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"    DETROIT \u2014 We&amp;#039;ve finally seen an electric -powered vehicle that has our motoring mouths salivating to find a backcountry road. The Dodge ZEO Concept is sleek, aerodynamic and appears to be speeding\u2014even sitting on a display turntable. This four-door coupe just may be the hit of the 2008 concepts.   Motoring enthusiasts are enviro-friendly too, and the electric only ZEO promises to be just what we&amp;#039;re wishing for. Powering the rear wheels is a single 200-kW (268-hp) electric motor that reportedly propels the ZEO to 60 mph in under six seconds. That is up near HEMI-land, folks.   The sleek front-end design is low and aerodynamic while sporting the trademark, albeit modernized, cross-hair Dodge grille. It is illuminated, according to principal exterior designer Bill Zheng ZEO, &amp;quot;to communicate the use of electricity as the power source.&amp;quot; Large, 23-in. alloy wheels fitted with low profile Goodyear tires fill the round wheel arches, which are moved far to each corner suggesting superior handling characteristics..   The front and rear scissor doors suggest a 2+2 passenger layout, however, we would not want to be relegated to the rear cushions. Like may four place sporty cars the rear seat is best left to inanimate objects. The scissor doors imbue images of much more exotic sports cars not a practical environmentally friendly vehicle such as ZEO.   The interior is designed to resemble a sculpture carved from a single piece of material. The fabric wrapped surface begins in front of the driver then flows to door and continues to the rear. It then rounds back to the passenger side where it ends in a sloping surface. The center console also displays this continuity, as it divides the cabin from windshield to rear panel creating and definitive dual cockpit   The steering wheel sports two closely located vertical spokes that leave 80-percent of the rim open to allow the driver to view the freestanding instruments. Gauges are displayed on a thin blue acrylic screen, which adjusts with the steering wheel. The center hub containing the airbag remains stationary as the wheel rim rotates.   With performance nearing Hemi proportions and an advanced l-i battery pack said to be capable of a 250-mile range, the ZEO makes &amp;quot;going green&amp;quot; not much of a compromise. We can&amp;#039;t wait to put this to real world testing. We know just the backcountry road. \u2014Ron Moorhead     "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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