img src="http://mos.techradar.com//images/alitalia-planes-200-200.jpg"/pWith two engines and three wheels, the new Piaggio MP3 Hybrid has to be one of the craziest hybrid vehicles we've seen./ppUnveiled at the EICMA bike show in Milan, the MP3 Hybrid combines a 125cc powerhouse with a plug-in mains-chargeable electric engine./ppRiders can choose to operate in hybrid mode, getting up to 170mpg and emitting just 40g/km of carbon dioxide, or cruise in ZEV (zero emission vehicle) mode on electricity alone./ppstrongstrongElectric avenue/strong/strong/ppThe four-stroke engine is normally catalysed with electric start, automatic transmission and Ride-by-Wire electronic control. /ppIn normal operation, the petrol engine will charge the battery as you flit from gelato van to espresso cafe - and use regenerative charging to boost it further when braking. /ppA built-in mains charger means the MP3 simply plugs in at home, with a very reasonable recharge time of just three hours. There's no details yet on its ZEV range on pure electricity./ppWired reports that acceleration from 0-60mph takes a nippy 5 seconds, with electric power boosting initial acceleration up to 85%. Well worth a look when it hits showrooms shortly.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/2599c35/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Piaggio announces 170mpg MP3 Hybrid trikelink=http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/car-tech/piaggio-announces-170mpg-mp3-hybrid-trike-483986?src=rssattr=news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Piaggio announces 170mpg MP3 Hybrid trikelink=http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/car-tech/piaggio-announces-170mpg-mp3-hybrid-trike-483986?src=rssattr=news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/24053250673/u/79/f/8513/c/669/s/39427125/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/24053250673/u/79/f/8513/c/669/s/39427125/a2.img" border="0"//a

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