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Is this 400-mile electric car battery for real?

You might want to fix this: "Currently, the in-house produced battery for Tesla?s Roadster offers a range of 245 miles per hour."

If you drive long distances, an electric car might not suit your needs, so you will need to consider how far you plan on driving your car. Most of the electric cars have limits on how many miles they can go before needing a recharge unlike a truck parts. Electric car maker ZAP recently announced that their electric car could travel up to 100 miles per single charge, but many people drive more miles than that round trip on a daily commute to work.

@ trx_1

Thanks! Good looking out.

-- other questions remain. For instance, it?s reported that the battery in question is a 98 kilowatt-hour pack. So even if the company?s results hold up, are they that impressive when you take in account that Tesla?s Roadster already gets a 245 mile range from a lower capacity 56 kilowatt-hour battery pack? --

You sound upset that they packed more energy into a lighter battery than Tesla. If you put the 98 kwh pack into the Tesla you will probably see comparable range performance.

Any improvement or drop in range would have to do with the car design.

Whats the range when you have your ligthts,radio, wipers and heater on? Bet it changes significantly. They got HOMEWORK. to do before blab`n off, u think???

Toyota added a small, integrated roof top solar panel as an option to the Prius just to power cooling fans because of concern over the impact of accessories on range.

i hope this is real. These Gas prices are ruining this economy for
the poor or average worker. President O'bama enjoy the rest of
your term. You will not win again. None of your plans are working. 14
Trillion deficit it's hard to swallow. We the working class can't make it
anymore. Palin don't waste your time. Hillary Clinton have a better
chance.

Until they enter these cars in rallies no one, except the already commited, is going to sign on.

What about recharge time? I am disappointed by articles that simply regurgitate headlines from elsewhere. How about some real journalism for a change?

I'll believe it when I see it, otherwise it's all claptrap. And I want to see how much of that 400 miles can be done in Texas in the 107 deg. F Summer with the air conditioning on high, otherwise the claims are no more than "hot air".

That is one point the purveyors of electrics always hide, the comfort penalty, and if the vhicle has a/c, they never disclose the BTU rating of it because people would then see that it is very small system.

For those in cool climates, the same thing applies to the heater, but it can be supplimented by vehicle waste heat so it is less of an issue.

For these reasons, which really relate to the usefulness and desirability of a vehicle, I hope the new battery works as claimed.

Thought for all of you. What if:
Chevy Volt = 39,000
Minus all gas parts (probably 10,000) = 29,000
Minus an instant tax credit (10,000) = 19,000
Minus a rebate if your lucky (1,500) = 17,500

I called Chevy, and Nissan. Both said absolutely not. So what's point of making these to free us from gas, and were getting electric for an unaffordable price. Wouldn't we want to have an affordable vehicle and be free from gas?

Avery,