The recent Backstage Magazine showed a picture of a re-worked Autopia car with a hybrid motor. According to the caption, these hybrid engines will graduately replace the current petrol powered engines. :)
Not only some visible refurbishments at DLP! Good to hear they're adding hybrid motors to the cars :D
Not as good as in HKDL but it is better than before.
Now that is cool, and something old school Disney. Any idea on timelines?
Will this mean we might get to see all 4 lanes going at once ???
Great news, as I love Autopia, but hate the petrol fumes!
about time as always so supprised by the out-dated petrol cars sure will be a welcome change!
Are the new hybrid motors coming with a new sponsor for Autopia?
I suppose the reason why Ford was no longer suitable is because of this switch!?
Quote from: "montaguewarner"I suppose the reason why Ford was no longer suitable is because of this switch!?
Ford builds also hybrid motors. At least the new New York Taxi Cabs made by Ford use hybrid motors. So that can't be the reason. I think they just had a contract for one or two years and now it expired.
That is great news.
I just can't breathe around Autopia and didn't like my kids having to inhale the rubbish coming out of the cars.
now they may see less breakdowns maybe.
shame i was hoping they would be getting ride of that and having something more interesting !!
I think Autopia is great attaction, only problem with it is the quing to get on the ride as well as it being petrol cars, with it going green is a very big welcome, and if they can get the issue of the long q's sorted it will be much better, when I was there there was quite a big q but not the full of the attaction was being used as they do have quite a few loading area's but only 1 was being used!
Lol, I thought they were already electric!
In fact why cant they just be electric? Its not like they go that fast?
lol oh trust me they are not already Electric that would be nice! and supprising that they arent!
I know what you mean with the spead was on it and got bored quick of it ha
This is a great news. I just wonder why they're going with hybrid and not full electric? Maybe they'd have to add an electric busbar to the road, in order for the cars to run off electricity, which would require more work. By going hybrid, perhaps all they have to change is the cars themselves?
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Ok, so I just saw this on Twitter:
Quote@DisneylandParis Autopia goes green! The first Autopia cars with HYBRID motor are on the track and being tested right now!!
My question remains; why hybrid? Hybrid cars usually use electric below a certain speed, and then the petrol engine kicks in above that speed. Since the Autopia cars always go so slowly (about 7 mph) all the time, why would they ever need a petrol engine? I don't understand :D
My guess would be that cost and safety are the reasons. The cars are on the track running the whole day, so there is no way any battery could do. So they either would have to recharge each car very regularly or they would have to implement a way to get the electricity to the cars while they are driving. An electric rail or something like that on the middle of the street would probably cost a lot and it would be really dangerous. And you wouldn't want something similar to what those carnival bumper cars are using, would you?
why couldn't they do something like those cars at the legoland parks?
Quote from: "peter"why couldn't they do something like those cars at the legoland parks?
The ones that are extremely slow by the end of the day? Best not. My second go on them when I was a kid was spoilt by how slow they were. XD
How about nuclear reactors on the back of each car?
Or better still just get out and push the car, that would be greener.
Quote from: "peter"How about nuclear reactors on the back of each car?
Lol. That reminded me of a Disneyland video. XD
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Quote from: "peter"How about nuclear reactors on the back of each car?
Yeah, that would be greener, too...neon-greener ;)