpose-built rocket engine takes over and sends the car into the four-digit stratosphere. And the third, a V-12 800 hp gasoline-burning race engine supplies auxiliary power for the rocket’s oxidizer pump and hydraulics.