Contrary to what many people think, the President of the United States of America doesn’t always get what he wants. ABC News reports that Barack Obama wants to go green by having hybrid power in his motorcade, but his wish is being denied with a sharp NO by the Secret Service.
The US President said that security reasons was why his presidential limousine could not be a hybrid vehicle. “I asked can we make these cars hybrids,” Obama said at a town hall in Charlotte, North Carolina. “Secret Service said no. Now, the reason is not because Secret Service are bad guys. It’s because the cars that I’m in are like tanks.”
Obama explained that his Cadillac, nicknamed “the beast” for being big and black, is reinforced with armour plating and a host of protection gear, causing it weighs over two times the normal weight of cars. “They just couldn’t get the performance in terms of acceleration using a hybrid engine.”
The US Government recently announced that they have purchased more than 5,000 hybrid cars and trucks. “We are using our purchasing power to help encourage the clean car industry,” the Commander-in-Chief said.
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What’s next, Barack?? Moving out of the White House into the Green House??? :)
haha!!nice one!!
duh
dont go green with envy..? :-)
I was wondering, what car does our prme minister uses?
he uses a perdana exec for public events,but his fave is his cayenne turbo.he has a few others also~
plate no 13 is it hey..
this beast must weigh like 3-4 tons
last perdana V6 no plate is W** 13 using by our previous prime minister TUN PAKLAH.
i’ve seen the car before at kajang town without any plate darjah kebesaran at the car.
The cermin still gelap lah. and not sure who drive the car. i know dats is TUN PAK LAH car because i always see the car at masjid putrajaya mostly every friday (Friday Pray) using by Pak Lah.
and his beloved son is driving aston martin
go figure
Proton Perdana.
pm …perdana
cm sarawak…roll royce
I think he got 2 RRs.RR Silver Spirit & Phantom VI.
How about putting in a big-ass turbo diesel engine? :-)
It does. It’s powered by GM’s 6.6L Duramax turbo-diesel V8 engine.
The electric motors in a hybrid car produce copious amounts of Torque linearly right from the get go. You want plenty of Torque to get a heavy vehicle going and the hybrid can provide it for sure.
Perhaps the Secret Service rejected it because other compromises would need to be made like more weight and space needed for battery storage and they need to protected and reliable for heavy duty use.
Or the Secret Service guys are not engineers and just dumb. Who knows. If George W Bush can become President, anything is possible.
The excuse for lack of performance acceleration doesn’t hold water.
i tink he jus buying votes….hes jus saying it , to gain public suport or gain popularity , he doesnt have to mean it …..!
Dear Obama,
I truly respect your will to go green, and hope that you would always keep that in mind for the better tomorrow.
It is okay for you to ride on a tank to work, because anyway your ride will be guarded by a fleet of fuel guzzler anyway, it makes little point to invest on a hybrid tank.
Rather then making yourself as an example, your job lies on making important decision that can help cut national emission for the most polluting country in the world.
Wind, solar, advanced nuclear, geothermal, you name it, there are endless possibilities then just making a hybrid presidential ride.
And yeah, by the way, a big ass turbo diesel engine would probably give you much better mileage. And it is much easier to convert it into biodiesel compatible.
Regards
Rexis
Some anonymous guy
Oh by the way, it is already a 6.5 L diesel engine. 8 MPG.
http://guestofaguest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/obamas-ride.jpg
It says:
“Driver window: … The only window that opens – just by 3 inches – so the driver can pay toll…”
Then older generation Protons are safer than this Obama monster :-P The driver window won’t open at all :-D
rofl..a very gud one indeed…
Exactly what Ferruccio said.
Electric motors give better torque from idle.
Hybrids are used in tandem with combustion engines for extra power.
I believe weight & space constraints would be a better argument.
“Obama explained that his Cadillac, nicknamed “the beast” for being big and black”
So big + black=The beast?
i think our PM should change its perdana to something more powerful ..
maybe VXR8 Bathurst or Audi RS4 ?
i dont think so our PM will change the car. Even not to CAMRY 2.4V. hehe :P
if he does, then these people called themselves ‘true petrol heads’ will gone mad.
back to obama.
he is actually ill-advised by secret service.
the fact that he mention about ‘cannot keep up with acceleration bla bla bla’ is not entirely correct.
electric motor has a unique feature. the torque it produces can be in magnificent numbers – 300-400Nm or easily get to 1000Nm. with his ‘job’ as the president of the USA, i believe torque is much needed rather than top speed.
so bhp gone out of window. torque is the name of the game (well, atleast for get away mr president car)
ps- got an idea. why not proton produce electric motor assisted perdanas for the ministers? this going to be a very very good PR service..
then the battery weight? 10 tones ah?
another story…
Obama = “faster, to the airport”.
Driver = Sorry, still recharging!
that super sleek Tesla has a motor in it and would do 100mph. of course the battery would seize a big chunk of the area. regenerative technology is in the working for perfection which will keep the car going n be charging at the same time.
yeah, the battery will be the biggest issue in electric cars. up until they can produce small and lighter ones.
LOL simple truth Mysticmind :D
The idea sounds good, the practicality scores nil.
Me think we should have one PM’s limo powered by our palm oil. then we can say we are proud of our national car that drinks what we produce best…Lol..yes i know its lame.
now no more Perdana exec… now PM in Perdana Limosine.
Our PROTON now are hardworking to built GEN-2 hybrid kan?.. myb if Our Prime Minister ask to change the Official Car to Hybrid car, myb Gen-2 Hybrid could be the Option??? OMG…
wondering if PM’s car is shielded. not to worry though as UTKs are aplenty :D
PLEASE Mr. BARRACK~!!! TALK TO OUR PM, ASK HIM TO TOTALLY REDUCE TAX n WATEVA for HYBRID CAR..
Japanese gov are paying subsidies to Toyota and Honda for ‘green’ cars, that’s why the hybrids and EVs are cheaper in their market. Do you think Malaysia receive subsidy from Japan to buy their hybrid?
Maybe solar panels across the washington monument and ontop of the white house to go green:P
its ok mr obama….if u cannot use hybrid, then just stop war in afghan n iraq. That consume more oil than your beast does.
Barack Obama should sumit that as a project for the Big three as the car for the companies to build as the choice of car for publicity for the company that succeed the Secret sevices armoured expectations
i think this car is ugly. really.
what the hell is wrong with you. bash till the end of the world?
do you think “tanks” are suppose to be beautiful?
hehehe
ugly car it is…but this baby got many secret weapon under its hood…
How about Obama wants to have sex, but Michelle said no?
so what if he’s chilling in a ‘tank’? can it withstand a bazooka?
let us look on the bright side. he’s being modest asking for a ‘green car’. give him a little room will u
Yes, it’s supposed to withstand anti-tank rocket grenade attacks. Even the underbody is protected from bomb attacks.
It is cadillac, like merc in US. Btw, just give the Obama the hybric, hahahaah…
I don’t think cadillac has any hybrid yet :(
Sign the Kyoto Protocol 1st, then only talk about going green…..Love the Earth konon…..pooodah…..
Actually, US P cannot say anything, he only read the text given by the Sec. vetted by the Freemasons and The Skulls ( Conspiracy Theory laaa niii…. ).
Wahhh….. So good eeek…. Hmmm…. Conspirasy….
wow i didnt know that :-)
once u go Black you never go back?!