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The DBM Energy Kolibri battery was able to go 375 miles at 55MPH average with 18% charge left. This was in a converted Audi A2 that still had 4 seats and normal storage space.
The SIM-LEI goes 200+ miles with just a 25.9kWh pack, and the Illuminati Motor Works 7 goes 210+ on a 33kWh pack.
Today's batteries are up to the task. It is the efficiency of the car itself that is required to go long range on a single charge.
I think that 300-400 miles is relatively easy to do. And with a car as efficient as say the Edison2 VLCe and a big pack like the Kolibri (99kWh) the range is possibly 2X that.
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Questions about gasoline powered cars: what will fuel them in 25 years? In 50 years? What about 100 years from now? Are the military costs and the pollution and the carbon dioxide they dump into the environment too high a price? Will we stop ruining the only planet we have before it is too late?
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