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Wow no wonder it gets 400 miles per charge its battery pack is 3 times the size of the Nissan leaf. If what I read is true then at the price Nissan pays for the leaf battery pack the Silver Streak has around $40k just in batteries.
I met the head of the North Bay Electric Auto Association and he said his 12 Valence U24-12XP Lithium-Ion batteries cost 20-25k and his car has a max range of 40 Miles. So the 40k price is not bad considering it can go 10X the distance on a charge. Granted the 1966 Ford Mustang is much heaver and less aerodynamic then an Insight. Also his Lithium-Ion batteries where brand new state of the art technology when he bought them so price was probably a lot higher then.
With all that being said I need to see if there is anyway I can see the Silver Streak in person its only an 1.5-2hr drive from where I live.
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