Tesla to make Gas/Electric car

[Lotus Fury]

http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9863202-54.html

Looks like they dealing with the concerns with the range of the cars. It's not a true hybrid as the gas engine would only charge the battery pack and will not be used for direct drive.

The San Carlos, Calif.-based company will produce two basic types of its Whitestar sedan, due toward the end of 2009. One will run completely on batteries. The other will be a range-extended vehicle, or REV, CEO Ze'ev Drori said in an interview. In an REV, a small gas motor recharges the battery pack while the car is being driven. The battery pack on these types of cars only goes about 40 to 50 miles on a charge, but because it gets recharged while driving, the range of these cars will be longer.