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If you still think that green vehicles are incapable of being cool, it's time for you to change your attitude. The days of being stuck with a Prius if you want to look out for Mother Earth are long gone. Hybrid and electric vehicles are as striking and quick as some of our favorites powered by gasoline, if not more. In fact, one EV is already the third-fastest car in the world. See how wack stereotyping is with these 10 "Green" Vehicles That Are Actually Cool.
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Quant e-Sportlimousine nanoFLOWCELL
Price: Unknown
When you can get it: Unknown
Engine: Electric
Range: Minimum of 270 miles
Ok, the name sucks. But no one can say the 912hp engine does. The Quant e-Sportlimousine nanoFLOWCELL achieves that monster feat with a new kind of electric engine that uses flow cell technology. Because it's a concept, we don't know what will come of it, but we do know there's plenty of time to come up with a name that has less than 35 characters.
BMW i3
Price: From $41,350
When you can get it: May 2014
Engine: Electric or hybrid
Range: 120 miles
While we're waiting on the i3 to come stateside, Anne Hathaway already has her Beemer early. There's no questioning why she copped it. A company like BMW is simply going to make a better-looking car, electric or not, than Toyota or Nissan. But its beautifully fresh appearance isn't the only thing to love about the i3. It can get up to 120 miles on a full charge, and an optional range-extending gasoline engine can boost that number up to 190. But seriously, the interior on this thing is awesome.
Mission RS
Price: From $58,999
When you can get it: Reserve right now
Engine: Electric
Range: 140 "real world" miles/230 "city" miles
Oh word, you didn't know about electric motorcycles? Well yeah, that's a thing. Mission will only produce 40 of the 120 kWh-motorcycles with hundreds of heavy spinning metal parts to allow for ultra tight handling. Not to mention it has a top speed of 150 mph and can burst to 60 mph in less than 3 seconds. That's inertia, son.
Tesla Model X
Price: Unknown
When you can get it: Reserve right now
Engine: Electric
Range: 270 miles
First things first, we're all about the gullwing doors. And we're also not mad at the performance model doing 0-60 in 4.4 seconds, faster than any other SUV not made by Porsche. The Model X will also get 270 miles from the 85 kWh lithium-ion battery.
Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell
Price: $499 per month (lease)
When you can get it: Spring 2014
Engine: Hydrogen
Range: 300 miles
We had to put a hydrogen car on here. In a couple years, hydrogen engines could end up dominating an updated list of cool green vehicles. The 300-mile driving range on this SUV kills electric cars, as does its 10-minute fill-up time. Your dad is more likely to call this cool than you are, but you can always learn a thing or two from the old man. Plus, Hyundai already has the much cooler Intrado hydrogen concept in the pipeline, which could completely change the direction "green" technology is moving.
BMW i8
Price: From $135,925
When you can get it: June 2014
Engine: Hybrid
Range: 23 electric-only miles/373 hybrid miles
This is the BMW i3's older brother who's in college and dates a cheerleader. Little bruh has all the potential in the genes, but the i8 is already out there executing flawlessly. Doing 0-60 in less than 4.5 seconds casts a big shadow.
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Lexus CT F Sport
Price: From $32,050
When You Can Get It: Right now
Engine: Hybrid
Range: 500 miles w/ rated 42 mpg combined
Our own Nick Schonberger got to take a drive in Lexus' luxury hybrid and described it as "an aggressive, (almost) hot hatch look and a bit of driving personality to match." It may not be the coolest Lexus, but it's certainly sexier than most hybrids and costs less than half of an ELR. It might not be a plug-in electric, but c'mon, son.
Tesla Model S
Price: From $69,900
When you can get it: Right now
Engine: Electric
Range: 230 miles from 65 kWh battery or 300 miles from 85 kWh batter
The Model S has been absolutely killing it since its release in 2012. Though the Roadster is more sexy, the Model S is more practical, cheaper, and overall just better. But that shouldn't make you think it's any less cool. Every detail is sleek and modern, including the automatic door handles that protrude with a touch and the enormous iPad-like center console screen. A full charge will get you 200-300 miles, and you're more safe in it than any other car ever, according to NHTSA.
Italdesign Giugiaro Clipper MPV Concept
Price: Unknown
When you can get it: Unknown
Engine: Electric
Range: 335
This concept was one of the most game-changing debuts at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this month. While we mentioned the Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell crushing most electric cars, it still can't touch the Clipper's 335-mile range. It also has both gull-wing and butterfly doors, which is a bold move that paid off. Geneva better not be the last place we see it.
Rimac Concept_One
Price: $980,000
When you can get it: 2015
Engine: Electric
Range: "Up to 373 miles (realistic range - 310 miles)"
The Concept_One is already one of the fastest cars in the world with the Hennessey Venom GT, the Bugatti Veyron SS, and SSC Ultimate Aero TT. But the mastermind who created Rimac wants that overall number one spot. Before he accomplishes that, settling for the Concept_One ain't so bad. It has a rated 1,088 horsepower pulled from four individual-wheel 92kW motors. It has a carbon fiber monocoque and 42 percent front, 58 percent rear weight distribution. That means 0-62 in a blistering 2.8 seconds. Did we mention it's from Croatia?