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Originally Posted by Ladogaboy
Not only that, 300 miles seems EXTREMELY optimistic for the Tesla. As I recall, even with people attempting to stretch the range, 250 miles was pushing it (which I'm sure will also be the case with the Tesla sedan). With three passengers, stressful driving, A/C on to compensate for all the stinky, hot breath... Yeah, I don't think 250 miles is reasonable for a trip to grandma's house.
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This is kind of what I was thinking. They say that sedan will go 300 miles, but once you get 3 or 4 people in there, and crank up all the goodies, I bet you that number will dwindle quite rapidly. At that point hmm... electric car not looking so great after all...
But then again, I do a lot of driving to town just to get a coke or something. Or maybe me and one buddy want to go do something that isn't 250 miles away lol. Which is often the case. Maybe if you didn't mind stopping and plugging into say... a light pole or a car wash's outdoor plug for an hour... I don't know.
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
My intention isn't to single you out Ladogaboy, but I often hear that energy density isn't good enough with current battery technology, but the future will bring stuff. Do we have reason to believe there is yet undiscovered chemistry to support this notion of better batteries?
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Something else I'm not very educated on. Perhaps there is some super expensive way of using the best of the best materials, or a far more expensive metals...
Also what happens when the battery starts to develop a "memory"? Don't you need to run a battery all the way down in order to avoid that?