detlefo said:From The New York Times:
Controversy surrounds a potential record run by an electric vehicle in Germany last year. However, an e-newsletter publisher finds that its developers are on the move again.
http://nyti.ms/hTCSP1
AndyH said:The Solectria Sunrise ran 375 miles in 1996 with NiMh. The converted Solectria Force (Geo Metro) cars with NiMh hit 244 miles in the same race.
http://www.evdl.org/pages/sunrise_tds.html
The German drive was a nice publicity stunt, but not EV news, as all they're really saying is that they finally caught up with 1996. I hope they keep going - the range should be even better when they enter the 21st century. :lol:
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