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Tesla Roadster Runs For 241 Miles In E-Rally

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the squeezing-a-battery-until-it-cries dept.

N!NJA writes with the mention of a recent alternative energies rally where the Tesla Roadster managed to cover 241 miles on a single charge, with another 38 miles of juice still left in the battery. "That would give the Roadster a theoretical maximum touring range of nearly 280 miles — 36 miles more than Tesla itself reckons the car will cover on a charge. If the numbers stand up to official scrutiny, Tesla will hold the world record for the longest distance traveled by a production electric car on a single charge. Of course, it should be pointed out that the Tesla was driven by a company staffer doubtless practiced in eking out every last mile from a charge, and that the speeds averaged on the run were hardly blistering — 90kph (56mph) on the motorways, 60kph (37mph) on trunk roads and 30kph (19) in the mountain roads. Tesla reckon the average speed for the entire journey was 45kph (28mph)."

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  1. Oh bullshit by ArchieBunker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Until we see cold fusion reactors there is not going to be a realistic electric car. When you look at the amount of energy stored in a gallon of gasoline compared to a ton of batteries you'll see why. Don't you think if there was money to be made in this market someone would have tried when gas was over 4 bucks a gallon? We simply don't have the technology now or any time in the near future. Short of some unknown breakthrough we'll still be driving fossil fuel powered vehicles 20 years from now.

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  2. Re:What's the recharge time? by Mishotaki · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    My Honda Civic refuels in about a minute and a half, and I can get well over 400 miles on a tank on the highway. Just sayin'.

    then we should compare the times your civic can be stopped on idle

    People just like to bitch about good electirc cars...

    How abou ttelling us: do you really do your 400 miles in a typical day? do you even do 200 miles? I highly doubt it... Now how about you think that you could never, ever have to go to the gas station to gas your car, all you gotta do is plug it in when you park it at your place...

  3. Re:Why isn't GM, with its billions of cars sold... by geekoid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Laughable.

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