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Small SUVs for families and powerful sports cars for the rich are the big things at this year's Geneva International Motor Show. Environmentally correct electrics and hybrids, not so much - thanks to cheaper gas and limits on battery life. Here are the Sticking to its sports car roots, Aston Martin’s latest SUV t have an engine up front but rather in-wheel electric motors powered by a lithium-sulphur battery. Drive-by-wire electric steering, toughened glass with an auto-dimming ‘smart glass BMW back over 1,000 Sales numbers for the BMW i3 battery-electric car, with its optional range-extending REx The company has now sold 7,850 i3s, and another 750 i8 gull-wing plug-in hybrid sports coupes on top of that, with the i8 logging another The electrically powered high-performance sports car has the Combined Charging System (CCS) on board, which allows charging with direct and alternating current. Using this system, it is possible to fully charge the battery in significantly less than two hours. The engineering firm has taken a very radical approach to how a sports car should be built in the future and its frame itself has a high voltage battery integrated into it to add to its stiffness and structural rigidity. There is also a 3-cylinder Tesla sold 31,655 cars in 2014 and is forecasting deliveries of 55,000 this year, including the Model X, an oft- delayed sport-utility vehicle it plans to introduce this summer. Key to Tesla's efforts to drive down battery costs in order to make a $35,000 .

FERRARI 488 GTB The legendary sports car maker from Maranello Audi is also introducing an electric version of the R8, with a battery pack capable of reaching a range of 276 miles and matching Tesla's Model S in performance. Tesla sold 31,655 cars in 2014 and is forecasting deliveries of 55,000 this year, including the Model X, an oft- delayed sport-utility vehicle it plans to introduce this summer. Key to Tesla's efforts to drive down battery costs in order to make a $35,000 Their latest concept is the MILA Plus hybrid sports car that's fast, green basically off-the-shelf. With an integrated battery package, composite body panels and the rigid spaceframe, this architecture was also designed to meet whatever safety High-priced sports cars and luxury vehicles will be on display in abundance THAT OLD ELECTRIC DILEMMA: BATTERY LIFE Electric models and hybrids have lost some buzz. They are still arriving, as Mercedes introduces a plug-in hybrid version of its .