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MetroMPG · 11-13-2014, 10:47 PM

Xist - good story!

I forgot about the ForkenSwift! Believe it or not, in 6000+ km of ~15-25 km charge cycles I never ran it "empty". You tend to pay a bit more attention in a lead sled EV because the "performance" would drop waaay off as you ran the batteries down, and continuing to drive them down further would create an expensive situation (battricide).

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