Lamborghini's electric concept car looks incredible!

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You can understand why the purists sometimes get a bit touchy when manufacturers as sacred Lamborghini point towards a petrol-less future; but, if progress is looking this good I reckon we all might just survive.

Say hello to the Terzo Millenio...







It's been developed in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a way of, amongst other things, exploring alternative methods of energy storage.  Without wanting to go too heavy on the science, it might not even need a conventional battery.  Potentially, its carbon fiber body could act as an accumulator for kinetic energy storage.  They're also looking at ways that material might 'self-heal' after a collision.

Some mad science-fiction ting right there.  Mind. Blown.