{"id":3973,"date":"2012-03-28T08:51:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T08:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/ecoguide\/opels-hybrid-ampera-wins-international-monte-carlo-rally-defeating-roadster\/"},"modified":"2012-03-28T08:51:04","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T08:51:04","slug":"opels-hybrid-ampera-wins-international-monte-carlo-rally-defeating-roadster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/ecoguide\/opels-hybrid-ampera-wins-international-monte-carlo-rally-defeating-roadster\/","title":{"rendered":"Opel\\&#8217;s hybrid Ampera wins International Monte Carlo Rally by defeating Roadster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to the pantheon of sustainable sports cars, many vehicles like Porsche 918 and Jaguar C-X75 have always been there with their classy styling and blistering speed. Well, now it seems that a new kid in the block has ardently risen to utterly challenge these exalted \\&#8217;green\\&#8217; monsters. We are talking about the robust Ampera plug in hybrid electric racing vehicle from the house of Opel\/Vauxhall. And, this time it has achieved the remarkable feat of winning the13th International Monte Carlo Rally for alternative energy vehicles, by defeating the reigning champion of previous two years: Tesla Roadster.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ecofriend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/opel_ampera_wins_2012_monte_carlo_alternative_energy_rally_1dity.jpg\" alt=\"Opel Ampera Wins 2012 Monte Carlo Alternative Energy Rally\" title=\"Opel Ampera Wins 2012 Monte Carlo Alternative Energy Rally\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--Gallery:42541--> <\/p>\n<p>The celebrated race took place from March 22 to 25, on a track that runs from Annecy-le-Vieux to Monte Carlo, with its fair share of twists and turns. Given the acclaimed nature of the encounter, a total of 130 low emission automobiles took part in the effort, ranging from the Renault Fluence Z.E., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoguide.com\/new-cars\/mitsubishi\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mitsubishi<\/a> i-MiEV, Peugeot Ion to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoguide.com\/new-cars\/volkswagen\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volkswagen<\/a> Up and the aforementioned Roadster. In fact, the winner was chosen in a rather interesting way, by calculating a ratio formula that encompassed various factors like vehicular weight, carbon dioxide emission, energy density of the fuel and its quantifiable consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, in a whirlwind of so many efficiency related attributes, the Ampera came out with flying colors. In regard to this, the winning co-pilot Joseph Lambert said that it was the exhibition of the vehicle\\&#8217;s advanced technological features that could be relied upon for a longer driving period. In addition, Vauxhall\/Opel director of E-mobility, Enno Fuchs claimed that Ampera signifies the fine balance between robustness and fuel efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoguide.com\/auto-news\/2012\/03\/opel-ampera-wins-2012-monte-carlo-alternative-energy-rally.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AutoGuide<\/a><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to the pantheon of sustainable sports cars, many vehicles like Porsche 918 and Jaguar C-X75 have always been there with their classy styling and blistering speed. Well, now it seems that a new kid in the block has ardently risen to utterly c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":536176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/ecoguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/ecoguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/ecoguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/ecoguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/ecoguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/ecoguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/ecoguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/ecoguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/ecoguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/ecoguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}